Thursdays

When I heard Children of the 90s was looking for guest bloggers, I knew I had to jump all over that. Children of the 90s is one of my very favorite blogs and I’m always excited to be a part of it. (You might remember the Glamour Shots awesomeness I took part in a while back.)

Since I was clearly quite fashionable in the 90s, I decided to write about my favorite clothing item: Umbro shorts. You can read my post here. After you get totally blown away by me and my Umbros, check out the rest of the Children of the 90s blog. I promise, you will not regret it. And while you’re at it, make sure to follow Children of the 90s on Twitter and Facebook.

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Hey, big costume party tonight! Don’t forget to wear a costume!

Liz: I think we’ll be Romeo and Juliet.

Todd: Todd no want wear tights.

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My worst fears have been realized! There will be a follow-up to Sweet Valley Confidential.

It was announced today at The New York Times that a new series will begin next spring. It will be a digital-only series with installments coming out each month.

So, to recap:

Bad news = The Wakefields will be sticking around for even more terrible books.

Good news = The new series will probably keep me in the blogging business for the next fifteen years.

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A little something different this week.

The Moral of the Story: You have to be nice to bitchy people because they might just be sad children of divorce.

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From reader rachierach:

Hey, Shannon, you should let readers know that Francine Pascal will be speaking at Barnes and Nobles in Manhattan (The one on the Upper East Side) on March 29th at 7pm…I’m sure we’re all curious what she will say about the new book!

It’s times like these I wish I lived in New York. Thanks, Rach! Here’s the link to Francine’s B&N events page. Looks like she’s got another one lined up for April 7!

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Joseph got his brothers jobs as shepherds for Pharaoh’s livestock. The famine was getting pretty bad by that time and the Egyptians had already spent all their money on grain from the store Joseph had put aside. They came to him demanding free food, so Joseph took their livestock in lieu of money. The next year, the people had no money and no livestock to trade. Joe decided to take ownership of their land in exchange for food. Now all the land belonged to the Pharaoh, and all the citizens were servants. (Except the priests, of course.) Then Joseph gave everyone some seed and told them to sow the land and give a fifth of their harvests to the Pharaoh. The Egyptians thanked him for being such a nice guy.

Israel died after seventeen happy years in Egypt, at the age of 147. Before he died, he made Joseph promise to bury him with Isaac and Abraham.

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