Monthly Archives: January 2010
Three for the kids’ bookshelf
Been reading a lot of Young Adult books lately. Here are three I’m recommending these days: The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart) I’m a bit late to this party, as the cult sensation around 2007′s brainy action adventure is … Continue reading
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Things That Make Me Absurdly Happy VIII
We went through a pretty heavy Pokemon stage in this household that still had legs deep into this, the fourth grade year. I’m a big believer in the Pokemon game as a teacher of reading, of math and of strategy. … Continue reading
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OK, OK, we saw your epic movie. Now bring on that *other* ‘Avatar’ flick!
Yep, I joined the rest of humanity and saw “Avatar” this weekend. (In Real 3D, not regular 3D — but not XD, because that’s different, though it may be 3D, too? Hard to keep up with the new new…) Anyway, … Continue reading
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Borings
I’m certainly no Potter-hater. And it’s not like my opinion would make one farthing of difference to J.K. Rowling’s economy if I were. So it’s purely as a lover of good books and movies that I say: Man, was that … Continue reading
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What’s better than Scrabble? Here’s my two QINTARS worth
You know: a QINTAR, that Albanian unit of currency, 1/100th of a lek … and one of the few Scrabble words that uses Q without a U. Anyway, I like Scrabble well enough. As word guy, I kind of have … Continue reading
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