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.

March 2006



Smug Stephen

Friday, 31 March 2006 10:40 A GMT-05
Is not Stephen the most smug and obnoxious reality show contestant ever? TTFN, Laurie Likes Books
Category: Entertainment
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F_ck things!

Monday, 27 March 2006 1:56 P GMT-05
My sister-in-law - who has a 15-year-old and a nearly 13-year-old readying for her Bat Mitzvah in June - just had major surgery and gets out of the hospital today (she'll start chemo in a few weeks). Because my b-i-l was with her at the hospita
Category: Personal/Political
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My favorite stuff at the store

Wednesday, 22 March 2006 7:22 P GMT-05
Category: Personal/Political

Big Day

Monday, 20 March 2006 11:22 P GMT-05
What a huge day today has been!  This morning we posted my brand new ATBF column, as well as Sandy's interview with Erin Grady, and started the third week of polling in Favorite Books by Favorite Authors.  As if that weren't enough, my clos
Category: Reading AAR Personal/Political
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My Cafe Press Orders Arrived!

Friday, 17 March 2006 4:26 P GMT-05
My Cafe Press Orders for Shop AAR just arrived!  I've been waiting for them impatiently because most of them are for things we weren't certain would print well.  They did.  So now I'm a proud owner of a mug, journal, tote, and mou
Category: AAR
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Big Love

Thursday, 16 March 2006 1:01 P GMT-05
On Sunday night we settled in for the season opener of The Sopranos, then stuck around for the debut of Big Love.  If you haven't read about HBO's newest drama starring Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginn
Category: Entertainment

Shop AAR launch!

Monday, 13 March 2006 10:56 A GMT-05
As you can see from the banner ad running just under my blog's header (and via the book-sized ad to the right), Shop AAR is now in business.  That's right, this morning we launched Shop AAR, the official online shopping venue for All About Roman
Category: AAR
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Tomorrow is a big, big day!

Sunday, 12 March 2006 1:03 P GMT-05
Tomorrow morning is going to be a big, big day for those of us at AAR.  Until we unveil the change I don't want to say anything more, but Cheryl and Sandy did the initial work, and I came in over the last ten days (during which I spent probably
Category: AAR
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Should be sleeping...what else is new?

Wednesday, 8 March 2006 1:36 A GMT-05
It's way past my bedtime; I've been working on a secret project that we'll be able to announce fairly soon now.  Anyway, working on it got my mind in high gear, which meant it was time to do something less mentally strenuous before trying to sle
Category: AAR

Faves by Author

Tuesday, 7 March 2006 11:30 A GMT-05
Yesterday we re-started our Favorite Books by Favorite Authors feature by polling for twelve authors, including Beverly Jenkins.  We really expanded the author list and included some inspirational romance authors as well as quite a few African A
Category: AAR

A Snub

Tuesday, 7 March 2006 11:07 A GMT-05
I noticed a snub at The Oscars the other night...when they presented the "In Memorium" section of those involved in film who had died since the last Academy Awards, they left out none other than Don Knotts.  It's true he's better known
Category: Entertainment
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Back in the U.S.S.R.?

Monday, 6 March 2006 5:17 P GMT-05
When I was in college I took a wonderful class on Soviet history from a former ambassador and diplomat.  One of the most fascinating things I learned was how the government erased history during the 20th century.  First Stalin did it, and t
Category: Personal/Political
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David Hockney

Monday, 6 March 2006 1:00 P GMT-05
The very first "real" piece of art we ever bought was in New Orleans was inspired by my love for David Hockney and his swimming pool paintings.  Although the artist who painted our piece never became famous, I was reminded of Hockney a
Category: Entertainment
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One of many

Monday, 6 March 2006 12:31 P GMT-05
It's hard to say how many bloggings I'll post today, but it should be considerable.  Getting the 2005 reader poll results and accompanying column online is a major undertaking, and today we also re-opened our Favorite Books by Favorite Authors p
Category: Entertainment

It's the arts, darling

Wednesday, 1 March 2006 5:26 P GMT-05
Today is parent/teacher conference day, so there was no school scheduled.  Our daughter decided to bomb out at school this part of the semester, so we've already been in constant touch with her teachers.  As a result I saw no
Category: Personal/Political
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