http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog life in a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:02:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looks like daddy is upset that the citizens of NH decided to toss his little boy out on his keister. Ha ha ha. http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/11/15/sour-grapes/ Make one! http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/11/10/muppet/ The first of my radio presets has gone to all Christmas music. http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/11/06/and-so-it-begins/ The Plot This is a memoir, and more a string of events than a story with a plot. However, the basic premise is that the author, his wife and their toddler decide to give up life in San Francisco in favor of moving to a village in Wales. Here, the ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/11/04/sixpence-house/ Has anyone else been following what's been happening in Iceland? The whole thing reads like a cautionary tale for the U.S. which unfortunately occurred too late for anyone here to draw any lessons from it. Aside from the fact that the dollar can't (because of its greater importance to world ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/29/iceland/ I saw this article on the Telegraph site today. Josh Heinzl answered the phone with an enthusiastic "Hi, Josh's Toys and Games! This is Josh." The smile on Heinzl's face and the welcome in his voice were quickly replaced with a blank stare and frustrated tone. "Listen," he spoke politely but pointedly ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/23/toy-store/ Feeling not so fresh? Don't worry. Douse your "delicate tissue" with LYSOL. http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/20/ow/ The Plot In 1941, before Pearl Harbor brought the United States into WWII, Britain made a treaty with Nazi Germany and abandoned Europe to the Third Reich. Eight years later, Hitler is still in power, most of Europe is under his control, and the Jewish people are being systematically exterminated. ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/19/farthing/ The 1980 Newbery Winner is in diary format. I assume the title is to make it more accessible to the audience by mentioning a larger location; the main character is from New Hampshire and has never travelled out of the state. The Plot A Gathering of Days purports to be the diary ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/08/a-gathering-of-days-a-new-england-girls-journal-1830-32/ 1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman The Plot and My Thoughts -- in short No spoiler space here, because, surprise, there is no plot! This is actually a book of short poems about bugs. I believe they are intended to be read aloud by two people. I assume ... http://www.flaminggeeks.com/k/blog/2008/10/03/joyful-noise-poems-for-two-voices/