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Reading

Take a look, it’s in a book

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I took an informal “What’s your favorite book?” poll on Facebook. Here are the results:

  • “Pride and Prejudice — I love her (Austen’s) sense of humor, the social propriety, the true-to-life and hilarious characters, and of course Mr. Darcy is the ultimate quiet, mysterious, tall-dark-and-handsome, wealthy man…” (Tammy K.)
  • “… i guess maybe ‘good omens,’ by terry pratchett and neil gaiman. for one, because it’s written by two of my favorite authors EVER. but apart from that, it’s a solid story: excellent plot, interesting characters that make me care about what happens to them, and a metric ton of hilarity. :D” (Stephanie F.)
  • “I love The Secret Garden and Little Women.” (Alison B.)
  • “Anne of Green Gables. It never gets old to me! Her drama always makes me laugh!” (Kate M.)
  • “Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I love it because it’s a great story and great characters, and it makes you want to be a better person. There are others that rate right up there. If you ask me tomorrow it might be different.” (Laura D.)
  • “To Kill a Mockingbird b/c I love the characters! How can you not have a crush on Atticus Finch and just fall in love with Scout?” (Breanne G.)
  • “A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan – classic WWII story told with literary flair not oft present in such works.” (Mannie L.)
  • “Little Women. I always wanted to be Jo. :)” (Amy M.)
  • “Depends on my mood … Pride and Prejudice is definitely up there.” (April)

    • I’ve already read several of these (“Good Omens,” “The Secret Garden,” “Little Women,” “Poisonwood Bible” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”), but I’m thinking about re-reading those and reading the others on the list, too. Even Mannie’s World War II story.

    How about you? What’s your favorite book?

    Music

    Ten songs for folding laundry

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    • “Build That Wall” (Aimee Mann)
    • “Clap Your Hands” (They Might Be Giants)
    • “Lady Madonna” (The Beatles)
    • “Elmo’s Song” (Sesame Street)
    • “Revelation” (Ropeadope Records)
    • “Body and Soul (Re-Take 2)” (Thelonious Monk)
    • “Wait Up” (Uncle Tupelo)
    • “The Last Goodbye” (Jeff Buckley)
    • “Splishing and Splashing” (Music Together)
    • “Steppin’ Out” (Joe Jackson)
    Screen time

    Nichole’s Superbowl ad scorecard

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  • House made of beer: Not funny.
  • Betty White playing football: Mildly funny. I like Betty White.
  • Doritos, anti-barking collar: Not funny, with a streak of meanness.
  • “Robin Hood”: Not funny. But I don’t suppose it was supposed to be. I love the Robin Hood story, but I’m not sure I’m going to watch this one. Russell Crowe is on my boycott list. Rockford says, “Kinda want to see that. Kinda.”
  • Doritos, “Keep your hands off my mama”: Not funny.
  • Bud Light asteroid: Not funny.
  • “NCIS” head slap: Amusing, even though I’ve ever watched the show.
  • “Simpsons” Coke ad: I’ve always loved Mr. Burns, and his Warhol was lovely. Splendid ad.
  • Go Daddy, Danica massage: These ads annoy me greatly.
  • Doritos, funeral: Ridiculous.
  • Bud Light, voice modulator thing: Made me laugh a little. That T-Pain is a hoot.
  • Monster.com, fiddling beaver: Funnyish, I guess.
  • “The Wolfman”: I so will not be watching that.
  • Bridgestone, killer whale: Ha.
  • Shape-ups from Sketchers: My mom dated a guy who carried around a prototype for a shoe he had invented that was supposed to do something like Shape-ups. I wonder if he’s the force behind these.
  • Cars.com genius kid: Seemed to be an attempt to emulate Wes Anderson, but not very successfully.

    • I don’t know how much longer I’m going to keep this up. I’m pretty sure I know how much longer you’d like me to keep it up, though. Don’t worry. I’ll lose steam and interest soon.
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