
How to stomach children's programming
As the mother of an almost-two year old, I find my living room reverberating with the sweet melody of Barney's Don Knott-esque voice, by O the Owl's inability to relate to people outside of a book, and and by Husband's rants that the gang at Chuggington Station are all so useless that they should be sent to the junkyard and made into razor blades. And seeing as Lorelai started walking at 10 months, sometimes the only time I'm guaranteed not to have to run interference between

Timeline by Michael Crichton
Read my review here! #timeline #michaelcrichton #review
No dinosaurs were hurt in the making of this post...
Months ago, a coworker/friend had recommended a particular Michael Crichton novel to me. Sue and I share similar taste in television shows... so I felt pretty confident that I would enjoy anybook she would go out of her way to recommend to me. It promptly went on the "Post BW&R Reading List"... and there it stayed. In episode 11, Lorelai references Michael Crichton. SCORE! Finally, I can kill two birds with one stone and use the BW&R Challenge to read something on the pos

