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Christie Cantara: Honorary Red Sox Bat Girl!

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 9:33am
Christie Cantara: Honorary Red Sox Bat Girl!

Christie Cantara celebrated Mother’s Day in a big way. She was the honorary bat girl for the Red Sox! Lindsey Laverriere, a friend of Christie’s daughter, entered her in the Major League Baseball 2013 Honorary Bat Girl Contest, which recognizes 30 women who have been affected by breast cancer. The winners were selected by fan votes on HonoraryBatGirl.com along with feedback from a guest judging panel. So there she was at the Red Sox game in Boston on Mother’s Day along with her family, boyfriend Tom, and, of course, Lindsey. Read more.

 
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Don't Lick the Minivan

Submitted by The Page Turner, Community Blogger
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 3:38pm
Don't Lick the Minivan

Things I Should Have Been Doing Yesterday:

1. Laundry

2. Cleaning

3. Going for a training run

Things I Did Instead:

1 Drink coffee.

2. Read Leanne Shirtliffe's Don't Lick the Minivan

3. Howl with laughter.

"Remember the show Survivor? That's what parenting is like. We need to outwit, outlast, and outnumber our kids." (p. 95)

"Parenting tip: Lazy parenting creates kids who are self-starters" (p. 117)

Amen, sister.

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Movies: "The Great Gatsby"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 3:56pm
Movies: "The Great Gatsby"

Poor F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Kicked out of Princeton.  Saw his early literary stardom go down the drain.  Wife Zelda committed to various mental institutions.  Dead of drink at the age of 44.  And now director Baz Luhrmann has even taken away his authorship of one of the greatest American novels.

It’s true.  As the new movie take on “The Great Gatsby” ends, we see the title page of the novel of the same title, attributed to the fictional character of Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire).  No wonder Dorothy Parker commented at Fitzgerald’s funeral, “The poor son of a bitch.”

 

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Walking in the Woods

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 8:39am
Walking in the Woods

Walking in the woods with my sister Debi. Something we both look forward to all year round.  Serene, peaceful. Take a few moments to walk with us and leave all your worries behind. See more pictures.

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Theater of War

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 9:55am
Theater of War

 

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Does Sunscreen Prevent Malignant Melanoma?

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 2:45pm
Does Sunscreen Prevent Malignant Melanoma?

This past Monday was Melanoma Monday — an awareness campaign developed by the American Academy of Dermatology — so I decided to update a post I wrote last year about protecting your skin from the sun. I also checked in with Mike Cushman, who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2010. At the end of the post, you’ll find a list of upcoming free skin cancer screenings in Southern Maine. Read more.

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Movies: "The Sapphires"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 3:46pm
Movies: "The Sapphires"

Based on a true story, “The Sapphires” shows us the early career of Australia’s first all-Aborigine girl group and offers up a tasty sampling of 1960s soul music.

As the newsreel clips at the start of the movie inform us, the year is 1968.  When we first see these two sisters and their cousin performing, they’re covering a country western song at a small-town talent show near the reservation where they live.  As fate would have it, the MC is a displaced, down-on-his luck Irishman named Dave (Chris O’Dowd, of “Bridesmaids” and “Pirate Radio”), who picks up on the girls’ obvious talent and signs on as their manager.

 

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