All Consuming : Mother Brando

A story about "Hitler's Willing Executioners : Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:22:45 GMT

Hitler's Willing Executioners : Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

by DANIEL JONAH GOLDHAGEN

This tome was weghty in its verbage!
ya,the book was wordy,It confirmed what I already thought,that the anti-semetic mindset of the German people of that time only needed a little fuel, to let it be full blow aggression.
It’s weird to think on these things. I am only the 3rd generation born here in the USA and I am Proud to be an American.
But I can not forget that I had relatives that had other views during this volitale time in the worlds history.that is what prompted me to read the book.My Great Grandfather became a US citizen in 1936 and I am glad that he did. I am thankful for the open mindedness of my upbringing.the freedom to think for myself.
the ability to oppose what is against my own convictions.The ablity to voice what I think is wrong and the freedom to change it.

It was hard for me to read because During WW II I had relatives in #3 different Armies. German,Italian, American.
A cousin was a prisoner of war of the Russians and didn't return home until 1947. I had 3 great uncles in the European theatre of action  for the Americans, one in the Pacific With a engineering unit for the american army.one grandfather in the navy and another grandfather in the African/Italian Theatre.

A story about ""Lincoln Park after Dark" nail polish"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:24:16 GMT

"Lincoln Park after Dark" nail polish

by OPI

I love red Toenails

Why I recommend "Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:21:17 GMT

Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

by Robert D. Kaplan

Mr Kaplan has a book worth reading,
it reads like a travelog yet is infused with history,politics and humanity.
The information rounded out the things I already knew about the region and then took it one step further… there is a national mindset in that region that I was not quite ready for,
yet somehow already knew on one level what it was like.
I still don’t understand the hatered that seems to infuse the nations towards its peoples but at least now I have a better grasp of what happened in the past and will better understand any thing new that might develop.wellworth the time spent reading.

A story about "www.postcrossing.com"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:02:01 GMT

www.postcrossing.com

I just love getting happy mail!
57 sent and 53 received,5 traveling one expired.

A story about "Dog"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:00:32 GMT

Dog

by Michelle Herman

the title is DOG , Right? so why was so much of it about the human? I wanted more about the DOG! I’m glad it was short because I lost intrest at the end.

A story about "The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Thu, 11 May 2006 03:27:55 GMT

The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel

by John Dunning

Dunning did it again a very well told story.Parts of it read like a Dick Francis novel/Horse “stuff” but that was ok because I like his stories as quick reads.

A story about "Listen Through the Static"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 08 May 2006 02:56:22 GMT

Listen Through the Static

by The Nadas

home town boys! Good enough to open for Sir Paul.

A story about "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Fri, 05 May 2006 04:59:31 GMT

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

by Dai Sijie

becareful what you wish for,lua loved books and he loved the seamstress, he wanted to make her cosomopolitian in thinking and thats just what happened. it was a well told story.

A story about "Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Fri, 05 May 2006 04:56:17 GMT

Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust

this book confirmed for me that the Jewish women had a double burden during the Holocaust..Jewishness first and women as the mothers of the future generation of jews.the stories had much more depth than the accounts i have read by men.much more personal and heart wrenching. I wept as i read some of the stories.
it’ gave a further reading list in the back as well as the authors of the stories that were told.
I will remember this book for sometime!

Why I recommend "Highway 65 South/"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:45:47 GMT

Highway 65 South/

by State of Missouri

Interstate travel sucks!
two lane black to driving is so much more interesting.
I saw llamas,goats,mules,horses, fields with so many new baby calfs i couldn’t count them all laying in the sun ,little black dots on the emerald green pasture, a herd of black sheep,a mailbox made from an old 250 horse evinrude boat motor,a brightly painted Houseboat in a field being used as a primary residence.Amish farmers with teams of 6 horses plowing, the dogwood trees are just starting to bloom.
as i was thinking how green everything was i topped a hill and the most awesome sight struck me,PURPLE! Purple, not lavender, not light purple, but the neon brightness that only nature can produce,feilds and fields of purple! tears came unbidden to my eyes. the weather was perfect.84 and sunny in April!. I had Tool on the Cd and it was wonderful.
do the blacktops,Turn it up to 11 And Drive!

A story about "Feminists Revision History"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:13:32 GMT

Feminists Revision History

a very DRY disertation! no wonder the U had to pull it from storage.
women have been making history FOREVER! It’s just in the last 30 years we’ve been included in the standard texts.
I think revision is more about looking closely and really seeing the contributions of women than it is rewriting what is already here.

A story about "Eyewitness Travel Phrasebook: Dutch"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:44:42 GMT

Eyewitness Travel Phrasebook: Dutch

by DK Publishing

It would have been more helpful if i didn’t already know German ,which is close to the languages.I am making copies of pages32-39 about train travel and pages 52-62 foods, i want to make damn good and sure that i do NOT EAT SMOKED HORSE MEAT!

A story about "A Treasury of Jewish FolkLore"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:40:09 GMT

A Treasury of Jewish FolkLore

by Edited by Nathan Ausubel

really like the “Hershel” stories.
The Yiddish vocabulary index was helpful,I even tried to play some of the music in the back of the book. overall this book was a good read.

A story about "Peeps"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:00:21 GMT

Peeps

yummy seasonal candy,yellow,pink,lavender and now red. and no i do not eat blue food so no blue peeps.
embrace your inner candy freak!

A story about "Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:04:49 GMT

Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America

by Alan Pell Crawford

After Completeing this book i am so happy i am a female in the 20/21st century. I just don’t see that i could have males in my life telling me when what and how to do anything in my life. I would have had to bitch slap most of the men in this story.Pompous arrogant toads.I am thankful every day that i have the current freedoms i do and that i have men in my life that relize i am a fully capable HUMAN!

A story about "orange pop"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:50:54 GMT

orange pop

I helped a pilot type his FAA forms last week.He brought me a 6pack of Sunkist Orange pop/soda for doing his typing! What better payment can one get for just typing?!

A review of "M&M's"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:17:47 GMT

M&M's

by Mars

hate the blue one’s

A story about "Kleenex"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:03:37 GMT

Kleenex

by Kimberly-Clark

boxes n boxes n boxes. lovely allergies!

A story about "100 Ways to Be Pasta: Perfect Pasta Recipes from Gangivecchio"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:52:10 GMT

100 Ways to Be Pasta: Perfect Pasta Recipes from Gangivecchio

by Wanda Tornabene

The only problem I had with this book was the title.
I often wish I was as thin as spagetti,
I know I’m as screwy as a rottini, I am occasionally stuffed like a manacotti, but really 100 was to BE pasta. I can BE many things but I can not BE pasta not now not ever!

A story about "Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:50:47 GMT

Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger

by John L. Allen

Very interesting and not a man to be taken lightly.

A story about "Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Mother Brando) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:34:26 GMT

Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)

by Robert Stevenson

nothing like a tea party on the ceiling!