Mary's Ramble

Halloween is barely over and we're already inundated with Christmas. I saw a commercial featuring a Christmas elf the morning after Hal...

Here's a scene from one of my absolute favorite Halloween movies: And my favorite line from the movie: Okay, now go run AMUCK!!

A few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly listed the 20 Greatest Vampires of All Time . I disagreed with at least half of the list - after all,...

After the Friday Rant (which was really supposed to be the Thursday Rant, but I forgot to hit "publish") here's your regularly...

As posted at FlickFilosopher:  Question of the day: Is ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ too dangerous for children? : "I wondered in my revi...

I can't wait until Monday!!! Actually, I guess I do say it fairly often in reference to The Big Bang Theory...but especially this we...

Taken at the Henry Doorly Zoo

I don't know how soon I'll get to the theater to see Where the Wild Things Are but I'm half holding my breath. It's one of...

Finally! ReadWriteWeb has clarified The Rules of social media (please note "The Rules" (with caps) should be spoken in a loud bo...

View Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009 in a larger map

She has some very good points, especially near the end. I like the football analogy. via Kids' Right to Read Project

via Kids' Right to Read Project

Each year, ALA publishes a list of books challenged or banned in the past year: "The challenges documented in this list are not broug...