Comments on: Stuff I’m Suddenly Peevish About http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919 Ravine of Light Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Liz http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146787 Liz Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:13:42 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146787 @ media. Media is all about tracking what sells. I am totally with you on the soft porn. I don't think this is so much "sexism" at work as simply a bunch of copy cat authors all feeding on a trend. Hence the sheer number of books. I'm with you that its trash. And don't even get me going on Twilight. I haven't actually noticed whatever Border's latest stock in the kiddie dept is, since in the name of saving money, my daughter has been going to the library as opposed to buying books lately. @ Lands End/Sears. I used to love Lands End. Since Sears bought them, they suck a little more and more each year. Not surprising. I have a never ending hatefest going on with Sears. Sears just stinks, that's all. They make their vacuums just a teeny bit different from the norm so you have to get them repaired through them and not at your local vacuum fixer guy. Of course it costs more. Ditto on their photo studio: the size is just a teeny bit different so you either have to buy THEIR frames or get your kids photo custom framed. Etc. The list goes on..and on...and on... now that Eddie Bauer's future is precarious, I'm gettin' nervous about my potential clothing sources drying up. I guess I don't see it as "sexism" though. I haven't noticed the clothes aimed at adult women being all pink and purple. I'm rather fond of greens and black myself and usually find enough to replenish my supply when I need to. I WILL be more than happy when the ugly prints that are currently in vogue vanish from the fashion scene. Who designs these fabrics? And who thought people might be missing all that polyester from the seventies? Men's clothing, boring and untrendy as it is, just doesn't seem to fall prey to this stuff. Guys don't care. They replace their clothing by when it wears out, not by staying abreast of trends. If you happen to be a woman who thinks this way, good luck to you in finding what what you liked two years ago on a rack today. The only conspiracy is one designed to make you spend more money. @ media. Media is all about tracking what sells. I am totally with you on the soft porn. I don’t think this is so much “sexism” at work as simply a bunch of copy cat authors all feeding on a trend. Hence the sheer number of books. I’m with you that its trash. And don’t even get me going on Twilight. I haven’t actually noticed whatever Border’s latest stock in the kiddie dept is, since in the name of saving money, my daughter has been going to the library as opposed to buying books lately.
@ Lands End/Sears. I used to love Lands End. Since Sears bought them, they suck a little more and more each year. Not surprising. I have a never ending hatefest going on with Sears. Sears just stinks, that’s all. They make their vacuums just a teeny bit different from the norm so you have to get them repaired through them and not at your local vacuum fixer guy. Of course it costs more. Ditto on their photo studio: the size is just a teeny bit different so you either have to buy THEIR frames or get your kids photo custom framed. Etc. The list goes on..and on…and on… now that Eddie Bauer’s future is precarious, I’m gettin’ nervous about my potential clothing sources drying up. I guess I don’t see it as “sexism” though. I haven’t noticed the clothes aimed at adult women being all pink and purple. I’m rather fond of greens and black myself and usually find enough to replenish my supply when I need to. I WILL be more than happy when the ugly prints that are currently in vogue vanish from the fashion scene. Who designs these fabrics? And who thought people might be missing all that polyester from the seventies? Men’s clothing, boring and untrendy as it is, just doesn’t seem to fall prey to this stuff. Guys don’t care. They replace their clothing by when it wears out, not by staying abreast of trends. If you happen to be a woman who thinks this way, good luck to you in finding what what you liked two years ago on a rack today. The only conspiracy is one designed to make you spend more money.

]]> By: Steve Hayes http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146736 Steve Hayes Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:33:16 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146736 What actual age is "middle-to-high school"? Educational systems vary in different countries, and even sometimes within the same country, so it is difficult to translate. Have your kids read Harry Potter? Or is that too young for them, so that they will only grow into it later? Talking of pink and purple, most of the "Christian" books in the "religious" sections of our bookshops have pink and purple covers, with script-style fonts. I've never been tempted to open any. What actual age is “middle-to-high school”?

Educational systems vary in different countries, and even sometimes within the same country, so it is difficult to translate.

Have your kids read Harry Potter?

Or is that too young for them, so that they will only grow into it later?

Talking of pink and purple, most of the “Christian” books in the “religious” sections of our bookshops have pink and purple covers, with script-style fonts. I’ve never been tempted to open any.

]]> By: Sonja http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146208 Sonja Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:07:38 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146208 @Jamie ... you're right. And ordinarily we frequent independent bookstores, however, we were looking for a broad range of items (games, books, and other things) plus it was raining. So Borders snagged us. @Brad ... thanks for the heads up. I'm thinking of combing through the iMonk post and turning the suggestions into a database of some sort. It would be a great resource especially for the homeschooling community. So that teaching resource is also good to have. I may be picking your brain for any more of those you might know of ;-) @Keith ... welcome to Calacirya (the Ravine of Light)! And thank you for the link. I loved! that story. It was fabulous. I've used that source for other things before but had never seen that story, so thanks!! @Jamie … you’re right. And ordinarily we frequent independent bookstores, however, we were looking for a broad range of items (games, books, and other things) plus it was raining. So Borders snagged us.

@Brad … thanks for the heads up. I’m thinking of combing through the iMonk post and turning the suggestions into a database of some sort. It would be a great resource especially for the homeschooling community. So that teaching resource is also good to have. I may be picking your brain for any more of those you might know of ;-)

@Keith … welcome to Calacirya (the Ravine of Light)! And thank you for the link. I loved! that story. It was fabulous. I’ve used that source for other things before but had never seen that story, so thanks!!

]]> By: Keith Bruzelius http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146197 Keith Bruzelius Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:29:51 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146197 A link to a George MacDonald story you might like at ccel.org: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/daynight/files/daynight.html A link to a George MacDonald story you might like at ccel.org:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/daynight/files/daynight.html

]]> By: Keith Bruzelius http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146196 Keith Bruzelius Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:20:18 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146196 I follew the track-back from iMonk. It was a great post. I notice you call the kids the lightChildren, lightBoy, etc. I don't know if you've ever checked this out, but here's a link to a story by George MacDonald at CCEL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/daynight/files/daynight.html The whole site is extradorinary, but this story is kind of cool if you're Light :-) I follew the track-back from iMonk. It was a great post. I notice you call the kids the lightChildren, lightBoy, etc. I don’t know if you’ve ever checked this out, but here’s a link to a story by George MacDonald at CCEL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/daynight/files/daynight.html
The whole site is extradorinary, but this story is kind of cool if you’re Light :-)

]]> By: brad http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146195 brad Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:57:14 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146195 Side note on books for boys. Several people on iMonk post mentioned Ender's Game. Worth checking out is: *2MPower Writing: Teaching from Great Literature - Ender's Game* by Arno Vigen, for teaching language comprehension and writing skills. How cool of a home-school unit would that be?! Side note on books for boys. Several people on iMonk post mentioned Ender’s Game. Worth checking out is: *2MPower Writing: Teaching from Great Literature – Ender’s Game* by Arno Vigen, for teaching language comprehension and writing skills. How cool of a home-school unit would that be?!

]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146102 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:38:15 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146102 In respect the Borders, this is a sad reflection of a market-based culture that seeks to accommodate the most profitable trends, even if they reinforce terrible values. There was a time bookstores had a more noble place in our culture. Some still do, but they are fewer than they should be. In respect the Borders, this is a sad reflection of a market-based culture that seeks to accommodate the most profitable trends, even if they reinforce terrible values. There was a time bookstores had a more noble place in our culture. Some still do, but they are fewer than they should be.

]]> By: Jennsews2 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919&cpage=1#comment-146099 Jennsews2 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.calacirian.org/?p=919#comment-146099 Amen, amen, and amen!!!! Amen, amen, and amen!!!!

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