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I hope I'm not getting sick again but I'm feeling kinda weird. Blah! Anyway let's hope it's not anything. Anyone doing anything interesting this weekend?
*How do you feel about this story? Meh?
*Nothing like a movie to increase book sales.
*Someone put a fork in him. He's done but doesn't know it: Joe the Plumber lands book deal. Why do they give everyone with 5 minutes of fame a book deal?
*Millions of dollars missing, nepotism, mismanagement. No, not the latest political scandal, but Library Dramarama.
*Much ado about Tango.
*Now for some Etsy Love. A good reminder for all of us when we just can't get through a book: Bookmark Permission Slips from This into That. And a little Austen in your pocket: Jane Austen Collage Pocket Mirror from tartx.
Our son comes home for his Thanksgiving break this weekend, so I'll be hugging him and doing laundry!
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the pointless book deals. On the upside, that's one book I won't have to put on the TBR! :-)
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This weekend I'll be watching Twilight, hosting a gathering for the big college rivalry game, and going to the high school music (Once Upon a Mattress) that my daughter is in. It sounds exhausting to me!
ReplyDeleteDon't get sick! Hang in there! :)
I've been wanting something from Tartx's shop for a long time! Cool links.
ReplyDeleteWow, who would want to read about Joe the Plumber? I can see the reviews, now: "Meh."
ReplyDeleteI love those permission slip bookmarks!
The library fine thing . . . I don't quite get it. My library is vicious and they don't do a good job of checking in the books, so it's not unusual to get a phone call and a letter about a book that's sitting on the shelf, having been safely returned before its due date. If you don't pay up when you lose a book, you can't check anything out. Period. It works well enough, except for that bit about harrassing people who've turned in their books. Now, I go to the desk instead of dropping off in the slot. I will not leave until I've heard the peep noise that means my book has been entered back into the system.
Great links! I really like hearing about which words are being added and taken out of dictionaries. Merriam-Webster has a cool list of Fave words not in the dictionary that have been requested :)
ReplyDeleteJoe the Plumber can write? (Chill down my spine...)
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning my bookmarks! They are made for me by Jessica Spring on her letterpress. I suspect your book-mad readers will enjoy seeing my furniture made from old books at www.ThisIntoThat.com.
ReplyDeleteOnion- Aw, enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLezlie- Yes, it won't be on my list either.
Suey- Have fun!
Iliana- Pretty, isn't it?
Bookfool- Yeah, that's a whole lot of weird.
Joanne- It is interesting to see what's in and what's out.
Matt- Scary huh?
Jim- Thanks for dropping by!
And I did end up getting sick. Chills, fever, all the fun stuff. I'm all drugged up on Advil Cold and Flu.
Oh lord...Joe the Plumber. I will not be in line for that book.
ReplyDeleteOh good heavens, now I have another etsy shop to drool in.
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