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).

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

November 2005



Break Open the Bubbly!

Tuesday, 29 November 2005 5:10 P GMT-05
This morning I finished finalizing all remaining archived reviews into our reviews database. Yes, folks, after just about thirteen months of data entry work, we finished...and one month ahead of schedule!  By the time I went to bed last night, a
Category: AAR
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My Week

Saturday, 26 November 2005 6:56 P GMT-05
Thanksgiving is always a hectic time at our house; it's the one big family holiday for which I'm responsible.  My husband is the main cook in our house, but on Thanksgiving all he's required to make are his world-famous pumpkin biscuits and his frui
Category: Personal/Political
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Without a Trace - spoilers included

Friday, 18 November 2005 10:07 A GMT-05
Although the only two hours of television I am wedded to each week are Rome and Lost, we try and catch Without a Trace whenever we have the time. Last night, while our daughter was manning lights for the high school's musical production of Kiss Me K
Category: Entertainment
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Awesome!

Thursday, 17 November 2005 9:11 A GMT-05
It's true that HBO's Rome is compulsively fun to watch, but there's really only one show on TV right now that I absolutely can't live without, and I've been watching since the first episode last year: Lost.  Last night was one of the best episodes e
Category: Personal/Political
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Good Night, and Good Luck

Monday, 14 November 2005 5:14 P GMT-05
I played hooky this afternoon and took myself to see Good Night, and Good Luck, starring David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow, Frank Langella as CBS's legendary William Paley, and George Clooney as Murrow's producer, Fred Friendly. Clooney also produ
Category: Entertainment
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Technology

Wednesday, 9 November 2005 10:59 A GMT-05
I don't know how it is in your house, but in ours we have a splitting of responsibilities; I am responsible for entertainment and trivia and my husband is responsible for food and technology (not exactly a fair separation of duties, but there you hav
Category: AAR Entertainment
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Voting in Dallas

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 12:09 P GMT-05
I can't remember blogging three times in one day, but my husband and came back from voting, and both of us were disturbed by the experience.  And that's more disturbed than usual, given that our polling place is a fundamentalist Christian church an
Category: Personal/Political
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Something good...something maybe very, very bad

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 10:14 A GMT-05
Although my main blog entry of the day is the one I made a little bit earlier, here are a couple more things to mention.Gary Cogill, the very good TV and film critic for our local ABC affiliate, just lauded the upcoming P&P movie.  I can't wait!
Category: Personal/Political

A tough day yesterday

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 9:36 A GMT-05
After working excitedly on the new ATBF column with Robin, Anne, and Diana, and getting lots of great input from AAR reviewers, I looked forward to posting the column first thing yesterday morning.  Just one problem: although tech help at HWForums
Category: AAR

So close I can taste it!

Sunday, 6 November 2005 12:45 P GMT-05
This morning we transfered author-written DIK reviews into the reviews database in addition to finalizing more staff reviews. One month ago we were 60% complete with this project...today we are 85% complete. I'm enormously elated at our progress an
Category: AAR
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Suicide & Romance

Friday, 4 November 2005 5:14 P GMT-05
It's no secret I've been on a Romantica kink-athon for most of 2005, and recently read an e-book that once again surprised me in that I liked it even though there's no reason why I should have enjoyed it.  It wasn't the hero's manipulation of the he
Category: Reading
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