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Saturday Morning Videos: “Let it Snow” #SNOWVEMBER Storm (and why you should always have enough books)

Technically, it wasn’t a “blizzard”–not enough wind, and some other science-y technicalities. But OH MY GOSH, did we just live through a doozy of a storm up here (and we had no heat at our house for 3 days of it–that and literally hours of shoveling kind of take the bloom off the no-school-and-no-work rose, believe me) but here’s a less gloomy look at it than the news will give you… First, a Frozen parody. It should be noted that where the singer is (downtown Buffalo) they only got a dusting of snow. But the rest of the shots give you an idea of…

Saturday Morning Videos–the NPH Edition! Neil Patrick Harris: CHOOSE YOUR OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY book trailer with a bonus :)

My brother and I practically INHALED the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE series when they first came out. I am slightly bummed that this is hardcover and not paperback like they were–but I’ll get over it 😉 True story: when Doogie Howser, M.D. was on the air, my brother and Neil Patrick Harris looked practically like twins! Sadly, by the time he was in college my brother no longer looked so much like him–but another kid at UB at the same time as Bill still did…totally bizarre. Are there a lot of NPH lookalikes running around the world, or was the…

Bonus Saturday Morning Video: Get Ready for NaNoWriMo with founder Chris Baty!

ONE WEEK TO GO. I will be ready. Maybe. Probably. I hope…. What is NaNoWriMo? I’m so glad you asked! Hear all about it from Chris Baty himself–the guy who wrote No Plot? No Problem! and started this whole crazy shebang. The audio’s not great for the first few minutes of the video, but the problem is resolved fairly quickly, so it’s worth it to stick with it. It’s not too late to join the insanity! 😉

Saturday Morning Videos: Glove and Boots plea: PLEASE STOP GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY, HOLLYWOOD!

Ever sit through a trailer and wonder what the heck was left for you to discover in the actual movie? Yeah, me too. Spoiler alert–if you haven’t seen THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, this may ruin it for you. Teensy spoiler for THE RETURN OF THE JEDI too… Though seeing Han Solo in his prime is totally worth it… Bad Grandpa? Not so much.

New Release Review and Giveaway: STARS IN THEIR EYES by Lauren Blakely (Wrapped Up In Love #2)

 If you’re a fan of good old-fashioned rom-coms, you’re bound to love this fun read! ABOUT STARS IN THEIR EYES: WARNING: The hero in this book is not an asshole. He is hot, charming, smart, funny, ripped, gorgeous, respectful and completely panty-melting. Please proceed. A sexy and swoony new adult romance… Celebrity photographer and college senior Jess Leighton desperately needs to crash the wedding of the year. Snapping just one pic of the A-list Hollywood couple tying the knot will pay her way through grad school. But with security tighter than the bride-to-be’s corset, she’ll need more than her camera…

Saturday Morning Videos: COLUMBUS DAY: HOW IS THIS STILL A THING?

I’ve always appreciated days off as much as the next person, but as a social studies teacher, it’s always bothered me that we celebrated a guy who chopped off the hands of natives who didn’t bring him enough gold (see item #7 on the History Channel’s list). Um, seriously? YouTube won’t allow it to be embedded, so here’s the link. I actually did teach about Columbus’s–and other explorers’–cruelty; one of my favorite tools was Tod Olsen’s play “Explorers Who Abused the Indians–and Got Away with It.” (I don’t even remember where I got my copy from originally, but this lesson plan…

Saturday Morning Videos! The CLASSIC ALICE Web Series

Sad but true, this is so me! I got a 95 on an assignment and I was all, “95? What do you mean I got a 95??”   An entertaining web series about an English major who decides she’s going to improve her  writing by reading some of the classics that she hasn’t yet read–and then live her life as the book. (I’ve linked to the series after the two prequel videos, which are okay but more entertaining after you’ve watched some of the show instead of before.) Books she’s done so far: Crime and Punishment, Pygmalion, The Butterfly, and Macbeth. I’m two books behind in…