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Comment on The Original Bossypants and other things you might want to read by Varda (SquashedMom)

Varda (SquashedMom) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:49 +0000

STILL reading “The Summer Without Men” by Siri Hustvedt. A seriously good book. Not too thick, she makes every word count. Loving it.

Comment on David Brooks & The Great Divorce by Deborah Quinn

Deborah Quinn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:57:25 +0000

So true. But of course “the haves” have never been much interested in helping the “have nots” to have more, right? Then the haves might have…less. Or so they must thing. Maddening.

Comment on David Brooks & The Great Divorce by Deborah Quinn

Deborah Quinn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:37 +0000

Have you seen http://www.racetonowhere.com/ Race to Nowhere? Makes “Waiting for Superman” look like a fairy tale… it’s brutal and maddening and really good. Especially because instead of locating “the problems” in education in poor urban neighborhoods, this looks at problems in the heart of middle/upper class US…it’s great. And scary. And kind of inspiring, too. Thanks for reading.

Comment on The Original Bossypants and other things you might want to read by Susan williams

Susan williams — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:58:24 +0000

Roger Rosenblatt’s “Making Toast,” a small book that packs a huge wallop. In deft specificity and touching depth, he writes about the year following the very sudden death of his 38-year old daughter. And speaking of small books, i just re-read Castle Freeman Jr’s book, “Go With Me” because I am so very enamored of his writing.

Comment on The Original Bossypants and other things you might want to read by Deborah Quinn

Deborah Quinn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:44:08 +0000

I read somewhere that King only gets “line edited” — so that basically every word that comes out of his head stays in the text…sorry, Steve, ain’t NO ONE that good! His early stuff is so great – and better for being shorter!

Comment on The Original Bossypants and other things you might want to read by Andrea @ The Penny-Roach's

Andrea @ The Penny-Roach's — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:51:39 +0000

I am a loyal Stephen King fan. I get his new book every year for Christmas. I am scared of his new book. It seems just too big to even pick up and start, I feel like I’ll never finish it! Good to know I’m not the only one who thought it was too long.

Comment on David Brooks & The Great Divorce by Jessica@Team Rasler

Jessica@Team Rasler — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:45:48 +0000

Oh, the liquid platinum remark made me laugh out loud. Priceless.

I’m with Jamie… it’s really sad to see the difference between our first-year ideals as teachers and then the reality – and I work in one of the best public schools you can find! What makes me saddest is that the courts are systematically undoing one of the best things we ever did to public schools – integrate them. Even public schools aren’t going to be good bridge builders if we allow even those to continue to separate the haves and have-nots.

Comment on David Brooks & The Great Divorce by Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:31 +0000

i assume you’ve seen waiting for superman… such a sad piece. As a public school teacher it’s sad how quickly ideals are lost. We all start with the intention of teaching and educating and bettering and then shit happens that they don’t teach you in college. Politics, permission slips, mandatory websites, etc, etc, etc… it’s sad and even more scary.

Comment on David Brooks & The Great Divorce by Ado

Ado — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:32 +0000

You tell ‘em sistah! Loved reading this.
What is he thinking???
1950s are long gone, and to me the people who have the time and energy to mimic boho manners are not working half as hard as the 99% are. Jeez.
I loved the reference to the milk-maid errand in Walmart.

Comment on Just Dinner (and maybe a fresh start for dessert) by Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:51:19 +0000

There are some days where everything just seems to fall into place seamlessly. Where life is truly good. Seems like this one of those days Deborah!