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.

July 2007



Time for Re-evaluation

Sunday, 15 July 2007 10:08 A GMT-05
Wow...where have all my blog's readers gone? I tried a little experiment over the past month or so, and it's evidently it failed. As my real life changes, so does what I write about in this blog. Apparently what I've found interesting lately is of
Category: Blogging
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Cloverfield Trailer Link

Saturday, 14 July 2007 9:36 P GMT-05
I'm sure many of you have already watched a version of the trailer to Cloverfield, a new J.J. Abrams movie expected out in January that is shot totally hand-held a la The Blair Witch Project, but you can really see it well by clicking here. TTFN, Lau
Category: Entertainment
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Authors...Help!

Friday, 13 July 2007 1:55 P GMT-05
All you authors who check into my blog...help! Last week we reinstated our weekly trivia contests by awarding a boxed set of season three of The 4400. And this morning we were able to award five copies of the new hardcover release, Shoe Addicts Ano
Category: AAR

Ice Road Trivia Winners!

Monday, 9 July 2007 8:51 A GMT-05
Congratulations, L. Golden and Kim Westgaard, for correctly naming Hugh as the trucker known as Polar Bear on Ice Road Truckers. I'll be notifying our media contact for the show today and he will send each of you a $25 gas card. Meanwhile, over at AA
Category: Entertainment

Rolling Stone on Global Warming

Friday, 6 July 2007 2:21 P GMT-05
Every time I pick up an issue of Rolling Stone, I remember how good their political articles are. I maintained a subscription throughout my twenties, but let it lapse when Life As I Know It came to an end at age 30, when I became a mom. The Police w
Category: Personal/Political
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I Want My House Back!

Friday, 6 July 2007 1:38 P GMT-05
Last night as my husband and I were huddled in our house's only room that didn't reek of oil-based paint, I realized how very badly I want my house back. I want the drop cloths and buckets removed, the workmen gone, and my things put back where they
Category: Personal/Political

"Enter!"

Wednesday, 4 July 2007 1:40 P GMT-05
It's never a good morning when the publisher of a website discovers her site is down, the host's site is down, and that 500 T1 lines throughout the city are down due to the mistake of a now-fired techie somewhere. Even worse is when that publisher is
Category: AAR Entertainment Personal/Political
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Ice Road Trivia!

Tuesday, 3 July 2007 10:00 A GMT-05
I don't know if any of you have seen Ice Road Truckers yet, but the third episode aired last night on the History Channel, and as usual, my husband was riveted to the TV screen. It must be a testosterone thing. In my initial blog entry, I indicate
Category: Entertainment