I avoided the Black Friday fray; how about you? I will do some shopping tomorrow in honor of Small Business Saturday. I'm giving myself an early Christmas present tonight: seeing Ray LaMontagne do a solo acoustic show. Ben Gibbard and Ray LaMontagne in the same month? Someone was a nice girl this year!!
Farewell, Hostess
Twinkie, I hardly knew ye. But I was very well acquainted with your brethren Sno Ball and CupCake. And Fruit Pie. I hope I can find a pack of Sno Balls somewhere tomorrow.
Some Humor for Election Night
I don't read The Onion enough. Check out all of the election stories...it's a GOLDMINE. A great way to pass the time as we wait for all of the polls to close. As someone who cares about the environment, I liked this one.
Happy Holidays
As of November 1, retailers have deemed it "the holiday season." I'm still thinking about how it would have been nice to hit the beach another time, and now I'm being told to start thinking about buying holiday gifts?? It's too much. Another thing that's too much = the election. I'm a nervous wreck... Continue Reading →
Random Penguin
So Random House and Penguin have announced that they're merging. As someone who was laid off TWICE (from two different jobs) from a book publisher in the throes of acquisitions and mergers, I feel sad. Not mad, exactly...I mean, if they need to merge in order to stay afloat, I'd rather have them merge... Continue Reading →
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