Writer/director of cult fave finds vindication in success of second 'Saints' film There's the son of a Harvard-educated English teacher who raised his five children to give book reports on the classics. Full Article at SeacoastOnline.com

It's a pity that Madeleine Brand did not heed her own advice and refrain from "throwing yet another (b)log on the towering inferno of mommy blogs out there" [Parenting on the Edge, Oct. 17, and related podcast]. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

Pink Tentacle has found several great images of what a 1969 edition of the Japanese comic magazine Shonen Sunday called Computopia — a future in which computers will teach our children, perform surgeries, and infiltrate our lives in otherwise useful... Full Article at Boing Boing

The Underwater Land project recently supplied me with an MP3 download of their CD, "Underwater Land," created by the late, great and sorely missed Shel Silverstein. Full Article at Boing Boing

I have never read , and yes I recognize the effort involved in such an undertaking is quite minimal. Of course, the ideal time to have read this would have been nearly three decades ago. Full Article at Blogcritics.org

Most people have childhood memories of receiving favorite Christmas books as gifts. That explains why gifting favorite Christmas books is such a great idea. Gifts of Christmas books make a lasting impression. Full Article at Associated Content