Wallpapers for May
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American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
“American Wife” is the bold third fictional novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, author of the best-selling “Prep” (2005), which portrays a thinly veiled First Lady Laura Bush. Sittenfeld is sure to come under fire for blurring the lines between fiction and reality but the book is as winning as it is confident. She manages to craft out of the first-person narration a compelling, human voice that is full of kindness and decency.
It’s all fiction, but major events mirror Mrs. Bush’s life, including a car accident that kills a friend was the inspiration for the fictional life of Sittenfeld’s heroine, Alice Blackwell. In the fictional novel, the accident haunts Alice for most of her adult life and became the subject of questions and speculation when it was revealed during her husband’s presidential re-election.
In a memoir told entirely in the first person, Alice Blackwell relays her unlikely ascent to the White House from her humble Wisconsin beginnings. She conveys in convincing, thoroughly riveting detail a life far more complicated than it appears on the surface—the moment she discovered that her beloved grandmother was a lesbian; a tragic, life-changing car accident she had as a teenager; the friendship she willingly sacrificed with her best friend when she started dating the good-humored, athletic Charlie Blackwell; and her uncomfortable initiation into the tight-knit, immensely wealthy Blackwell family, run with unflappable authority by its formidable matriarch. No one is more surprised than Alice when her hard-drinking, sports-team-owning husband morphs into a born-again Christian with political ambitions. Suddenly, Alice’s life is no longer her own as her every move is parsed for its political implications.
Laura Bush has finally opened up publicly about the mysterious car accident she had when she was 17 in her new book, “Spoken From the Heart”, that will be released on May 4, 2010. In it, Mrs. Bush describes in vivid detail the circumstances surrounding the crash that claimed the life of a high school friend on a dark country road in Midland, Tex.
To read more about “Spoken From The Heart” by Laura Bush, visit NYTimes.com.
For more information about “American Wife” by Curtis Sittenfeld, visit CurtisSittenfeld.com.
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Rohto Eye Drops
My eyes are very sensitive and gets red and irritated easily, especially during spring season when pollination is at its peak. For as long as I can remember, I’ve alternated between Visine and ClearEyes but they’re just not cutting it for me anymore.
So I picked up some new eye drops called Rohto Ice and aside from the initial burn when it comes in contact with my eyes — feels like getting minty soap in your eye — they cleared up the redness, dryness and irritation almost instantly. The trick is to keep your eyes closed for about a minute after applying because as soon as it touches your eyes and has air contact, it stings like crazy! Also, the flat bottle design is a plus because it fits nicely in my clutch or pocket.
There are four lines of Rohto eye drops — Cool, Arctic, Ice, and Hydra.
- Cool is a general purpose eye drop that combines redness relief with a gentle cooling sensation.
- Ice relieves redness while also soothing itch, irritation and burn with an intense cooling sensation.
- Arctic relieves strained, overworked eyes and relieves redness with a long-lasting cooling sensation.
- NEW Hydra is specifically formulated to lubricate and provide long-lasting moisture for dry, irritated eyes with the closest hydration to normal tears, while also providing the brand’s signature “kick” with cooling menthol.
You can buy Rohto eye drops at most convenient stores such as Kroger, Walmart, Safeway, CVS, Walgreens, and RiteAid. It is also available online at drugstore.com.
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Toby!
I was babysitting my little sister’s new puppy today and took the opportunity to dust off the ol’ DSLR to take some new pictures. He’s the most playful and affectionate dog! He loves to following me everywhere around the house… Can you believe he’s only 4 months old?
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Nuttin But Stringz
I love music with its ability to manipulate emotions and stir us. Fans of The Bond Quartet, ES Posthumus, and Immediate Music should definitely check out Nuttin But Stringz. My sister sent me their first track on the “Struggle from the Subway to the Charts” album and I was in love. They had final performances on America’s Got Talent in 2008 but it’s apparent that I don’t watch much television because I would have known about them sooner!
Siblings Tourie and Damien Escobar are the creative geniuses behind the innovative group. [...] At respective ages of 8 and 7 the pair began to study the violin and became not only great musicians but learned to transcend their classical training to incorporate pop, rock, and hip-hop, creating their own unique sound. Having studied at the acclaimed Juilliard School in New York City, the two were exposed to Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven and a host of classical composers. [...] This dynamic duo have grown immensely as artists from their earlier days as young teenagers, playing on the subways to help their single mother to take care of them.
These cool, edgy and unique brothers have stayed true to their own style of music that has taken them from playing their violins on the subways of New York to headlining shows across the United States and Worldwide yet it’s very clear that Nuttin But Stringz know that their journey has only just begun.
Visit YouTube to preview the first track called “Broken Sorrow”.
Visit Amazon to buy Nuttin But Stringz’ “Struggle from the Subway to the Charts” album.
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