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September 2006
The Funny Things You Miss...
Thursday, 28 September 2006 11:41 P GMT-06
I had coffee with a friend of mine today, an American expat who's been here in Australia for 11 years. Inevitably, conversation turned to the things we missed about our 'home' countries. It's funny, they're never quite the things
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My iPod Changed My Life
Wednesday, 27 September 2006 12:46 P GMT-06
And I love it. Truly.Making playlists -- my music my way -- is not only fun, but cool, too.But on the subway this morning on my way to a meeting, I was forced to confront a major disadvantage of my wonderful iPod: The countless minutes --
Eve Dallas on TV?
Monday, 25 September 2006 10:50 A GMT-06
I've been thinking about something for a while and today two things made me realize I needed to write it down. First I read Leigh's wonderful post about Detective Eames on L&O: CI (I agree wholeheartedly) and I read LLB's blog a
The Pre Poll Jitters
Sunday, 24 September 2006 9:46 P GMT-06
As of tomorrow morning my inbox will become a living breathing nightmare.I knew it was coming but beginning to doubt I'm prepared. Tomorrow it will be my turn to tally votes for Favorite Hero in the AAR Mini Poll. *trumpets b
Category: CindyS
Tribute to an Underappreciated Kickass TV Heroine
Sunday, 24 September 2006 4:36 P GMT-06
When Law and Order: Criminal Intent first debuted in 2001, I had a love-hate relationship with it. I liked the premise and the storylines, but I absolutely hated Vincent D'Onofrio's hammy, camera-hogging performance. Unfortunately
Category: TV
Everything you ever wanted to know about romance...
Saturday, 23 September 2006 4:20 P GMT-06
I write a newpaper column about the Romance genre every fortnight for my state's daily paper here, and in my random internet wanderings looking for something new and interesting to write about, I came across a really interesting project by Kassia
Welcome Back, Thursday Night TV!
Friday, 22 September 2006 1:54 P GMT-06
I remember in the halcyon days of NBC's must-see TV lineup when I'd look forward to Thursday nights and watching the entire lineup from start to finish. But in recent years, I haven't been watching TV much at all on Thursday nights.
Category: TV
Well, duh, Aaron Sorkin!
Thursday, 21 September 2006 6:49 A GMT-06
In the latest in the "what were they thinking" category, I wasn't surprised to read in The Washington Post that ratings for the second half of the Studio 60 on the Sunet Strip premiere on Monday night were significantly lower than the f
A Most Dignified Profession?
Wednesday, 20 September 2006 8:44 A GMT-06
When I was in law school, our professors strove mightily to instill a sense of dignity in us. We were taught that law is an honored and dignified profession, and that we should conduct ourselves accordingly. In our minds, the courtroom wa
Category: Lynn Spencer
Tis The Season
Tuesday, 19 September 2006 5:59 A GMT-06
No, I'm not talking about Christmas. In Philadelphia there is only one season of any importance: Football season.You know all the rumors you've heard about Philadelphia Eagles fans? They are true. The city of brotherly love should forfeit tha
Avast me Proud Beauties! Prepare to have your Timbers Shivered!
Monday, 18 September 2006 4:05 A GMT-06
One of my biggest pet peeves is when something I'm really into gets famous and popular. This goes for books, bands, trends, you name it. So I feel the need to state that I was a pirate fan long before Johnny ever considered dreadlocks and gold te
Lucky Number Slevin - Mini Review
Sunday, 17 September 2006 1:34 P GMT-06
Review of Lucky Number Slevin (Widescreen Edition)
Blue language
Saturday, 16 September 2006 8:57 P GMT-06
A certain close member of my family - we'll call him Don* - recently taught Max to say the word, "butthole."Sigh.Of course this person thought this was terribly funny and laughed a bunch of times as Max parroted
Category: Rachel Potter
I Am A Panda Geek
Friday, 15 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
Yes, it's true.I've always been a big panda fan and, since I live less than a mile from Washington's National Zoo, it's been an easy addiction to feed. Just like most D.C. residents, I've followed the awful panda fert
Category: Sandy C.
2 years ago today or A Momentous Occasion
Wednesday, 13 September 2006 9:02 P GMT-06
On September 13, 2004 I met my son, Max. In Yaroslavl, Russia. In Baby Home #1. This was him.It was A Momentous Occasion. I don't have a labor story for the day we were introduced; there was no choice between caesarian and
Category: Rachel Potter
Top 20 Favourite Books by 20 Different Authors
Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:00 A GMT-06
This was a meme that I came up with there about a month ago. I was getting a wee bit tired of seeing people's favourite book lists populated by one or two authors and yes, I'm extremely guilty of this also. I'm an Anne Stuart
All I Really Learned in College
Tuesday, 12 September 2006 12:44 P GMT-06
...was to twirl a pen on the fingers on one hand. Seriously. Ok, maybe more than that. I did earn a degree that led to my career for the last decade of my working life. But I saw my friends do this trick during classes and stu
Lost in the Experience
Tuesday, 12 September 2006 11:18 A GMT-06
So, who kept up with the Lost Experience this summer?
If you had anything resembling a job or, say, a life, then you probably didn't. As a big Lost geek, I kinda sorta kept up through the DJ Dan podcasts which I found very entertaining and some of
AAR's last Top 100 list with my comments
Monday, 11 September 2006 7:16 P GMT-06
This list has been making its rounds on the blogs, but saw a new incarnation at Dear Author and thought it was so clever. Here's mine: Book Title Comments 1Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase Okay.&n
Category: Rachel Potter Books
Comfort reads and favorite books
Saturday, 9 September 2006 9:14 P GMT-06
Thinking about comfort reads in preparation for voting in AAR's most recent poll , I sorted through my romance reading database (I actually have 3 databases: one for romances, one for all other books, and one for the TBR pile) and came up with th
Category: Rachel Potter Books
Macproblems
Saturday, 9 September 2006 4:47 P GMT-06
You know that commcercial with the hip and cool guy as the Mac and the Daily Show nerd as the PC? As a long time Apple person (and I go so far back that my first computer was a Mac box and I spent part of my first day on the job taking a "
Category: Sandy C.
When I'm Bad, I'm Better....
Saturday, 9 September 2006 7:37 A GMT-06
I've just finished watching The Inside Man, a movie about a bank heist, a cop, and a businessman with a very shady past. Now the actual movie isn't important, except that it illustrated a point that seems to be coming up more and more often i
The Secret Lives of Cats
Thursday, 7 September 2006 7:50 P GMT-06
Have any of you noticed that no matter how well-behaved one's cats may be when we're home, they seem to have their own secret lives when we're out? And these secret lives seem to involve all the "forbidden" pieces of furni
One of My Hobbies
Thursday, 7 September 2006 5:20 A GMT-06
Just in case there are AAR regulars showing up and wondering who this Cindy person is, I am one of the people who A) worked on the re-polling for the Favourite Books by Favourite Authors feature at AAR and B) is now working with Lee and LinnieGayl on
Category: CindyS
'Hoing up the Heroine
Tuesday, 5 September 2006 1:59 P GMT-06
I was stuck in jury duty today with National Geographic videos playing in the background (and what a true pit of hell jury duty in DC is!) and attempting to read with about 1/3 of my mind Elizabeth Lowell's The Wrong Hostage when ...thwack, right out
Category: Sandy C.