What was begun as an online journal of the books I read evolved...or maybe it devolved...to also feature behind the scenes goings-on at All About Romance from my perspective (mostly based on my personal feelings - okay, it's a personal pity party); topics I've gone over ad nauseum in commentary at AAR, including the nature of reviews and online behavior; and my non-cyber life (including family and items in pop culture that capture my interest, which is just about everything).

Please do not violate my trust. I restricted certain AAR-related and personal entries for a reason...to keep them as private as possible. Now that my blog is read-only, to access restricted entries you must already have a password; if you do, hold onto it so that you can continue to read restricted entries.

This blog is not part of All About Romance. I ask that you keep comments or questions regarding restricted blog content off of AAR.

Below you'll find the blogs I visit, broken out in my own odd little system of categories.

January 2007



David Martin

Wednesday, 31 January 2007 4:00 P GMT-05
Sometimes being the publisher of AAR has its benefits.  This morning I got a phone call from a guy at Astonish Entertainment, a small indie music label, about an artist they will be launching next week. His name is David Martin, and the story be
Category: Entertainment
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File under Miscellany

Thursday, 25 January 2007 12:07 P GMT-05
First of all, I apologize for not having blogged for over a week. Next Monday's ATBF will give a hint of what's been going on, but since it's intensely personal, I can be only slightly less than opaque.I read in either Newsweek or T
Category: Reading Entertainment Personal/Political
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Um...what about due process?

Tuesday, 16 January 2007 5:49 P GMT-05
Did you hear that Pentagon department lawyer Charles Stimson recently suggested that corporate CEO's ought to exert pressure on lawfirms employing lawyers who represent inmates at Guantanamo Bay and essentially threatened the firms with losing th
Category: Personal/Political
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Addendum to Yesterday

Friday, 12 January 2007 2:15 P GMT-05
For those readers of yesterday's entry - For fun I counted up the ballots that family and friends tried to "stuff" into the ballot box during Wednesday night and Thursday morning for Author X. There accounted for more than 28% of all ballots rece
Category: AAR

That Didn't Take Long!

Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:30 A GMT-05
Yes, folks, there's already been an attempt to stuff the ballot box in our annual reader poll at AAR! The very first "straight ticket" ballot for this author came in just two hours after opening the poll. The rest came in a clump between last night
Category: AAR
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Niggles in My Head

Tuesday, 9 January 2007 1:04 P GMT-05
I'm sure the reason why I have a hard time remember faces and names is that too much other stuff fills up my head. Particularly suggestions as regards AAR. Here's a perfect example: on August 8th (I know, because I saved it and just looked at it),
Category: Personal/Political
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"I see designs"

Monday, 8 January 2007 3:59 P GMT-05
My husband, daughter, and I all consider ourselves weird...we're just not like other people, although each of us is different in differing ways. I offer more proof about my condition: for the last several days, I've seen graphic design everywhere I
Category: Personal/Political
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Children of Men

Sunday, 7 January 2007 1:37 P GMT-05
Last night we went to see Children of Men, starring Clive Owen. It's an incredibly violent film that evoked a very visceral reaction in both of us, so much so that my husband told me never to take him to a movie like that again. I was equally distu
Category: Entertainment
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If I can figure it out...

Friday, 5 January 2007 5:37 P GMT-05
If I can figure out how to insert a flash animation into the masthead for my blog, this will be my new logo <!-- Created with CoffeeCup Firestarter http://www.coffeecup.com -->
Category: AAR Blogging
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Flash

Monday, 1 January 2007 11:18 P GMT-05
When my husband, daughter, and I weren't watching the second season marathon of Beauty and the Geek today, I was on my computer, finally figuring out another Flash-creation software program I downloaded yesterday. It's made by Coffeecup
Category: Personal/Political Internet