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.

August 2006



Interesting snippet from Mark Cuban

Thursday, 31 August 2006 2:18 P GMT-05
Aug 26th 2006 10:56AM Everyone wants to sell downloadable movies. Which is a good thing. Laptop travellers and PDA folks who like to watch movies wherever they happen to be will certainly benefit. Downloadable movies are also a way to kill time in
Category: Reading Internet
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I like it pretty...so, sue me

Wednesday, 30 August 2006 11:40 A GMT-05
I made my one musical mistake as a parent last year by not going through my own "metal" phase. Let me explain. I've always made it a point to stay current on musical trends in order to not be like my "Is that John Denver?&q
Category: Entertainment
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A Few Books

Monday, 28 August 2006 12:33 P GMT-05
I had the chance to read an advance copy not long ago of Just One Sip, a vampire romance anthology with novellas by Jennifer Ashley, Katie MacAlister, and Minda Webber. The book goes on sale at the start of October, and it's one I recommend - f
Category: Reading

Blog-City...thank you!

Friday, 25 August 2006 12:09 P GMT-05
Wow! I've rarely experienced any sort of technical support as fast and responsive as Alan and Ceri over in Scotland running Blog-City. After I bitched about the changes to the commenting system yesterday, they revamped the whole thing and

Blog-City new commenting system

Thursday, 24 August 2006 8:59 A GMT-05
Blog-City updated their commenting system yesterday, and already one of my blog's regular readers couldn't figure it out...I logged out and tried the system and also found it confusing. So I'm going to walk you through it now. The initial co
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New Rules

Tuesday, 22 August 2006 1:58 P GMT-05
I wish this blogging were going to be as clever as Bill Maher's New Rules - my favorite feature from his HBO show - but it's not. Instead it's about the apparent new rules of journalism that I apparently missed. I read Rolling Stone religiously
Category: Entertainment
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Opening Soon

Friday, 18 August 2006 8:49 P GMT-05
I've been very remiss in my blogging, and I apologize. School started Monday, we sent my niece back to L.A., Monday, and my daughter had her sorta kinda first date tonight. Anyway, while she is at the mall with her new "man friend,&q
Category: Personal/Political
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Internet Neutrality

Friday, 11 August 2006 9:42 A GMT-05
Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment -- a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you -- based on what site pays the
Category: Internet
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Real Women Don't Wear Size 2

Monday, 7 August 2006 12:34 P GMT-05
While in Cape May I had the opportunity to read advance copies of two good books. The first was Real Women Don't Wear Size 2 by Kelley St. John, and while it required some pretty extensive suspension of disbelief, it was nonetheless quite a good read
Category: Reading
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Design

Sunday, 6 August 2006 9:47 A GMT-05
After watching CBS Sunday Morning, with its sole focus on design today, I had one of my "ideas." So far my husband is all for it...but neither of us has yet to figure out where to take it. We have a Mediterranean-style house, ve
Category: Personal/Political
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Some sad news

Saturday, 5 August 2006 11:44 A GMT-05
I'll be doing a more comprehensive blogging either later today or tomorrow, but I'm home (yesterday was devoted to writing up my RWA report and posting reviews at AAR along with Sandy and Robin's RWA reports). The true reason for this abbreviat
Category: Personal/Political
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