Comments on: Venomous Kate… Unplugged

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:21:50 +0000

Although I’m an avid reader, I’m 40ish and a mom, too, Donna. And I love this series. It’s an easy read, and quite enjoyable!

By: The Rich Wasp

The Rich Wasp — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:28:46 +0000

Glad to know I’m not the only one whose mother forwards every email she gets…

By: ShyAsrai

ShyAsrai — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:32:07 +0000

i just finished twilight. very curious after all the hype & daughter lent it to me.

was as disappointed as i was with Dan Brown’s books.

poorly written etc…

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:55:32 +0000

I’m thinking of getting some of this series for one of my daughters, she’s 40ish, 3 children under age 5, and not exactly an avid reader like her husband and the rest of my kids.

Do y’all think that would be a bad idea? Do you have any other ideas? I’ve plumb run out, though I’m considering a box of steaks and bottle of wine. I have to give her husband a book, he’d be disappointed if I didn’t.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:11:02 +0000

Oooh, no. I didn’t know about Midnight Sun. Definitely going to check that out! I finished Eclipse last night and started Breaking Dawn this morning. As much as I’d love to spend the entire day reading it, my laundry’s been piling up and my family expects to be fed dinner, so I might put off the bulk of the reading for the weekend.

Might.

By: wg

wg — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:08:13 +0000

Until the marketing campaign kicked off, I hadn’t either…but I not only have two teenage girls in the house, they shot the entire movie here in Oregon. The forest scenes with Edward in the movie were shot at Silver Creek Falls State Park, which is about 15 miles from here.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:42:45 +0000

I got hooked on Twilight too. A friend loaned me the first book on Thursday, and I finished it late Saturday night. I got a post in Saturday morning, but I definitely spent the better part of the weekend offline.

Do you know about Midnight Sun? It’s Twilight from Edward’s perspective. It’s on the author’s website. I’m halfway done with that, and then on to New Moon.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:27:18 +0000

wg, reminds me of my daughter’s tales about “shoulda retired last year” guys where she interned one year.

OK, I never heard of the Twilight series, books or movies, until last week. As much as I’m on the internet, that doesn’t seem possible. But it’s true!

By: Bridget

Bridget — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:26:10 +0000

Welcome to the world of Twilight! When you are done with Breaking Dawn and need another series to sink your teeth in to (literally?), check out the Sookie Stackhouse novels. It’s a series. I’m on book four so far… pretty freaking cool! (the first book is called ‘Dead Until Dark’.)

By: wg

wg — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:57:10 +0000

Under the heading for Fun With Email….I remember, even though I only have 11 years in, my department’s very first use of email replacing the mainframe mail we had before (horrifying, when you’re used to modern stuff, to be using a system from the 70′s…).

I had a manager who was new to email, that I, as the faithful support staff at the time, helped to transition. We started by opening the email program, Groupwise (the name around the office has become synonymous with “email”, as in, “Oh, just groupwise me that later, will you?”). Once we had that down, we progressed to actually opening mail. So far, so good.

Unfortunately, it was at that point that I was unable to help much more for a few weeks, due to workload. Imagine my horror to finding that she was printing emails, calling ahead to the recipient, and faxing them. I managed to instruct her on the proper use of the “forward” option, but she really had a hard time with it.

Your tax dollars at work!