I just love that word! It was the name of my high school yearbook....

Anywaaaay,

I've never read Don Quixote (a translation of). And that's always bugged me.
Then I stumbled across a really cool site that e-mails it to me in installments:
http://www.dailylit.com

Some you buy, some are free. I stay in the "Classics" section (I think they're all free). 
There's enough in there to keep me busy for..., say..., the rest of my life!

And speaking of books...
Earthling has a "Prince Caspian Challenge" over at her blog.
She says:
"I thought it would be fun to get some people to read Prince Caspian together and discuss it before the movie comes out."

She also said it; "is not a hard or long read, and we have not quite two months before the movie comes out."
That was the clincher for me!

We (ok, my 18-yr old has/) have a copy on hand. I'm thinking we'll take turns reading it aloud....
If you're interested, head on over to take the "Prince Caspian Challenge"!


Moving on to movies....

SPOILER ALERT!

We finally saw I AM LEGEND.
It opens with Will Smith and his dog, Sam.
They both die.
The End.
Oh, and it was really scary.....

And I was shocked and amused to see that my words were taken and used as someone else's.
Shocked, because I stumbled across it and did a double-take because it was unexpected.
Amused, because, well, who knew I was quotable?
Not to mention my bad (ok, lazy) punctuation was also used.

From my profile:
About Me:
We homeschool because we know that: "Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school." (Federal District Judge Melinda Harmon) and we're just too selfish to give up our rights- and our children- to strangers.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/profiles/CrossView/

What I stumbled on:
"You have been hoodwinked.

As Texas Federal District Judge Melinda Harmon succinctly put it: "Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school." (quoted in _Schooling for a Global Age_, James Becker ed., p.xiii)

That is why we homeschool. And we're just too selfish to give up our rights- and our children- to strangers."

Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com
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Ain't that a hoot??!!

And to end on a good great note:
Maybe I could read Don Quixote in Spanish??!!

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