Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138 Two readings today. At the Ballard Branch of the Seattle Public Library, we have Michelle Nicholasen and Barbara O'Neal, who are the authors of I Brake for Meltdowns: How to Handle the Most Exasperating Behavior of Your 2-to-5-Year Old. I always wonder what the audiences are like at these events. Do people bring their children? Someone go and let me know, please. And at Elliott Bay Book Company, Jim Hightower reads from Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow. Honestly, if I had to pick one reading to go to tonight, I'd probably... Copyright 2008 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:08:01 -0800 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:19:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Look to the Past Do people actually buy books like that? The answer to controlling your 2-year-old or 5-year-old is already published in a very popular book: "Spare the rod, spoil the child". In other words, if the kid is misbehaving, beat them. Pure simplicity.

]]> Look to the Past http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102899 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:19:50 -0800 Comment by Uncle Vinny Jim Hightower specializes in preaching to the choir... wouldn't you know that the choir just LOVES it!

]]> Uncle Vinny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102903 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:21:51 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Seriously, if your child is bad and you need a book to find out how to fix it, the likelihood is the child is bad because you suck at parenting.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1102919 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:30:43 -0800 Comment by elenchos Bellevue Ave has kids? I wouldn't have guessed.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103015 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:08:23 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave you're in an enviable position elenchos, actually having a child. All I have is Spore creatures.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103185 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:53 -0800 Comment by mint chocolate chip It's not about learning how to handle your kids. It's about getting permission to grouse about parenting to a sympathetic audience. Sign me up!

]]> mint chocolate chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103269 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:24:43 -0800 Comment by elenchos Ah! Mr. Ave, you need to look for clotrimazole topical cream; it is just as effective as Lotrimin® but at half the price. Also, do you exfoliate?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103356 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:34:53 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave This kinda spore elenchos
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]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/reading_tonight_138#c1103751 Books Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:19:35 -0800