We had a nice Thanksgiving and extended weekend. We host each year, and the group changes depending on whether my brother is celebrating with his wife's family or not (they alternate Xmas and Thanksgiving between the two families). This year my parents, Carlos and my sister and oldest nephew joined us. Her two youngest boys went with their dad ( Read more... )

I read this book around the time it was released http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1925498954/MOVIE-REVIEW-Perks-of-Being-a-Wallflower-a-well-told-tale-of-teenage-angst . There was a ( Read more... )

I saw this article http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x462617247/Waltham-native-pens-novel-about-teenage-life-in-the-Watch-City#axzz1YVnf5Kss and wanted to grab the book. Another ( Read more... )

Oh, what a blast from the past!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110418/od_yblog_upshot/scenes-from-80s-malls

According to this http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100226-NEWS-100229878 The Happy Hampton was also damaged. :/

The show was great, as expected. In some ways I felt like I was back in high school again (It's been 17 years - I was 17 when I left those halls). In other ways I felt very old. There was this very touching dance to Martina McBride's Read more... )

The fog on the highway on a sunny morning ( Read more... )

I can't tell you how many times we sat in Tina's living room, watching The Breakfast Club and drinking from her parent's cabinet (off the bus after school, before I walked home for dinner). Or how much I loved the song "Pretty in Pink" (and did something similar for my own Senior Prom dress). Was Say Anything his too? That was my first date with ( Read more... )

It has been about 20 years since I was grounded for ruining a pizza by carrying it on its side. My parents thought that I had done it on purpose and didn't like my attitude. I'll admit that I had an attitude, but I really was that dumb and didn't think anything about carrying a pizza on its side under my arm (who knew the cheese would all drip ( Read more... )

Metallica is selling a book about Cliff Burton http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122328Read more... )