Posts Tagged ‘saturday

29
Nov
14

Book Worms

By Chipsticks 59 Comments
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The President after spotting Chuck Todd’s comic (Photo by Pete Souza)

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The Bought Books

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (Junie B. Jones Series #2) - Barbara Park

A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More - Doreen Cronin

I Spy Sticker Book and Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo

Nuts to You - Lynn Rae Perkins

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones Series #1) - Barbara Park

Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson

Redwall (Redwall Series #1) - Brian Jacques

Mossflower (Redwall Series #2) - Brian Jacques

Mattimeo - Brian Jacques (Redwall Series #3)

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms - Katherine Rundell

The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan

The Laughing Monsters - Denis Johnson

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

Nora Webster - Colm Toibin

Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China - Evan Osnos

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29
Nov
14

Supporting #SmallBusinessSaturday

By Chipsticks 142 Comments
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President Obama, Sasha and Malia shop at Politics and Prose bookstore for “Small Business Saturday,” on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, in Washington

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30
Nov
13

Supporting The Community

By Nerdy Wonka 146 Comments
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@PeteSouza

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President Barack Obama shops with daughters Sasha and Malia at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Washington

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WJLA: President Obama Visits Politics And Prose On Small Business Saturday

President Barack Obama is doing his part to support small businesses. Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha dropped in Saturday at Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore and purchased what he said was a “long list” of books that included “The Kite Runner,” ”Harold and the Purple Crayon,” and “The Sports Gene”. The president said he bought a reader for every age, from 5 to 52 - his age. Obama sent a tweet earlier Saturday about the importance of supporting small businesses.

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Ashley Killough: Obama Does Some ‘Small Business Saturday’ Shopping

President Barack Obama continued what’s become an annual post-Thanksgiving tradition by stopping at a bookstore for Small Business Saturday. With his two daughters alongside, the President went to Politics and Prose in Washington to pick up a few books, telling reporters he bought a “long list” of titles for every age group, including his own. List of books purchased by Obama, according to the White House:

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29
Oct
11

hey, welcome to the weekend

By Chipsticks 191 Comments
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5:45 ET: The President and First Lady welcome local children and military families to trick-or-treat at the White House

8:20 ET The President delivers remarks at the National Italian American Foundation Gala

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Oct. 31, 2010

November, 2007

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Link - thanks Donna Dem

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Best news possibly ever?

Our beloved Desertflower got a new laptop for her birthday. :cool:

I am endlessly relieved, a couple of days ago she got so frustrated with her old machine she threatened to:

:lol:

Congratulations Desertflower!

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Sorry I haven’t been able to be around much today, will catch up properly later ;-)

26
Sep
11

snl, gop - jeez, it’s hard to tell the difference

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