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Kindred Spirits
on Feb 15, 2007 in Valentines dads away on business American Girl dolls I was in New York all week last week for American International Toy Fair. Like any good dad does when he's gone for that long, I went in search of souvenirs for my little ladies, especially since I would be gone on Valentine's Day. Though I was loo...
Giveaway: Kit Kittredge Movie
on Nov 9, 2008 in Parenting Review Kit Kittredge The Pea Economy American Girl The Princess Parenting Daughters As many of you already know we've got something of an obsession with everything American Girl going on in this house. I'd love to pretend that I am innocent in the makings of this obsession, but to do so would to be out and out lying. As a matter of...
Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Patillo
on Mar 8, 2009 in American Literature 21st Century Adultery American Girl Beth Patillo Chick Lit Jane Austen Love Stories Synopsis: Jane Austen scholar Emma hunts Austen’s lost love letters in the hopes of restoring her besmirched academic name and to prove to the world that Austen was wrong about happy endings. Review: I came to Jane Austen relatively late in lif...
Through the Eyes of Children
on Mar 22, 2009 in slavery Addy Barbie American Girl Abraham Lincoln racism bigotry THIS WEEK, Stephen relates a story about his recent trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.I recently spent an afternoon at the very impressive Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. The facili...
10 Great Movies… And Two Bonus Features
on Mar 23, 2009 in Film In My Opinion movies morgan freeman princess bride amadeus matrix l.a. confidential silence of the lambs jodi foster anthony hopkins quentin tarantino kill bill vol. 1 shawshank redemption tim robbins 10 great movies great movies lawrence of arabia spencer tracy katherine hepburn sidney poitier usual suspects mawage rebecca hitchcock blade runner harrison ford sean young guess who's coming to dinner peter o'toole alec guiness omar shariff american girl tom petty acting directing plot do androids dream of electric sheep androids rutger hauer laurence olivier joan fontaine bryan singer gabriel byrne benecio del toro kevin spacey Without further ado… I decided to randomly pick ten movies I’d consider, at this moment and off the top of my head, to be some of my most favorite. Then I threw in, as I did in my earlier 10 Cheesy Movies post, a couple of bonus fea...