Althea Schnacke (altheasus)

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Caption Contest: Balled Ambition

Take THAT giant ball of twine!

November 4, 2009 at 7:44 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

"Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama

I was really happy to see a glossary/appendix in the back of "Dune". After discovering the glossary only after reading all of "A Clockwork Orange", that's something I like to check for in books that have a whole different language in them.

October 30, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Caption Contest: #brains

@mom: on my way over for dinner. dad there too?

October 14, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

"A Widow for One Year" by John Irving

meggers, I posted a review of "The Little Stranger" yesterday if you're interested.

October 9, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

"A Widow for One Year" by John Irving

I'm not a huge fan of Vonnegut, who I find a little too ramble-y old man for my taste, especially his later stuff. Most writers tend to have set formulas, but sometimes they don't always turn out the most successful work. Maybe "Widow" would work as an epic poem or done in the style of Kanye West.

October 1, 2009 at 3:14 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Caption Contest: Our First Jedi President

President Obama breaks another race barrier by showing that being a massive nerd isn't limited to teenage white boys.

September 25, 2009 at 6:36 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Cooling off with cukes, turbo hummus, and tzatziki

Made tzatziki for the first time last night for the very same reason. We had a giant cucumber of doom (about the size of a bottle of wine), so I made a salad a couple of nights ago and still had half left. I did red wine vinegar instead of lemon and added some fresh mint. With homemade pita, tasty goodness and definitely better this morning now that the flavors melded.

July 22, 2009 at 10:21 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond

Thanks, lori!

One of the nice things about "Guns" is that the chapters are broken into pretty small sections, two or three pages at most. Great for reading right before bed or waiting for an appointment and there's enough continuation between sections that its easy to pick up and put back down without losing the train of thought.

July 22, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

"Dreaming in Cuban" by Christina Garcia

I've read a fair amount of Anzaldua for class, which I really enjoyed, for similar reasons. I loved that "Borderlands/La Fronteria" was partially in Spanish because it flipped the tables. I don't speak Spanish, so the poems that were in Spanish were foreign to me, instead of the other way around.

May 26, 2009 at 3:48 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Which would be a worse death?

Another question: which one would you rather sleep with? I'd go with the pig.

April 28, 2009 at 2:48 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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