Impeachment Talk Reaches the Mainstream
What took them so long? Now I need to get a copy of William Goodman’s book Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush.
(Thanks Bookslut for pointing this one out! I had missed this article.)
Thank you The Bookish Girl for finally helping me pull together what knitting brings to my life (and for the rockin’ image)! I have many dear friends who live nearby but sometimes you just need to send out the call to the knitters in your life – to have them be with you and knit in the same room, even if you don’t say a word. There is something about the sound of knitting needles that soothes like no other.
To my dear knitting pals Heather, Alana and Christiane – a heartfelt thank you for responding to my knitting signal.
Canada is one of three countries (with the United States and Argentina) that has refused to sign the UN’s Biosafety Protocol. WTF?!? I’m going to send letters to my politician about this one.
From Organic Bytes Issue #77 – Organic Consumers Association
Biotech corporations are facing off against developing nations and most of the world this week in Brazil in a debate over the United Nation’s Biosafety Protocol. The precedent-setting treaty is an international agreement signed in January 2000 by 132 of the world’s nations. But the three main countries that grow genetically modified crops (the United States, Argentina and Canada) refuse to sign it, because the international law would require that countries be notified if the grains they are importing are genetically modified. Biotech companies want that language removed from the treaty, saying that developing nations and anti-GMO consumers in industrialized nations are not entitled to know whether their food is genetically engineered or not. From a press release on March 10, 2006.
I’m so excited to report that my Olympic knitting has finally been completed. It is being blocked and as soon as I can grab a camera, I’m going to post a picture!
Rant on the best picture nominations leaving out the highest grossing films.
Don’t even get me started on Crash winning.
Reading The Bookslut generally has me laughing loud and long but then I read this entry from Jessa Crispin and after the first outburst of laughter brought on by the phrase “Time to hang up the heels and bring on the chocolate,” I began to join Jessa in her concern. (perhaps it’s that ever-looming 40th birthday?)
I love getting feedback like this, especially when I’m seeing it for the first time in an e-zine.
Dear Armchair Interviews:
RE: SOME LIKE IT HAUTE chick lit review by Janelle Martin.
Thank you, as always! The author (Julie K. L. Dam) is over the moon!
Miriam Parker, Time Warner Books
Writing reviews can feel like writing in a vacuum, so rarely do you hear from your audience and even less often from the authors. I’m glad that I was able to help Julie K. L. Dam over the moon!
Original review is here -> Some LIke It Haute
I have to concede defeat. Unfortunately my sprint to the finish featured several stumbles and the lace scarf is unfinished – although about 3/4 finished. I should have accepted the unlikeness of my finish last week – what was I thinking to try and tackle this during my last two weeks at my current job. The many late nights made completing my race a virtual uncertainty.
Congratulations to all my team mates who won gold for our fine country! And congratulations to everyone who made a valiant effort. Picture to follow as soon as it is completed and blocked.
Meme instructions: Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you might read, cross out the ones you won’t, underline the ones on your book shelf, and place parentheses around the ones you’ve never even heard of.
The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby – F.Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story – George OrwellCatch-22 – Joseph Heller
The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
1984 – George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
Slaughterhouse 5 – Kurt Vonnegut
Angels and Demons – Dan Brown
Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
Neuromancer – William Gibson
Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C. S. Lewis
Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Atonement – Ian McEwan
The Shadow Of The Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Dune – Frank Herbert
Interesting! The ones that aren’t underlined are ones I do want to read but don’t already have on my shelf. I must remember to put them on my to be read list.
Found on Chris’ blog. Thanks for the great idea!
