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While meandering up and down the grocery aisles this morning, Jackson was swinging his legs from the buggy seat while I was reading the list and keeping a running inventory of our pantry in my mind. We made a morning out of the outing. It can be quite an event. While cruising the aisles, Jack and I discuss politics, fashion and whether or not we really need chocolate milk or Oreos . ("for grandad!" he said trying to convince me...) During this aisle-13-small-talk, I will usually try to sneak in a quick kiss on his rosy cheek or tickle his neck just to keep things silly. Today, I bent down and dropped a noisy kiss on his right cheek. "No, mama!" he shouts. "Don't kiss me!" My heart sank. Already? I've heard about the dreadful moment when your kid shies away from your public affection. But one always thinks: Not my child! So I go in for the kill and plop another on his cheek. "No, mama!" he rejects it again. "You don't kiss me!...

When a book conservator encounters a centuries-old Hebrew text, the Sarajevo Haggadah, she feels a “strange and powerful” sensation, something “between brushing a live wire and stroking the back of a newborn baby’s head.” It’s spring 1996 in Sarajevo, and Hanna has been called in to examine the book before it’s put on display. Dancing between present day and years gone by, this book is not only filled with vivid descriptions and colorful language but is also laced with historical and cultural information that provides a solid connection between you and each time period. With a writing style that traipses through time, one could get lost among the fact and fiction. But aside from a few meaningless sub-plots, the book refuses to let you go. (actual page from the Sarajevo Haggadah that is referred to many times in the book)* Lavish descriptions of ink colors, detailed fabric patterns and heart-breaking tales of families in danger, the book offers much range. Like the threads twisting into...

Jackson was strolling up and down the hallway strumming his guitar absentmindedly when he spotted the outfit I had laid out for him for school the next day. He was excited to see the black and white t-shirt* laid out on the the trunk. He snatched it up and carried it in to the hallway asking me: "I wear this morrow?" I said yes and I guess he was so thrilled he decided to immediately write a song about it. Thus this bluesy tune ensued: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73102019@N00/4078921133/ and this version: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73102019@N00/4078927107/in/photostream/ Let's just say I caught many renditions on video. *Please note there is no actual motorcycle on the shirt. In fact, it just says Old Navy.

The Bank Job Based on a true story, which always makes a movie more interesting.* You knew Jason Statham was going to have at least one ass-kicking scene. I had no idea British parliament/royalty were so sexually deviant. On a scale of 5 M&Ms we give this one 2. A green one and a blue one. *Once I heard a comedian say that the movie Transformers would be so much better if right before the beginning it said "based on a true story." I would have to agree.

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