We need our own damned Gen designation.

I've heard "Kennedy Kids" for those of us born while Kennedy was president.

Dutton's won't get the book until later--duh! I knew that--so meanwhile I'm going to try to get to B&N to pick one up. And still get the Dutton's copy later, since I'd rather buy from them.

My demo is Hec's demo. My DH is Gen Y, but really not, he's Gen X like me. And my thoughts on raising children are far too complex and contradictory to get into right at the moment, but suffice to say that, I was raised by parents who made me feel special *and* who taught me to treat others with respect but stand up for myself. I'd be proud if, down the line, I can say I raised my kids like my parents raised me.

Also I am surprised at how early issues of how to treat others come up, even with basically well-behaved kids like Frances (eek! I don't even want to think about Isaac's talk two years from now!). Most recently I've been working with Frances to get her to see the difference between saying "I'm mad at you" and "you're not my friend anymore!" She doesn't get it yet, but I hope she can learn the difference between expressing her feelings and being deliberately hurtful.

Is there a way to find out online whether a particular B&N has a particular book, or do I have to haul my sorry ass to the store to find out?

1. Go to the B&N page for the book: [link]

2. Look for the "Find it in our stores" box and enter your zip code.

When I was a senior in college, the most hardcore professor in my major gave me a break on a paper. I had a computer meltdown, and my paper turned into a jumble with missing pages. Late papers were never accepted, and I had pulled an allnighter. I was a mess. I walked into her office with my jumble, my notes, my notecards with citations, and said, "my computer had a meltdown, this is all I have left."

She told me to go home and get some sleep, put the paper back together, and gave me another day, with no deductions.

I'm fairly certain it was because it was my third class with her and I'd never turned in shit, or late papers, and it was obvious that I'd done the research and work.

She was SO HARDCORE, though. It still floors me that she gave me a break at all.

I would have given you the extension too Allyson, but I'm fairly liberal with extensions. My rule is the student should ask before the paper is due, and they only get one freebie, the rest come with a grade deduction (but a lesser one than a late paper).

Wohoo, book is at the one up the road from me!

This is pathetic, but I really want to go into the Barnes & Noble in Pasadena and just stare at the book.

The one thing I did in college which was sort of entitled was look at all my assignments ahead of time, and sometimes asked my non-theatre professors to cut me a break during tech week if the assignment could not for some reason be completed ahead of time. I think the reason they so often did it was that I asked in, say, September if it would be possible to turn in something early or late or if I could get some of the material ahead of time to allow me to complete the assignment.

I really want to go into the Barnes & Noble in Pasadena and just stare at the book.

Dude, it's not pathetic. Take your camera!

Um, if I had a book out, I'd be very tempted to take a picture of it the first place I saw it shelved for sale.

honest to goodness, that was a xpost.