Perhaps you’ve seen the previews for an upcoming kid’s movie called Race to Witch Mountain. There was a book I loved as a kid. It was called Escape to Witch Mountain and there were some campy Disney movies and all was well. Now, thanks to Hollywood magic, I didn’t even recognize what I was seeing [...]

Here’s to my mum! Thanks to her, I now have 101 (I counted) gently used scifi and fantasy books. Apparently her library is cutting down on their scifi section and replacing it with an expanded large print section. Their loss is my gain. Some of the authors include classics like Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Brian [...]

I know I’ve mentioned Ravelry before. I know quite a few of you are already there (and if you’re not on Ravelry and you knit or crochet, perhaps it’s worth a visit? Yes?). What you might not know is that Ravelry offers all kinds of interesting opportunities. Such as test knitting. Why? What’s this here? [...]

Every once in a while, the woman that stocks our soda fund at work will pick something new for us all to try. This week, it was Izze, a sparkling fruit beverage (and at 70% juice, not that scary). I picked up the Sparkling Clementine flavor, expecting to be drinking clementine juice. Wrong! Ingredients: Pure [...]

Some of you may know that I spent most of my childhood growing up in a suburb just outside the city of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Some of you may also have heard about the string of arsons there. Well, last Friday, there was another fire, only this time it happened in East Fallowfield Township, just down [...]