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Susanna

Paradise Island/Salem

Middle-aged Mama Holding Out for a Heroine

Interests: Caped avengers, my kids, super villains with super names, my husband, iconoclastic imagery, my cats, epic battles of good vs. evil, beer.

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360 Degrees Longitude

Review of 360 Degrees Longitude by John Higham Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2013 at The Batmom

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The Game of Life: A Jedi's Path

Best book swap score: Game of Life: A Jedi's Path. Continue reading

Posted Mar 27, 2013 at The Batmom

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Going Green for Dribbble: Darren Geraghty

A smart designer talking design is like a great professor delivering a lecture. Listen in on Darren Geraghty. Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2013 at The Batmom

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Going Green for Dribbble: Steve Simpson

"Emigration was high and immigration unusual," Simpson recalled. "Being British, I wasn’t sure what sort of welcome I was going to get." Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2013 at The Batmom

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Going Green for Dribbble: Sheena Oosten

“Modern with a touch of vintage/retro design in style, [my site] is a lot like me really,” Oosten said. “It’s also responsive to boot!” Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2013 at The Batmom

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Going Green for Dribbble: Mark Reihill

To evoke the era, appeal to the bar’s 21st century clientele, and tend to the St. Patrick’s Day angle, Reihill celebrated the timeless aspects shared by any worthy watering hole. “I wanted to come at it from the bar’s perspective – people drinking, playing music, and having fun,” he said. Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2013 at The Batmom

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Going Green for Dribbble: Conor O'Driscoll

In his quick-interview series One Minute With, recently nominated for a .net Award for Side Project of the Year, designer Conor O’Driscoll pins downs developers and designers, placing them under a microscope for as long as it takes to answer a few great questions. Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2013 at The Batmom

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OTC Ode

My nose is snotted and I’m besotted. Continue reading

Posted Mar 4, 2013 at The Batmom

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Feb 17, 2013

Wizards have the Sorting Hat. Muggles have the Sorting Chair. Continue reading

Posted Feb 17, 2013 at The Batmom

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Blog-A-Log-A-Ramble-Ramble-Roo-Roo

You’re going to sit here with me, on the striped bedspread, and listen to my house and watch my remaining cat, The Grey. Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2013 at The Batmom

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Back to Business: Captain Marvel

By issue #1's end, Captain Marvel's on her way to time-traveling adventure with strong, realistic female characters I found interesting me far more than some of the folks I've met over at DC. Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2013 at The Batmom

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The Cat

We miss you already, our funny little man. We wish you dreams full of salty tuna and fat mice and as much joy as you've given us. Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2013 at The Batmom

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IKEA

I’m hopeful as I park in row E1 between a CR-V and a cement pillar; expectant as I plow through a crowd of thick, spend-ready Marys great with child and dragging Josephs, well-versed in web architecture but useless with a hammer. Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2013 at The Batmom

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Mags Nificent

Today I am thankful for The Magazines. Witty, faux-meaty, buffed to glossy. Entertaining and semi-educational, mildly mentally titillating but never taxing. Generating the illusion that I am, at once, well-informed and relaxed. All Hail The Magazines! Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2013 at The Batmom

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Receiving @ 6:59

I’m old, Father William. But not so old that I can’t properly receive; not so jaded I can’t thrill at the get. This Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2013 at The Batmom

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Graphic Distraction

Pop art as electroshock therapy. Comic book store as pharmacy. Yippee zip zoodle, just look at what’s in store. Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2012 at The Batmom

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Low

This week, I will write. Because it’s good for me, but also simply because life has become a mental cluster*#$! and I need to impose order. Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2012 at The Batmom

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Cherry Ames, Cruise Nurse

By far the greatest gem I uncovered at the used bookstore was “Cherry Ames, Cruise Nurse” by Helen Wells*. In my many years studying literature, I heard nary a word about Cherry, though she seems a fetching and plucky heroine. Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2012 at The Batmom

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Batwoman #14

We’ve gone from believing Medusa to be a covert and nefarious organization snaking its way into the creepy crawly Gotham underworld, to the realization that Medusa is one being, ironically and appropriately statuesque. Continue reading

Posted Nov 30, 2012 at The Batmom

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Wonder Woman #14

Diana possesses a fierce and stable sanity, lacking in most of the Bedlam-worthy characters surrounding her. Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2012 at The Batmom

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Reading

My bedside table shudders under the weight. Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2012 at The Batmom

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Thankful at 5:41

At 5:41 a.m., I take out my telescope and get microcosmically thankful from where I’m sitting right now. Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2012 at The Batmom

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Bedtime Prevention; or Why I Am Downstairs Again

Maybe we should hold off on bedtime for a while. You know, ’til everything settles. Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2012 at The Batmom

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Chess

My 7-year-old taught me to play chess today. Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2012 at The Batmom

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The Vampire Grapes of American Wrath

AmericanvampireI met Skinner Sweet and Tom Joad about four months back. Both murderers, one arrived in Hollywood fresh out of a watery grave, sharp-fanged and blood-hungry; the other got sprung from jail early for good behavior and returned home to discover his family packing for California and hoping for a better life. Continue reading

Posted Nov 9, 2012 at The Batmom

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