What's that? Wednesday was yesterday you say? Hmmmm... guess I should be back on track now that school's in session (insert maniacal cheering here), but unfortunately, the task of blogging fell low on the to do list yesterday and got bumped to today. A day late, but I'll make up for it in quantity and quality. Some good ones here, folks!
- "Sci-Fi Inspires Engineers To Build Our Future"-- While sci-fi and technology are two subjects I know little to nothing about, this Weekend Edition Saturday story interested me. Authors imagine things, write them into fiction, and then scientists and other smart folks turn them into realities? Holy cow. Yeah, it's a bit more complicated than that, but that's the simplified version. Still really cool.
- "Years After Taliban, Afghan Women Fare A Little Better"-- This Weekend Edition Sunday piece saddens me so. Life like this is utterly unimaginable to me.
- "Childhood Epilepsy"-- This segment of The Diane Rehm Show was especially timing, after a recent conversation I had with a friend whose toddler-aged son was recently diagnosed. As usual, Diane Rehm facilitates an in-depth discussion.
- "At The Movies, A String Of Futures Passed"-- Some giggles in this All Things Considered piece about the futures that were imagined in movies of old. Where are those flying cars, right?
- "Teary-Eyed Evolution: Crying Serves A Purpose"-- It's no secret to anyone who knows me, or has ever met me, that I'm a crier. I cry when I'm nervous, upset, angry, sad, you name it. But apparently that serves some purpose, if you think evolutionarily. Thanks Morning Edition for this cool story!
- "Who Can A Young Fan Look Up To? It's Tough"-- I always love Frank Deford's commentaries, and this is one that as a non-sportsminded-mom of an uber-sportsminded-son, I could truly relate.
- "Saturday Is Read Comics In Public Day: Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are"-- The Monkey See blog is making two appearances here, thanks to NPR's Facebook feed. The title says it all-- we'll be camping, but maybe JAM should pack a Calvin & Hobbes comic book with us?
- "Women Are Not Marshmallow Peeps, And Other Reasons There's No 'Chick Lit'"-- This additional Monkey See piece refers to the brouhaha Jennifer Weiner and Jodi Picoult have started in reaction to the super-coverage Jonathan Franzen's new novel is getting. I'm not really weighing in with my own opinion here, but I LOVED the argument Linda Holmes makes about abolishing the term "chick lit." Interesting stuff here.
Until next week, and hopefully on time,

I am never sure what I think about the term Chick Lit. I think that people who read what I genuinely think of as Chick Lit (fluffy, semi-predictable romances about youngish women) don't mind the label.
ReplyDeleteI DO mind the label being applied to authors who I DO think transcend that and write in a literary way, addressing issues and thoughts that we all have, such as Picoult. Though I certainly wouldn't call her or Weiner one of the best writers of all time, they both delve a bit deeper than shopping or hooking a man or bemoaning the loss of a man.
I'm going to read the story now--I love her "shoe fiction" genre.
Since my comment isn't long enough, I'll add that I'm listening to FREEDOM now, and it's pretty good actually, but yeah--I've never SEEN such hype!
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