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Book Review: Plan B, by Anne Lamott      Similar

Anne Lamott is a fabulous writer. She has the ability to take the stories of her life, ordinary stories, and not only make them engaging, but inspiring. When I read Traveling Mercies I closed it with a new found appreciation for the day to day experiences of my own life. Reading Plan B: Further Thoughts [...]
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Polysyllabic Spree - August 2008      Similar

Books Purchased: Books Purchased - August 2008 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Minders of Make-Believe by Leonard S. Marcus Calamity and Other Stories by Daphne Kalotay Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by Susan Tyler Hitchcock Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott Leave it to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse New Moon by Stephenie Meyer How Beautiful it is and How Easily it Can Be Broken by Daniel Mendelsohn The Best American Comics 2007 edited by Chris Ware Bertie Wooster Sees It Through by P. G. Wodehouse Joy in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse Bird b...
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3 days ago

Who's a public figure now?      Similar

One of my friends just started a new job teaching eighth grade. Her new school's policies are strict: No personal information online. One teacher got fired for being pictured online drinking an alcoholic beverage. This is a new concern for my friend, whose career has previously been with the elementary-aged crowd. She's been blogging for years, and even if she adds a password protection to her sites now, all her previous content will still keep coming up in Google searches for her name. It's been quite a learning curve for those of us who write anything of a personal nature online - often the ...
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