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Archive for November, 2010

The other day I was at a store and saw a little boy excited to get on and ride the escalator. Nothing was passing through his head about being cool, about pretending it was routine for him, no embarrassment, just plain excitement. Holden Caulfield would have said, “He kills me.”

The thing is that we grow out of that and into something else — a much more self-conscious, socially aware, socially anxious, strategic, plotting . . . adult. Caulfield doesn’t like that — it’s full of “phonies.” How do you grow into an adult without becoming a “phony?” As Caulfield says, “How would you know you weren’t being a phony? The trouble is, you wouldn’t.” You could be phony about being phony, priding yourself on your non-phoniness, on your seeing through everybody else’s phoniness. You never know.

If you’re like me, and you haven’t read A Catcher in the Rye for a very long time, it’s worth a re-read (or maybe two).
Splendid Christmas Holiday Gourmet

I actually purchased 3 – one for my husband and myself and a 3rd for a friend. We all love the features. It’s nice with the 7-day memory. You don’t have to reset, it’s just ready to go and it seems very accurate.
Fire It Up

This is quite possibly the worst book I’ve ever read. A good friend of mine recommended it to me and I kept reading expecting something more… It just seemed to keep going on without any real purpose.
Viking Professional VCBB536Lx 36

This was a great bike rack, be aware however that it is really designed for 4 adult bikes. With some creative positioning we are able to include my children’s’ bikes so it is possible.

We traveled 5 hours each way with the bikes and had no problems. There was very little movement and sway while driving with the bikes on the rack.
Hollywood Racks HR400 Road

I absolutely hated this book. There is no plot. At all. I’ve heard it’s supposed to be a great coming-of-age story, but to me, it didn’t seem like the main character changed at all. Holden Caulfield remains annoying, whiny, and obsessed with cussing and the word “phony”. If I hadn’t been graded on reading it, I wouldn’t have even read past the first few pages. Personally, I can’t understand how this book ever got to be a classic.
Archery Business