Here’s what I’d like to read this week:
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Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad
The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields
Here’s what I think I might actually get through:
Category: Entertainment
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Reading Over the Holidays
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
The Worst on Moxie Marlinspike
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What are you striving for?
Top 10 Kisses of 2012 on Mashable
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Got mistletoe?
15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee on The Oatmeal-
Drink up!
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That’s it. That’s the whole site. Did you really need more?
Ancient Civilizations on British Museum
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Okay. Here’s more.
Photo by arguera, via Flickr. Creative Commons.
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2012: Yet Another Apocalypse
Everyone still here? Good.
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Performance Anxiety: Outcome
Maybe you read my guest post over at Life With a Baby last Thursday. If you didn’t, you can now!
Can’t be bothered? I wrote about Baguette and school performances. I have such mixed feelings about the performances–while some kids may love them, I really think they’re for the parents and not the children–but if Baguette wants to sing and dance with her class, I’m certainly not going to stand in her way.
Except she didn’t. When I dropped her off with her teacher, she screamed and cried and held her arms out for me. And in the hope that she would calm down and have fun with her friends, I steeled myself and walked away.
But a few minutes later–and before the performance started–I intercepted the school director and asked her to see how Baguette was doing. And within moments, she was back with Baguette in her arms, saying, “She’s not 100 percent.”
So my little girl sat on my lap for most of the performance, cuddling Ernie and Bert and eating a cereal bar. And when she’d had enough of sitting still (which she did for much longer than I would have expected), I took her outside and she ran around.
And that was 100 percent.
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They Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For
What are “Kristen Wiig boots”? Please tell me–because if I Google it, apparently I’ll come right back here, and that might result in a wormhole.
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
Bacon: 3 Things Everyone Should Know on Feed
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I’m particularly fond of the first one, although they do go together nicely.
The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season in 4.5 Minutes on YouTube
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Now that is some cloud movement.
10 Adorably Sleepy Animals That Ate Too Much Turkey on Mashable
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How about those French Bulldogs?
2-Minute Chocolate Chip Cookie for One on Zoom Yummy
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I don’t think I should have found this. No good can come of it.
Britain’s Longest-Serving Blacksmith on The Kid Should See This
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If you don’t think blacksmithing is cool, then I don’t think we can be friends.
Photo by Jellaluna, via Flickr.
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I haven’t forgotten.
Our Story in 1 Minute on The Kid Should See This
We should all see this.
A ‘Spaceship’ for Power Naps in the Office on DesignTAXI
My office could totally use one of these. Couldn’t yours?
Glow-in-the-Dark Highways Coming to the Netherlands on Mashable
This is where the aliens will land. Not Nevada or New Mexico.
Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse on Public Health Matters Blog
“You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this.” Bet you thought the CDC didn’t have it in ’em.
New York’s Hidden Subway Station on Travelettes
Keep this in mind for the aforementioned zombie apocalypse. If you have to hide from the zombies, you might as well do it somewhere pretty.
Photo by Patrick Hoesly, via Flickr.
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Movie Madness
Movies have always been a big part of my life. I grew up watching classic films on TV (anyone who grew up in the D.C. area remember Channel 20?) My parents took us to lots of movies, starting with Disney and progressing through Star Wars and Norma Rae.
When Mr. Sandwich and I were dating, he lived in California and I lived in New Jersey. We sometimes went to the movies when one of us was visiting the other, but in between we would have Transcontinental Movie Dates–we’d pick out a movie and we’d each watch it–and then talk about it the next evening.
But over time we fell out of the habit of going to the movies–so expensive! So full of people who won’t stop talking on their mobile phones!
Then, of course, we had Baguette, and trips to the movies fell by the wayside. With a few exceptions (both Iron Man movies, True Grit, The Town, Dark Knight Rises), we just stopped going.
But this year, there are actually quite a few movies I want to see. Are any of these on your list?
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
And it turns out that we have a friend with a role in Jack Reacher, so I’m now interested in that in spite of Tom Cruise.
I wonder how many we’ll actually get to.
Photo by Jörg Weingrill, via Flickr.
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Under the Sea
On Thursday, we all took a day off and went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Was it a hit? Take a look.
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
8 Cute and Refreshingly Non-Slutty Ladies Costumes on Unreality Magazine
For those times when Halloween makes you despair. Don’t despair!
Monty Python Ministry of Silly Walks Clock on Laughing Squid
Tick, tock, silly walks.
I don’t really want to live in a place this small, but I kind of want to be able to.
Yes, please.
A Child’s Letter About Her Beloved Departed Dog on Itchmo
Oh, you’ll cry.
Photo by qmnonic, via Flickr.