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conulyI never was eligible for $50 off, but I did get a $20 off coupon for kindle in the mail today, so it looks like Eva can have one too! Good for her!
Now, my plan is, as a lagniappe birthday gift, to stock it up with a few classic faves. I know what I want, but all the same, any suggestions for newer books I might be overlooking in my haste to supply Ana with the hits of my childhood?
I'm thinking maybe something by DWJ, and So You Want To Be A Wizard, and the first Tortall book (or maybe not, maybe I should skip ahead to Daine, because that's definitely the better quartet), aaaaaaand... I don't know.
Ana has already guessed what she's getting, and I don't know how she did it! She was whining that she wanted to borrow my kindle because we can't find our hard copy of Kiki Strike, and I said fine, I'd get her a new copy for her birthday, and she said "no, you won't, you'll get me a kindle and I can read it there!" which is the truth, but how on earth did she know?
She hasn't guessed about the iTunes card, though! I have to move on that.
Eva got her a decorated egg, and checks on it twice a week. Don't know what she think will happen to it tucked neatly in my desk drawer.
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Plea for help from Chinese prisoner found in shopping bag
http://dnain.fo/1n3ewln
It's the first time for a national Christian denomination to sue in favor of same-sex marriage, citing restricted freedom of religion. Currently ministers who marry couples without a marriage license can face misdemeanor charges punishable by up to 120 days in jail
LOL! Brilliant!
http://ti.me/1hTc0x4
Suspicious Deaths of Bankers Are Now Classified as “Trade Secrets” by Federal Regulator
Strange groups do happen randomly, of course.
http://bit.ly/1kug1YS
Of Course The U.S. Is An ‘Oligarchy’ — We Keep Electing The Rich
http://bit.ly/1mdYWC3
Last year the National Crime Victimization Survey turned up a remarkable statistic. In asking 40,000 households about rape and sexual violence, the survey uncovered that 38 percent of incidents were against men.
http://slate.me/PRnFBv
Burglars live the high life off rooftop bank heists
http://lat.ms/1jiBlAV
The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations officials said on Wednesday.
Antibiotic resistance has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country, the U.N.'s World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report. It is now a major threat to public health and "the implications will be devastating".
http://reut.rs/1kicYQP
Staten Island fails 'smog' test for 15th straight year, report says
http://bit.ly/1kpkc6E
Female Civil War re-enactors march proudly onto the battlefields where their forerunners disguised themselves to fight.
http://slate.me/1mZLxBE
Brunei has become the first east Asian country to adopt Sharia criminal law nationwide.
"Theory states that God's law is harsh and unfair, but God himself has said that his law is indeed fair," the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said today.
http://bit.ly/1fQDE9U
Now, my plan is, as a lagniappe birthday gift, to stock it up with a few classic faves. I know what I want, but all the same, any suggestions for newer books I might be overlooking in my haste to supply Ana with the hits of my childhood?
I'm thinking maybe something by DWJ, and So You Want To Be A Wizard, and the first Tortall book (or maybe not, maybe I should skip ahead to Daine, because that's definitely the better quartet), aaaaaaand... I don't know.
Ana has already guessed what she's getting, and I don't know how she did it! She was whining that she wanted to borrow my kindle because we can't find our hard copy of Kiki Strike, and I said fine, I'd get her a new copy for her birthday, and she said "no, you won't, you'll get me a kindle and I can read it there!" which is the truth, but how on earth did she know?
She hasn't guessed about the iTunes card, though! I have to move on that.
Eva got her a decorated egg, and checks on it twice a week. Don't know what she think will happen to it tucked neatly in my desk drawer.
Plea for help from Chinese prisoner found in shopping bag
http://dnain.fo/1n3ewln
It's the first time for a national Christian denomination to sue in favor of same-sex marriage, citing restricted freedom of religion. Currently ministers who marry couples without a marriage license can face misdemeanor charges punishable by up to 120 days in jail
LOL! Brilliant!
http://ti.me/1hTc0x4
Suspicious Deaths of Bankers Are Now Classified as “Trade Secrets” by Federal Regulator
Strange groups do happen randomly, of course.
http://bit.ly/1kug1YS
Of Course The U.S. Is An ‘Oligarchy’ — We Keep Electing The Rich
http://bit.ly/1mdYWC3
Last year the National Crime Victimization Survey turned up a remarkable statistic. In asking 40,000 households about rape and sexual violence, the survey uncovered that 38 percent of incidents were against men.
http://slate.me/PRnFBv
Burglars live the high life off rooftop bank heists
http://lat.ms/1jiBlAV
The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations officials said on Wednesday.
Antibiotic resistance has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country, the U.N.'s World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report. It is now a major threat to public health and "the implications will be devastating".
http://reut.rs/1kicYQP
Staten Island fails 'smog' test for 15th straight year, report says
http://bit.ly/1kpkc6E
Female Civil War re-enactors march proudly onto the battlefields where their forerunners disguised themselves to fight.
http://slate.me/1mZLxBE
Brunei has become the first east Asian country to adopt Sharia criminal law nationwide.
"Theory states that God's law is harsh and unfair, but God himself has said that his law is indeed fair," the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said today.
http://bit.ly/1fQDE9U
