# 2: TEEN SCENE: 1001 Groovy Hints & Tips, by the Editors of NEW IDEAS FOR TEENS (THIS BOOK IS RATED “T” FOR TUNED-IN TEENS) Look, I’m not gonna lie to you. This book is hot, unadulterated awesome. It’s chapter after chapter of (hope you’re sitting down!) tips for teens, sorted by category, all of [...]
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Mar 30
Books I Have Loved
On the heels of a massive weeding-out that took place in the garage of my childhood home (one of them, I should say) came a veritable flood of books I loved as a kid. I was an early reader, a voracious reader, and–I’m only lately realizing–books really helped form a lot of my ideas and [...]
Mar 29
Why I Deleted My Facebook Account
Simply: it got to be too much. Too much noise, too much data, too many people, too many dissenting voices. It began to seem to me that each time I logged on (which, incidentally, was far too often), there was more to know about everyone I know, and everything everyone was doing was somehow happening [...]
Mar 11
Friday Frisson: Early Edition
The last few weeks have sucked. And so I am proposing a nice counterpoint to all that suckage, right here. I know that it’s still only Thursday on my side of the rock, but we’re going to get our Friday Frisson on early. Here, then, are a few small yet very pleasing delights. CPUs. Getting [...]
Mar 10
Kay Kay’s Divorce: I’d Fall in Love with Anyone
Kay Ballard does not suffer fools gladly. Despite her adorable and modest ways (about which she is happy to tell you), and despite the Twitter avatar that produces in me an unquenchable desire to refer to her as “Dollface”, Kay is a force to be reckoned with. Which is why, when she asked me if [...]
Mar 01
People. It is on.
Oh, that Sarah Bray! Clever minx, she, with the steel-trap brain and the heart of gold and the wicked talent! Look what she’s doing now: I don’t know if you’re like me. But I tend to get cranky when someone promises to help me make money. Unless that someone is a someone I trust beyond [...]
