tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post1883504964892191609..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": Still Trying To Be CoolAnne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-21762014604048905982008-10-07T11:38:00.000-07:002008-10-07T11:38:00.000-07:00Duh - NOW we need two more -- I said six people ot...Duh - NOW we need two more -- I said six people other than me on the planet liked book reports -- so I'll add diorama-loving Jacqui, and with Terri, Adrienne, Kelly and Marcia (who never said one way or the other -- I just politely drafted her) I'll meet just two more folks to prove my point.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-91603867228422635682008-10-06T17:44:00.000-07:002008-10-06T17:44:00.000-07:00I LOVED dioramas. Count me in.I LOVED dioramas. Count me in.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-70796898343400608042008-10-06T08:28:00.000-07:002008-10-06T08:28:00.000-07:00Ok, so that's Adrienne, Kelli and Terri (and thank...Ok, so that's Adrienne, Kelli and <BR/>Terri (and thanks for stopping by!)<BR/>that I can add to the six people on the planet other than me who liked book reports as a child. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and assume Marcia liked them, too.<BR/>We just need to find the other two folks...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-4266918251560841262008-10-04T14:11:00.000-07:002008-10-04T14:11:00.000-07:00ROFLI have learned to text, and I have AOL, so tha...ROFL<BR/><BR/>I have learned to text, and I have AOL, so that whole AIM thing is covered.<BR/><BR/>AND I LOVE BOOK REPORTS, or at least I did when I was in school.<BR/><BR/>I'm still a big weirdo dorky mom though. Some things never change!<BR/><BR/>:) TerriTerriRainerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301763290901887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-37208753778178140842008-10-03T20:10:00.000-07:002008-10-03T20:10:00.000-07:00Oh, I am text obsessed, I'll admit. But I'm also ...Oh, I am text obsessed, I'll admit. But I'm also very aware that someday my kids will be as frustrated about something computer-related with me as I have been watching my father fight with the remote control...Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-15745974485907069752008-10-03T14:35:00.000-07:002008-10-03T14:35:00.000-07:00I used to love book reports, too!I am a SLOOOOOOOO...I used to love book reports, too!<BR/>I am a SLOOOOOOOOOOW texter. I don't text often, but when I do I wonder why I didn't just call the person in the first place (though I'm usually answering a text, I never start them!)<BR/>Kelly (blueboards)Kelly Polarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968381456100611120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-57135691477602505132008-10-03T12:07:00.000-07:002008-10-03T12:07:00.000-07:00Oh, I miss those creative book reports! I hate tha...Oh, I miss those creative book reports! I hate that kids don't draw much anymore. When they need a picture for a report they just google it.<BR/>-jlinsky from Verla Kay'sAdriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583029102450754497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-75838221030425647122008-10-03T11:54:00.000-07:002008-10-03T11:54:00.000-07:00Thanks, Marcia. Sometimes I get so...bleh :(with ...Thanks, Marcia. Sometimes I get so...bleh :(<BR/>with my kids texting night and day (they and their friends sometimes get/create upwards of 20,000 texts a month -- of course these include hundreds of OMG and LOL and BRB), and the phones ringing while I drive and people clicking my name into their Blackberries that I want to go live on a prairie and raise wheatberries alongside the howl of coyotes.<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe not the coyotes, but <BR/>something along those lines.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-135472490160441122008-10-03T05:48:00.000-07:002008-10-03T05:48:00.000-07:00But I forgot the other half of my comment! Congrat...But I forgot the other half of my comment! Congratulations on all the good stuff that's been happening, Anne! A great review, an article in The Writer, and a finished book. Woo-hoo!Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-84044743270375213512008-10-03T05:45:00.000-07:002008-10-03T05:45:00.000-07:00It's like technology has a thousand handles we cou...It's like technology has a thousand handles we could grab onto, trying desperately to keep up, and we all grab the few that we can. <BR/><BR/>I text with #3, but our phone account includes free texting. I have a site and a blog; he has Facebook. #2 has none of the above, just cell phone, email, and Internet. But she can sell stuff on ebay, which I've never tried. #1has a cell and emails me from work, but doesn't have the Internet at home. NONE of us have an ipod, though #3 has a voice recorder. When we got our very first VCR I was the only person in the house who could program it. But now? I don't know how to use either the VCR or DVD parts of the machine, and the number of buttons on the remote makes my eyes glaze over. DH and I tried and failed to record a football game last weekend. And we even used the instruction book . . .Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-11473826032762398632008-10-01T16:25:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:25:00.000-07:00Hi Gutsy - and thanks for stopping by.That IS weir...Hi Gutsy - and thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>That IS weird about your friends who refuse to use the computer and have to have printed letters. Old habits die hard...<BR/><BR/>I think the real difference is I still remember not being able to see a show when I wanted (Tivo), and having to wait more for things. My youngest began using a computer in preschool.<BR/><BR/>But you're right; there are things we do and know that might surprise these guys.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-31974304199825024922008-10-01T13:39:00.000-07:002008-10-01T13:39:00.000-07:00My kids are surprised to see me blogging. Of cours...My kids are surprised to see me blogging. Of course I e-mail and am addicted to the Internet, but I don't text, and we've eliminated texting from our sons' accounts. They no longer complain. <BR/>I have a few friends in Europe, who refuse to use the computer, and since I no longer write letters with stamps, I have to e-mail their husbands, who then print the letters for my friends to read. When they write to me, they hand write, then the husbands scan their letters and I receive a scanned handwritten e-mail. Strange. We are more up to date than we think.Gutsy Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226653890127738115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-35798409308879660602008-10-01T10:16:00.000-07:002008-10-01T10:16:00.000-07:00The kids I teach are constantly on AIM, with ipods...The kids I teach are constantly on AIM, with ipods and texting -- must be universal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com