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.

December 2006



Good Cookie!

Sunday, 31 December 2006 1:56 P GMT-05
Remember that old Ritz Cracker ads with Andy Griffith? His "Good cracker!" came to mind this morning when I got, as Andy might say, a "hankering" for oatmeal raisin cookies.  Now, here in Dallas we are spoiled by J.D. Chipper
Category: Personal/Political
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Flash

Sunday, 31 December 2006 11:29 A GMT-05
A couple of days ago we went live with our new advertising rates , and in the last couple of weeks I've been negotiating like crazy with new and returning advertisers. I negotiated with new advertisers who saw our original rates and because
Category: AAR
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The Seduction of an English Scoundrel

Wednesday, 27 December 2006 2:49 P GMT-05
Review of The Seduction of an English Scoundrel
Category: Reading
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Heat

Tuesday, 26 December 2006 11:33 A GMT-05
Review of Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
Category: Reading

WOW...South Park

Saturday, 23 December 2006 4:27 P GMT-05
I didn't think of it at the time, but today I decided to learn how to embed a video in a blog entry. What better way to learn than to embed the YouTube video of Kyle's Lonely Jew at Christmas song I previously only linked to? If you mis
Category: Entertainment

Fun and Games...for an Hour?

Saturday, 23 December 2006 11:43 A GMT-05
"We'll never be sick, we won't get any older, and we won't ever die."It's been more than twenty years since I first heard Wilford Brimley utter those famous words from the 1985 movie Cocoon. My husband will occasionally quot
Category: Reading
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Lacey Alexander

Friday, 22 December 2006 4:14 P GMT-05
On Monday my annual ATBF column looking back at my reading year went online at AAR. This year I presented my favorite reads, my worst for the year, and those Romantica e-books I'd most enjoyed. One of the five e-books I mentioned was Lacy
Category: Reading
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Hot Spell

Sunday, 17 December 2006 9:07 A GMT-05
Review of Hot Spell
Category: Reading
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Hero, Come Back

Friday, 15 December 2006 6:10 P GMT-05
I didn't utilize blog-city's "review" function because I didn't actually finish this anthology. Instead I read the first two stories only; the third was written by an author who has made quite public her disdain for AAR, and wh
Category: Reading

Happy Holidays!

Thursday, 14 December 2006 9:52 A GMT-05
Happy Holidays!Seriously...and though I know this song didn't air in the movie, which do you think was funnier? TTFN, Laurie Likes Books
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Naughty or Nice

Sunday, 10 December 2006 7:09 P GMT-05
Review of Naughty or Nice
Category: Reading
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The Night Before Christmas

Wednesday, 6 December 2006 2:02 P GMT-05
Review of The Night Before Christmas
Category: Reading

Over The Moon

Monday, 4 December 2006 6:15 P GMT-05
Review of Over The Moon
Category: Reading
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