Curious Incident

One day last week, Wednesday night I think, TheHusband and I watched Spider-Man 3 (Widescreen Edition).

Also one day last week I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. It was so interesting that I sat and read it in one sitting. Missed some sleep (5 hours worth), but it was worth it.

My Life as a Spy

I began reading Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House by Valerie Plame Wilson in Dec '07 but completed it in Jan '08, so I'm unsure of how to tag it. Anyway, the book is interesting and one I recommend. It is exactly this kind of 'serve your country loyally and honorably and then bend over while they fuck you over and force you to pretend you like it' shit that pissed me off with TheHusband's former employer and made me so glad to leave it behind (and so adamant to not enter back into it via another organization). It's also sickening how much Bush and Cheney have gotten away with, and continue to get away with, and it blows my mind why anyone voted for their shit two times in a row (my own husband included).

Below is an excerpt from the book, but is quoted from "Two declassified PREwar National Intelligence Council assessments that focused on the POSTwar environment in Iraq".

"The Intelligence Community assessed prior to the war that establishing a stable democratic government in postwar Iraq would be a long, difficult, and possibly turbulent challenge."
"The Intelligence community noted that Iraqi political culture did 'not foster liberalism or democracy.'...The Intelligence Community assessed prior to the war that al Qaeda probably would see an opportunity to accelerate its operational tempo and increase terrorist attacks during and after a US-Iraq War."

Anyway, the book is mostly about Valerie Plame Wilson's life and job and basically her side of the story (censored heavily by the government, of course).

2007 Book & Movie Review

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May 26th 2007
Having a bad day? Rent a movie! I highly recommend Freedom Writers (Full Screen Edition).

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June 7th 2007
I’ve read two books over the past month and forgot to write about them. One was Don't Kiss Them Good-bye by Allison DuBois and the other book was The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs by Denise Brodey. I recommend both books.
*The Elephant in the Playroom is a good book for foster parents to read.*

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July 2nd 2007
Last week I read a book called Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant. It's by Daniel Tammet, it is his autobiography really. He has high functioning Aspergers with some auditory processing and sensory issues. Very interesting.
*Good book for foster parents to read*

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Aug 10th 2007
The other day I read True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. I saw it in the kids / young adult section at the library, but the cover grabbed my attention so I read it (the cover pic was of a short haired girl sporting an angsty look) .

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Aug 17th 2007
Oh, while sitting in the doctor's office today, I read About Alice by Calvin Trillin.

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Nov 2nd 2007
The Truth About Bullshit

Today I finally finished reading Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit by Laura Penny. It reads like a lengthy blog post; it's interesting and funny, but not always PC. The Truth About Bullshit is basically a critique of our social culture.

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Nov 4th 2007
I just finished reading Foster Care (The Changing Family) by Nancy Millichap Davies.
http://www.amazon.com/Foster-Changing-Family-Nancy-Millichap/dp/0531110818
*Book for foster parents to read*

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Nov 14th 2007
Watched Reign Over Me (Widescreen Edition) which wasn't all that great, and Talladega Nights - The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Unrated Widescreen Edition) which was funnier than I expected. The Daughter and I watched Flushed Away (Widescreen Edition) and Charlotte's Web (Widescreen Edition) but I think I wrote about that before.

Introduction

I started out in 2002 over at another site under another name, then in July 2008 I switched to Blogger. The story behind the blog name is here. Basically people assume foster parents are out to make money, which most aren't because it pays peanuts, and since it is such a common misconception I decided to capitalize on that. It's called IRONY. But it sure does attract the haters which is okay because I'm laughing all the way to the bank. That's another joke, btw. Because we foster, our family is ever changing, but you can read a line up of the mealtickets characters here. I try to list some foster/adopt resources but if you know of more, please share. Or just skip right to the pictures.