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Today's BBAW topic both tests my interviewing skills and highlights another book blogger on my blog. It's fun to shake things up a bit. I was paired up with Trisha from Eclectic/Eccentric . If you don't already know her blog, please visit soon. Trisha is a professor who makes time for her love of reading and blogs about it. Big thank you to Trisha for her thoughtful answers! First of all, as someone who was recently called an eclectic reader, I love the title of your blog. How did you comeSeptember 26 – October 3 is Banned Book Week. I love Banned Book Week – it celebrates our right to access ideas. We have choices. I have a friend who limits what she reads because in her caste and in her religion, our daily activities can enhance or pollute the spirit. I totally get that. I totally get that there are images available online that can stick in our mind forever is we come across them accidentally, and I totally get that there are ideas that can bring chaos and disorder to a socieEvents are subject to change. FALL FUN Fall Festival: Opening Sept. 19, this autumn-focused site offers corn mazes, farm animal tours , a 10-acre pumpkin patch and activities ranging from water balloon fights and corn cannons to train and pony rides. 4 p.m.-dark weekdays, 10 a.m.-dark weekends, Country Lane Tree Farm, 3525 N. Bolander Road, Genoa. $1-$15, based on activities. 461-1298. > The Haunted Tree Maze is open Saturdays in October only, with little-kid frights

Filed under Liberals, Obama by AlexC State Senator Daylin Leach has as weary political observation on the state of political discourse to share with us on Twitter.Cong. “You Lie” Wilson is now a folk hero on right-wing talk radio. Cause respect for the office went out of style after Reagan I guess.Does anyone remember Leachvent?It was then State Rep Daylin Leach’s “comedic vehicle.” Really funny stuff. A taste:I just spent at a government-studies seminar at Harvard UniverThis week: The UConn Huskies will be looking for revenge this Saturday at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT against the #19/19 North Carolina Tar Heels. Here are the rosters for the Tar Heels and the Huskies . The Line/Prediction: According to Rivals.com , the Tar Heels are 4.5 point favorites and the over/under is 45.5 points. My prediction is North Carolina 27 UConn 17. Tickets: As of the time of this post, there are still tickets available . Get

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons. Douglas Adams, writer, dramatist, and musician ******* Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author ******* Right Brain/ Left Brain Quiz The higherToday, Thursday 10th September, sees the UK publication of the new, seventh edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations , edited by Elizabeth Knowles. To celebrate, OUP have teamed up with Waterstone’s to conduct a national poll asking what Britain’s favourite memorable quotation is. Below is a selection of the thirty quotes you can choose from, as well as details about how to take part. Classic Quotes It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of aMy August Reads - with links to reviews, where applicable. Note that I separated my YA reviews and posted them at my alter ego's blog, Twinkletoes Reviews . I planned on keeping that review site totally private, but since I always end up discovering that I can only handle one blog at a time, it may not last and I might as well link up to the reviews Sam has written, right? Right. I am Sam. Sam I am. There's a story attached to the name, but we'll save The Weekly MILP Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and Butterflyfish blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate. Who knew? So now all the moms in the legal field are represented. We aim for Sunday posts. Today is Monday but its a long weekend, so I get a pass. I now present: In Her Own Words #5: I haven't gone to the "In Her Own Words" well since Roundup

D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t c h Quotes of the Day : “You could theoretically design a co-op plan that had the same attributes as a public plan.” — Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services “Well, I think in theory you can imagine a co-operative meeting that definition.” — President Barack Obama The Big Government health care bill doesn’t have the votes in the Senate and it’s taking a beating in public opinion. The latest Rasmussen Report shows that 5The Weekly MILP Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and Butterflyfish blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate. Who knew? So now all the moms in the legal field are represented. We aim for Sunday posts. This week's theme is based on Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , a misnamed trilogy as there are five books Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and Butterflyfish blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate. Who knew? So now all the moms in the legal field are represented. We aim for Sunday posts. This week's theme is based on Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , a misnamed trilogy as there are five books (and I'm using all five because th

PatriotPost.US Friday Digest August 7, 2009 Vol. 09 No. 31 , Rats, Informants!THE FOUNDATION “In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” –Alexander Hamilton GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Calling All Informants The White House this week took to quoting John Adams in an effort to “debunk” criticism of and opposition to ObamaCare. “Facts are stubborn things,” said the administration

I stumbled upon some Photography Quotes and I wanted to share some. 1. You don't take a photograph, you make it. - Ansel Adams 2. A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. - Brigitte Bardot 3. There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... photoshop - Tyra Banks 4. When you see such photos, you can't help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rJohn F. Kennedy via last.fm Check what ‘big minds’ said about leadership. Those quotes will blow your mind! “It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” Douglas Adams “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.“ John Quincy Adams “No man wil

Leo Babauta is the author of the Book “ The Power of Less ” and the creator and blogger at Zen Habits , a Top 100 blog with 125,000 subscribers — one of the top productivity and simplicity blogs on the Internet. Babauta is one of the leading experts on productivity and simplicity, and has also written the top-selling productivity e-book in history: Zen To Done: The Ultimate Simple Productivity System . It has sold thousands of copies and has reached tens of thousands of readers. Babauta is

451 Fridays is based on an idea from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In his novel, a group of people are trying to keep the ideas found in books alive. Instead of actually saving the books, the Book People each "become" a book - memorizing it, word for word, and passing it down to the next generation. 451 Fridays asks what books you feel passionate about. What book do you think is so important that you would be willing to take on the challenge of "becoming"?

Click below for Nolan’s official report — all the data you could want, complete with quotes from celebrity players, information on who exactly played , and info about the fundraising component. A few things that stand out to me: 138 entries. Up from 88 last year, which was way down from 167 in 2007. Wonder what’s up with that — The economy? Celebrity Apprentice? The Scheinbergs played? I was under the impression that the family atop the PokerStars pyramid was taking a long vacationInsurance Bima provides resources, quotes, information and comparison for life, health, medical, auto, travel, house, property and general insurance.Is China really going to attack India before 2012? Yes, says Bharat Verma, editor of the Indian Defence Review , according to rediff.com Why? Out of nervousness and to divert attention from its own problems. Verma said the recession has “shut the Chinese exports shop”, creating an “unprecedented internal social unrest” which in turn, was severely threatening the grip of the Communists over the society. Among other reasons for this assessment were rising unemployment, flight of capit