Most authors like to have “blurbs†on their book covers. This is where other authors or people prominent in the subject field endorse the book. Although I don’t know that a blurb has ever influenced my decision to buy a book, it certainly makes me look favorably on the author if So-and-so said that they enjoyed reading it. And that’s the whole point of getting blurbs.
free the twins!
Someone sent me a link to this site, which has a most interesting premise. Called Bra Free, it pretty much gets to the point.
The good doctor, Elizabeth Vaughn, is not an ob-gyn. She’s actually internal medicine and has lots of experience in emergency care. So the fact that she encourages her patients to go bra free is even more interesting. (Her reasons are mostly medical, but I’m focusing on the cosmetic aspect, of course.)
night
My lover has an inexplicable, abiding interest in the Holocaust and what the Nazis did. His explanation is that he’s attempting to understand what and how it happened. I see it as little more than car-accident-watching.
He’s reading a new, well-researched book about Auschwitz. While we’re discussing it, I recommend my copy of Night to him. He doesn’t start on it, so I decided to reread it. It’s been many years since the first and only time I read it and I wanted to be sure of my reasons for encouraging him to read it.
“nonprofits” in the US
I will rarely, if ever again, discuss my nonprofit on this blog. I’ve been offering updates about it on my site and will continue to do updates there. It is a children’s charity and for that reason I do not want it plastered all over this blog or permanently floating all over the Internet (since my site does change and I’ve disallowed archiving, I’m hoping what I write there will not remain).
badmash
This isn’t much of a blog post and I’m sorry about that. But, had to share this site. It’s just too funny. I especially like the two “Simpsons” intros.
Believe it or not, I discovered this site through a Newsweek article. At least they’re still good for something.