Happy Sunday!  I am off to see No Country For Old Men… (wish me luck…).  Once football season winds down (and what a 4th quarter last Sunday…  Tyree’s catch actually made me log off…), my husband and I spend our Sundays going to see the Oscar nominees.  So far we have enjoyed Juno (the name of our dog coincidently) and Michael Clayton, and we agree that neither came close to Gone Baby, Gone. 

Friday I actually got a request for a discussion guide for No Country (for the film, not the book).  I hadn’t considered doing guides for movies, but I’m intrigued by the idea!  Plus, the request came from one of my best customers (he has already requested 4 kits!  Thank you!).  So, I’ll give it a go…  I’m a little apprehesive about the violence, but I figure I can always close my eyes… right? 

Anyway, here’s my pick of the best this week…  Hope you enjoy them!

First, from Life Optimizer (who has graciously accepted my very first guest post!!  Look for it sometime during the week of February 18th…):

6 Practical Tips to Live a Lifestyle of Value

The Art of Nonfinishing — 7 Time-Saving Ideas

On to Dumb Little Man…

5 Languages That Can Improve Your Life – I once read an entire book on this (wish I had simply read this post instead!)

Don’t Let It Be Boring, Let Life Excite You

Increase Your Earning Potential – This is actually a great post on literacy!!  (Notice the shameless plug for my website in the comments…)

A couple thought-provoking links from Zen Habits:

A Simple Guide to Being Present for the Overworked and Overwhelmed

The ABCs of Remaining Cool in a Crazy World

 And, finally, from the lit blogs…

A skim of the NYT Book Review from Paper Cuts

8 Modern Hispanic Masterpieces from BookGroupBuzz

Blank Page on Silver Screen from The Millions

Last, but certainly not least…  my current addiction…  The Pioneer Woman

Great photos, great writing, very addicting…

Check out some of my favorite Pioneer Woman photos on my Flickr site….