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  Once upon a time (or, Susan’s book pick: Fanny’s Dream by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner)

  09.16.08 | Permalink | 37 Comments

  Sometimes I fantasize about organizing a “too much stuff” intervention for my parents. I try to tell them, nicely, that we have libraries, Blockbuster, and WalMart for a reason: so we don’t have to stockpile every last ding-dang thing in our own homes. But ever since Sally learned how to read, it’s been kind of [...]

• commentary

  If it’s free, exactly how much would that be worth?

  05.16.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  The Curse of the Critic I’m completely blocked. Uneasy stomach, guilty headache. And I can’t write. Serves me right, right? I read an interesting post at Scribbit yesterday that made me feel defensive. In describing her product review philosophy, she wrote, “I don’t like writing posts that blast a product out of the water–seems a [...]