A couple of weeks ago, a friend of ours who is currently battling colon cancer put this video up on his blog. (OK Go – yes, the treadmill guys – has requested that embedding be disabled on the video, so I can’t post it directly here.) Mark decided that since this was going to be the year that he “kicks… (more…)
I’ve got the best husband in the world! Paramore Valentines (designed by JT Daly of Paper Route, in fact)! Jeff found them online a few weeks ago and thought they would be perfect. I can honestly say this is probably one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever gotten. Gents, take this as proof that, if you know your lady well,… (more…)
For my third book of the 2010 YA Lit Reading Challenge, I chose Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. I was pretty excited about reading it, because a lot of my friends (whose taste in books is usually right in line with mine) really enjoyed it. To sum up, this book is about 16 year old Nora Grey, who is unexpectedly… (more…)
I read the description of this book and immediately decided that it sounded like what would’ve happened in Twilight if Jacob had won. Boy, was I wrong. And that’s not a bad thing. Shiver is the story of Grace and Sam, a girl and her wolf. Sam spends every summer human, but, due to being attacked by a werewolf as… (more…)
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve entered a YA Lit Reading Challenge for 2010. My goal is to read 25 YA Lit books over the course of the year. I’m hoping I surpass that goal, but we’ll see. In any case, my first selection this year was Fire, by Kristin Cashore. It’s a companion book to her earlier… (more…)