I am a big fan of Dr. Seuss movies - I have spent lots of time on YouTube with the kids watching :) I don't know why, but I watched alot of these movies in school. Some are very political....fun to see what you notice as an adult. I remember the movies being very though provoking to me.... Sarah will participate at school - they have a drop everything and read program. The kids bring a favorite book and at many times during the school day, they will drop what they're doing and pick up their book to read. She's at the end of The BFG. Saucy

boop--a fellow Dr. Who fan! Who knew? ;) I'm glad my post found an understanding soul :) Hm, the new Dr. is a topic of much discussion at our house. We love David Tennant inordinately -- did you see his Hamlet? At least twice or three times an episode we find ourselves screaming at Matt Smith, "lift your head up!" I can understand why they cast him physically--he's the complete opposite facially of the birdlike Mr. Tennant--his features are broad and soft...but the hair, man. It's a big problem. And the head down thing just bugs us so much. The writing is by a different person this season, too. The Doctor makes mistakes, loses his cool; actually, his companion (Amy Pond, whom I like but not everyone does) ends up coming up with the solution to the problem more often than not. He's fallible!! I remember back in some of the very first Dr. Who episodes we watched online, the Doctor was tetchy and short tempered--a different character altogether from David T. This Doctor seems to fit into that kind of lineage--he's much more isolated and sad, IMO -- less of the ecstatic 'be magnificent' inspirational talk that David T. used to do, iykwim - it comes up every so often, but not the same way. And the way Matt talks even bugs me -- it's like he talks with the front of his lips and you hear every little 'p' or 'b' he makes. yuck. Do you know what I mean? What do you think of him? All that said, I have to admit that he did a superb job on the VanGogh episode, possibly better than DT could have, because of that tendency toward introspection. I'd love to know what you think of this episode. Some folks thought it was saccharine; I didn't. I thought it earned all its bittersweetness honestly. I haven't been able to bring myself to watch Torchwood yet at all. Definitely not w/DD, from what I've read of it. Yes?

Leslie--I too am a Frightened Flyer and I have discovered Prince Vallium, as my friend calls it. I'm not much of a drinker and also feel that I need all my senses to fly that plane, should anything happen to the pilots; I think you have to have the fear that I do to understand that nonsense and the irrationality of that kind of fear. When we went to visit family in India ten years ago I never slept for the entire (10+11) 21-hour trip. That was before my Vallium Discovery. The pill does not make me goofy or happy or feel drunk, it just takes the edge off my anxiety. I take one, and that does the trick, for the most part. But I would say it's best to have something in your stomach as it can make you sleepy if you don't. I also find it helpful to sit as close to the flight attendants as I can so I can watch their faces. I feel much better when they're just chatting with each other or reading their books on the take-off. Get this: I had a return trip scheduled this week on Southwest during the time after the announcement of the lapse of maintenance and the time that they took the planes out of the air. I would have to say that the Vallium made it possible for me to get on and fly. I do what works for me! I hope you have a lovely time on your trip.

It looks as though we'll see the same Dr. Who, but Amy and Rory will only appear in half of the season. I like Amy and Rory.