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• We played Bernstein...Bernstein lost. An Evening at Stanford Lively Arts

  November 8, 2009

  • Last night, George and I went with our friends the Trautmillers to see and hear the "Portrait of Leonard Bernstein" concert at Stanford Lively Arts.  As a long time musical theater/American songbook/Bernstein fan, I was the catalyst for this evening. And now I feel really bad about that.It was not good. It was expensive for us as community members not affiliated with Stanford.  And ...
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• Halloween Night Netflix: Bride of Frankenstein Film Notes

  October 31, 2009

  • Two weeks ago, Nick Szegda and I did a Bride of Frankenstein program at Menlo Park Library.Nick's presentation was so wonderful, that I asked him to share his notes with us--so that you can use them for your own program at home or in your library or classroom. When I started working at the reference desk at Menlo Park Public Library, filling in for Nick at busy times, long-time patrons would ...
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• Life Is Good! Take Out A Mortgage! Breast Cancer Is A Gift! Discuss.

  October 26, 2009

  • "The four most dangerous words in investing are: This time it's different" So says Barbara Ehrenreich,  the American feminist author, sociologist, and political activist, who has a new book out called: Bright Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Metropolitan Books, October 2009)I haven't read the book yet, but I did hear her speak at the ...
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