This is a reading/blogging challenge put on by Renay over at Bottle of Shine. Basically, people list ten books they love, and/or go pick out three books to read from other people’s lists, and then… Sunday Salon: tl;dr

In 1987, psychologist Warren Grossman lost his practice of thirteen years when a parasite laid its eggs in his liver, making him fatally ill. His doctor gave him a week to live. Somehow he lived… Sunday Salon: To Be Healed By The Earth

Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl were both in Nirvana. Both musical legends. Wizards at writing lyrics, at performing, at playing instruments, at writing music. Gods venerated by young people for their scorching hotness (depending on… Cobain and Grohl: Mythic Heroes

Nyah nyah nyah-nyah nyah! I can get married! Not that I wasn’t going to anyway. But GAY MARRIAGE IS NOW LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA! I almost used the blink tag there, I’m so excited. You know,… HAPPY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DAY!

This week’s Weekly Geeks theme is books we loved as children… which makes a great follow-up to Why Do We Read? Beastmama made a little meme for it which I’m using here. 1. What is… Weekly Geeks: beloved children’s books

I learned to read when I was two or three. There are family stories about this: that I taught myself to read. That when I was two – and a tiny child for two, at… Why do we read?

Oh yeah: and that was the Mother’s Day episode of the comic, too. I know they don’t mention it, but I like to think that that is why Elly got to take a bubble bath… Myth follow-up

I’ve wanted for a while to start writing about a different abuse-related myth every Monday. Because they start with the same letter, of course! And there are so many different common, harmful ideas that come… Monday Myths: Laziness

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Like Color To The Blind by Donna Williams The other week, I wrote about my realization that I feared – and didn’t need to fear – starting books that were strangers to me. About getting… Sunday Salon: Like Color To The Blind