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Or 11/22/63, if you are a Stephen King fan. Wow.  My husband read the book and insisted that I read it.  I kept putting it off, complaining that the more than 800 pages in a hard cover bound copy was just too heavy, literally and figuratively.  I'm not interested in time travel, unless someone can show me how to really do it. I don't like to read about things that can't happen.  I could hardly understand all the "pretend play" my kids engaged in when they were younger. But he was persistent, kept asking me when I planned to start it.  I said things like: "oh, during April vacation, maybe" or, "when it comes out in paperback," or this one, "when I'm in the mood for a time travel-type book" (never). Finally, because I couldn't come up with any more excuses, I made a deal: I would listen to the AUDIObook while walking my dog.  Each day, with the dog on a leash, I touched the little screen on my iPod and listened to a port...

Have you ever been a recipient of a group email, one that promotes, espouses or suggests that you root for one political group, candidate, or other ideology with which you don’t agree, support or care for?  I have and it’s starting to bother me.  When people find a political (or religious) message they love, that they simply can’t wait to share with all of their nearest and dearest email addresses, where is the discerning thought?  Where is the, “Hmmm, who on this list of email addresses would appreciate receiving this political (or religious) message?”   The answer, quite frequently, is “Nowhere.”  I am repeatedly surprised, then annoyed, and in some cases angered by this insouciance.  There are many laws out there, on the state and federal levels that regulate unsolicited commercial email.  Why not draft an ordinance of sorts that would regulate unsolicited political (and religious) email?  Maybe that’s getting too close to stepping on Fi...