Me2U: Holidays

    I do not like the holidays. I do not like the fact that I do not like the holiday season. I have tried very hard not to be a Scrooge. When my mother died ten years ago everything I knew changed. I was nowhere near ready for the changes that would happen. No more Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners at my parent’s house. My sister has since moved to Portland, OR. My father has since become a vegan-like raw food health food militant, except for special occasions like funerals and weddings then the man eats regular food like his life depended on it. It is hilarious watching this five foot seven ultra skinny man chow down on some “real” food. The stories he has about the aftermath to his body are stupendously amazingly intense. I will spare you the dirty details.

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    As I See It? 7-25

    When Teen Murderers Go Home

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    Blackflix Movie News Presents: The Day the Earth Stood Still

     

     

    Studio:  20th Century Fox
    Plot: An alien arrives on Earth to stop man from destroying the planet.
    Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates
    Rating:     PG-13
    Bottom Line:     *

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    Book Reveiw 7-25

    Someday
    By Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds
    ISBN:  978-1-4169-2811-9
    Publisher:  Atheneum Books
    Available:  Bookstores everywhere

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    REMEMBERING THE OTHER EARTHA KITT

     

     

     

     The day she took on President Lyndon Johnson and put her career in peril

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    Wellness News 7-25

    The Raw Truth About Vegetarianism

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      Ask the Business Librarian 7-25

      Q:    I’ve recently seen advertisements for something called Spark Your Future 2009 at the library.  Could you tell me more about this?

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      Mentor “Engineers” Students Bright Futures

      Left:  Dr. Pierre Percy,  is recognized as the first African American to earn a doctorate in electrical
      engineering. He will be
      honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 2009. Courtesy photo

      “Teachers respond to what parents demand.  The message is take math and science because you need the math and science as a base.  Biology is not medicine that doctors practice but you need biology to become a doctor,” said Dr. Pierre, “just as you need math and science to become an engineer.”

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