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Twilight Movie Review
By: cribnotesTwilight begins with a deer pursued by a shadowy predator through a mossy forest of the Pacific Northwest. As the epitome of innocence is taken down mid-leap we cut t...
Movie Stars Who Retire- Yay or Nay?
By: cerealsFirst, Joaquin Phoenix announced he was going to stop acting and focus on music. Though I really liked him in The Village and Walk The Line, I knew I wouldn't miss hi...
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Question of the Day
I saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace over the weekend? Did you? Since it made 70.4 million dollars I'm guessing some of you had to see it. Despite some bad r...
Ugh. When Will We Learn?
Today I was directed to two Salon.com articles about Michelle Obama. The first is about her rear end. Yes, a woman wrote and took up space on a news site about the First ...
Culture Shock!
Last night I got the biggest dose of culture shock I've had in years: I watched American television. Living overseas for the past 15 years, I haven't had many chances to ...
Boogers Today, Brahms Tomorrow?
We were on the road last weekend engaged in our own conversation in the front mostly tuning out the banter in the back seat until I hear, "It's booger". And a reply, "No,...
Writing Really Bigly
My faith in the goodness of people has been vindicated by PNN this week. I'm a happy PNN camper. I've become extremely agitated about hate speech and provocative, fraudul...
Scenes from an Election
Voters came early to Ada W. Harris elementary School at Cardiff, Ca. A line formed at the door before polls opened at 7 a.m. Within an hour, more people had voted than in...
One Game Of The World Series I Will Watch
Who would have thought me of all people would write about a sporting event. My friends jaws are sure to drop when they see it. Tonight (Saturday the 25), will mark the fi...
Virtual Drama
Okay, so the story is that a "wife" in Japan was just arrested for killing her "husband" for divorcing her ... only the couple has never met in the flesh. Yes, this was a...
Anne of Green Gables: The Blog!
This weekend, I re-watched one of my all time favorite movies: Anne of Green Gables. While I was watching it, two interesting thoughts occurred to me: 1. I should probabl...
What's Face Detection?
eNews News! Many of the newer video cameras are following the still-camera features by offering face recognition technology. But how exactly does this technology work? Th...
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class 3 drivers'?
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Hi! I have a question for the Tarot. I am thinking about getting my class 3 drivers licence...I am looking at a career change & the prospect of 'going wherever th...
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"Animals United in the Kingdom" Tips off Nosy
This is "Breaking News" coming to you from the bank of a lake where Harvey's vehicle has just been pulled out of the icy waters. I, Ms Ernestine, am relaying this informa...
Ebay super 8 movie camera almost mine...
So we are on the 2 hour mark and the Canon 814XL super 8 movie camera is almost mine. I am crossing my fingers and checking my ebay page periodically. I also found a seco...
The #1 Reason to Move to Springfield, Missouri.
My crafty hero, Elsiecake, made a very very, very exciting announcement today. On February 1, she will be opening an online and brick and mortar boutique called Red Velve...
Movie Stars Who Retire- Yay or Nay?
First, Joaquin Phoenix announced he was going to stop acting and focus on music. Though I really liked him in The Village and Walk The Line, I knew I wouldn't miss him to...
Cat-astrophe
It was totally one of those days. I called out of work sick with a flu but really I had the most miserable cramps ever and was too busy renouncing my gender to bother get...
Muse Conference
There were a host of presenters at the conference . Since this was the first year I attended, I wasn't prepared. There were so many forums and chats, it was difficult to ...
Our beds.
I cannot even begin to express how much I love Martina Mullaney's photographs from her Turn In series. They are subtle yet truly moving. Beside the fact that her use of c...
Bidding War!
I just had a bidding war on ebay for a Canon 814 XL. So far I am the highest bidder. I am not paying over $100 for the camera. It is used and has scratches but I want it ...
New Art Prints... for 2009
Browse the prints below, if you see one that sparks interest... please email me the name and I'll send you a pass to view a much larger version. I have a private gallery ...
Antidote to a Bad Day
I recently spoke to a fourth grade class about writing, talking about how all writers go through the same processes when they write (ideas, first drafts, revisions, etc.)...











