Friday, July 30, 2010

title pic Free Rice

Posted by Lanel on November 9, 2007

This was kind of fun. It’s like the donate a mammogram website only you learn something while you’re there (which also means you’re there a little longer). For every word you define correctly you donate 10 grains of rice. In just a couple minutes I donated over 400 grains of rice. That may not seem [...]

title pic Swapping Lives

Posted by Lanel on October 9, 2007

This is the fourth book by Jane Green that I’ve read recently. This last one was actually by accident. I went to pick up a book a couple weeks ago for my original trip to CA. This one looked good so I bought it, it wasn’t until I picked it up to read that I [...]

title pic Books and Movies

Posted by Lanel on September 30, 2007

It’s not uncommon for me to read a book then see the “based on” movie at a later time. I usually try to read the book first, and often I’m disappointed by the movie. I think the most recent book/movie was my biggest disappointment yet. One evening I saw the movie “The Redemption of Sarah [...]

title pic Airlines

Posted by Lanel on November 1, 2006

I’m not a super frequent flyer but I do ride the skies fairly often. I used to be an American Airlines customer but since moving I’ve had to choose another company. (I guess Hickville isn’t big enough for AA to service.) So, I tend to fly Southwest a lot recently. I have to say, I [...]

title pic Free Books

Posted by Lanel on September 12, 2006

I love free books. I few months back someone recommended this site to me. I signed up (because it’s FREE) and have loved it ever since. Here’s the deal, you register and list some old books you have laying around. Books that you’ve already read and enjoyed but don’t plan on reading again. You know, [...]

title pic Google, Yahoo, Sunbird, oh my

Posted by Lanel on September 8, 2006

So, I’ve been having some trouble with Outlook the past few weeks. I finally just got sick of it and decided to take my life elsewhere. (I know you’re thinking that’s a typo, not it’s not…Outlook is my life.) So, the e-mail things was an easy switch. I’ve been using Firefox for quite some time [...]