The Divine Comedy: Graphic Novel

Geeks Go To Hell In Dante's Comic 'Divine Comedy' : NPR

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129834929&ft=1&f=100

"The damned wear Yale varsity sweaters in Seymour Chwast's graphic novel adaptation of Dante's masterpiece. Chwast's diabolically witty cartoon drawings mix Hell's medieval monsters with the tropes of film noir and the zaniness of indie comics."

From Trent @Simple Dollar

The Simple Dollar » Personal Philanthropy: Twenty Ways to Improve the World, Even If You’re Broke

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/09/14/personal-philanthropy-twenty-ways-to-improve-the-world-even-if-youre-broke/

A personal finance blog focusing on ordinary people dealing with unprecedented levels of debt.

This from Lenore @Free Range Kids

A List that Sums Things Up Nicely « FreeRangeKids

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/a-list-that-sums-things-up-nicely/

"Hi Readers! Just got this interesting letter from a Florida gal named Linda Wightman, who blogs at Lift Up Your Hearts. I haven’t seen the book she describes, but I thought her list of things that are going wrong in society was as tight as it was right. So here it is!"

Breastfeeding myths

http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/108659/5_breastfeeding_myths_you_probably

Everyone should have to read this. These myths MUST die

6 year itch

http://sixyearitch.com/2010/09/10/diversified-babble/

What I tried to say this afternoon, but just would not come together

Beautiful pictures!

Guy Kawasaki, from Alltop always find the best things to share.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/22-incredible-photos-of

I like groups, we all want to belong

     We get many confusing messages in our society (U.S). Diversity is good, we are a melting pot, Black History month, Hispanic History month, etc. while at the same time we are told to be color blind when it comes to people's race. Race is the elephant in the room. SHHH don't mention it, it isn't polite, "they" can't help being like that. And then there is affirmative action, which created a lot of problems in the eyes of the white majority of the country.

     We all come in different colors, from different cultures and thus we have a myriad possibilities to be different from everyone else. But we are SOCIAL creatures, and as such we want to belong to a "group " and that group will be really similar to us. What is the similarity?

     The reason why I have had issues in attempting to blog is due to the "group", in this case, my audience. Who is my audience? I guess my audience would be people who share similarities with me. So then, who am I?

     FlautaMom is:
           physically female
           genetically female
           culturally Hispanic
           Sallowed-skin
           Catholic
           Bilingual
           Computer Geek
           Gamer
           Role Player
           Neurotypical
           Psychologically mostly there
           Nerd: M.A in Medieval Spanish Lit, and currently working on one on Linguistics
           Attachment Parenting Mom
           Extended Nurser (3+years and going)
           Oh yeah, I am a Mom
           And a wife
           Wanna be organic eater
           Wanna be slow eater
           Wants to stop being a glutton
           etc.


So, this is why there is a problem with my audience. I write with all of the above in mind, but are there readers out there that will want to read what I write? Probably not. Do I just want to write on one topic? Not really, I will write about whatever enters my mind...





 

 

Creepy in a cool way

http://eyeborgproject.com/about/

From Lenore: Free Range Kids

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/outrage-of-the-weekend-student-suspended-for-bloodshot-eyes-after-his-dad-dies/

Really? Because red-shot eyes ALWAYS mean drugs

What I read online and why

Part of my daily ritual is to reads my Reader every morning --ok sometimes I can't, but I do try.Thanks to Annie  and Arwyn, I realized that I read a fairly monochromatically, but I don't know how to change that (or even if I should change it).

The Breastfeeding Advocates

     These bloggers are all for making sure that the Americas should remember that breastfeeding is the norm and that we should give parents the help they need in order to breastfeed.

PhD in Parenting
Blacktating
Lactivist Leanings
Best for Babes
Mama is 
One of those Women

Parents Like Me

     These are the bloggers that I relate to, they are a lot like me in one way or another. Or I just like what they have to say about parenting. Whatever the reason, they are cool!


PhD in Parenting
Raising My Boychick
Free Range Kids

Geek Dad --Wired
Daddy Dialectic
Labels are for Jars


Non-Parenting Blogs
      OMG! I read stuff that is not parenting related? The audacity, shouldn't I know by now that I should be reading Martha Stewart and Parent Dish only?

Sadly So
My Paper Crane
Hello Kitty Hell
The Simple Dollar


Comics and Other Funny Stuff
     Because I only have so much room for comic book boxes in the house; and I can ALWAYS use a laugh

Not Always Right
Passive Aggressive Notes
LICD
Looking for Group
Ninjerktsu
Control+Alt+Delete
PhD Comics
xkcd

So here it is; this is what sets the day for me EVERYDAY. No TV or cable news, no radio talk shows. Just the Net, everyday on my Mozilla side bar.

What I do?

So,

Instead of annoying my Facebook people with all those links that I share, I will share them here. Along with anything else my brain decides it wants to share.