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What's funny to me is in talking to the graduate advisor for the sociology department, she admitted that it was silly that they require the test since it has been proven to be racially and economically biased. Very true, except that it's been 17 years since my last math class and things were a...

Anyone taken it? Taking it? Any thoughts? Tips? Horror stories? My turn under the gun comes tomorrow and I wondered if any TBF folks could share my pain.

NOOOOOOO don't get sucked in. Books 1-4 will make you want to keep going and then you'll read 5 and you'll be disappointed, but you'll read 6 thinking that was just a blip, but then realize it wasn't. 7,8 and 9 will follow and you will start to wonder whether or not you imagined some of the main...

My worst reads this year (in no particular order) Haunted - Palahniuk (probably not as bad as just disappointing) Magic Street - Orson Scott Card Big Bad Wolf / London Bridges - Patterson (if it weren't for Baldacci's Split Second, this would be the worst payoff to a thriller I've ever read)...

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. In our tech-savvy family, we taught our older kids to read the old fashioned way - we read to them until they started helping us with the words. After my oldest son learned to read, he read to the younger kids and that led to my oldest daughter learning to read...

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (or anything else by him) for Columbia The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer for Germany I'm currently running through several novels by Chinese authors, I'm sure there will be a recommendation soon.

There is a sense in suburbia that no one feels they have time to connect with neighbors. In earlier decades, almost all of the moms stayed home so there was a greater sense of community since there was time to build it. In my neighborhod, both spouses work and then spend their nights chasing...

Just finished Haunted and I'd have to agree. It seems like Chuck is determined to ride his nihilism into the ground. I liked Survivor and Fight Club and I've also read Diary and Lullaby which I wasn't as crazy about. It seems like Palahniuk is at his best when he has both a story he wants to...

Years ago my father-in-law bought underwear for all of his sisters and daughters (I have no idea why). He has a sister named "Joy" and on the tag, it looked just like "Jay" (my name) so the gift ended up in my pile. So I was given her gift and opened it much to the delight of the rest of my...

We missed all of the nastiness that's going on further north, but the wind has blown 30-40 mph for the last 24 hours straight with gusts over 60. We've had to put rocks in our youngest kids' pockets to keep them on the ground. I'm with you. That kind of snow and cold are only dreams here most...

$1.85 / gallon! Looks like everyone around here can pull their giant pick-ups and SUVs out of storage. Sigh.

Since we started the process of adopting a daughter from China 18 months ago, my heart has been torn between two countries. Now that we have been there and back, it is even more so. When our kids are older, I would love to spend an extended amount of time over there. For now I have to settle for...

I guess that makes it my turn. Start threading a needle Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room Start turning the wool across the wire Roll a new life over In the middle of the night there's an old man Threading his toes through a bucket of rain Hey mister you dont...

Jack Johnson Sitting, Waiting, Wishing It's a great video if you haven't seen it.

I've read seven (all in the top ten), but I already knew there was a bit of geekiness about me. Now I have a number to put with it.

I just finished A Long Way Down a couple of weeks ago. Loved it. I liked High Fidelity also, but this newest one was much better. His characters have great voices. I haven't read Polysyllabic Spree yet, but it's on the list.

abc -- had a chance to finish it yet? I'm going to roll back through it over the weekend.

Barry Eisler's Rain Series takes place mostly in Japan. They are thriller types about an assassin. Not completely what you were looking for, but you said any... Hard Rain Rain Storm Rain Fall Killing Rain

Ray Charles -- Genius Loves Company specifically Ray and Willie Nelson doing "It Was a Very Good Year"

House of Flying Daggers Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Garden State (if it counts -- some of the music wasn't written for the movie)