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I'm Okay, She's Terrific: Beth Lisick's Helping Me Help Myself

5/31/08 1:35pm by ToddieDowns
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I just finished reading the best book, a book that had me snarfing milk out my nose as I read it at the breakfast table. I know, it's rude to read at the table, but so be it. Beth Lisick lays her cards right on the table in the introduction of Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone. She writes:  Read more >

Great Posture for a Fat Chick: A Wii Fit Review

5/28/08 1:33pm by ToddieDowns
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I've had my Nintendo Wii Fit game for almost a week now, and let me just start by saying, according to Wii Fit, I've got amazing posture for a fat chick. And still, even despite that backhanded virtual compliment, I love love love this game. Why, you might be asking, is a blog devoted to good writing spending precious procrastination minutes talking about a video game, for pete's sake? Because I am going to talk about the writing.  Read more >

Putting a Face to Catastrophe: NPR's China Earthquake Coverage

5/18/08 2:42pm by ToddieDowns
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I've been thinking a lot this week about writing about tragedy, whether as a reporter or as someone who is part of the story. How difficult it must be on so many levels to be witness to suffering on such a mammoth scale.  Read more >

Fun at the Apocalypse: Fiona Maazel's Last Last Chance

5/5/08 9:58am by ToddieDowns
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Drug addiction. A superplague pandemic. Chicken farms. Vikings. Reincarnation. Does this crazy melange of elements sound like the makings of a comedy to you? Well, it is. A darned fine one, in fact. I have to confess, when fellow BlogHer JillMZ recommended Last Last Chance, the debut novel by writer Fiona Maazel, and I read that it was about drug addiction and recovery, my first reaction was "Ugh." Having never been there nor done that, I can't say addiction/recovery novels are up there in the top tier of favorite genres for me.  Read more >

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