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The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told

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“Oh My Soul” from Audrey Assad

Here’s a moving and beautiful sneak peek of what we’ll be hearing in Audrey Assad’s Heart, her second studio album, set for release on Valentine’s Day. If this is any indication of what we’ll be hearing come Tuesday then I believe we’re in for a treat. I’ll be sure to have a review of the new album next week! If you can’t wait for more, please be sure to visit Audrey at www.audreyassad.com for a few more sneak peeks.

Roma Downey on Being Catholic

Sally Quinn, of the Washington Post, recently sat down with Roma Downey to discuss the actress’s faith life. Downey, a devout Catholic, recently released a new educational DVD series for preschoolers called Little Angels. The series follows twins Alex and Zoe as they learned about the alphabet, animals, and important values. According to the press release: LITTLE ANGELS is an animated DVD series created exclusively for preschool-aged children to teach not only practical learning skills, like ABCs and 1,2,3s, but [...]

Glo Bible Partners with Roma Downey and Mark Burnett

Word from the entertainment world is that superstar-producer Mark Burnett and his wife, Touched by an Angel star Roma Downey, are teaming up with digital Bible maker Glo Bible; and Christian publisher Zondervan (an imprint of HarperCollins) to launch Bible360, “a new app that brings the text of Scripture to life through video, interactive technology and social media.” According to the press release: Bible360 will build upon Glo Bible’s award-winning digital platform — which incorporates 360-degree virtual tours and animated [...]

Zooey and Joe ask “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

In song, of course. Minutes after I posted my review of Joe’s book, I saw this video pop up on Twitter. I love it. Too cute.

Book Review: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 Edited by HitRECord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (It Books an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 88 pages, December 2011) The title says it all. This book is a tiny book of tiny stories—a book that can be read in a matter of minutes. Despite its size, however, this book packs a punch. Written through the collaboration of 60 contributors, culled from a contributor pool of 8,569, the stories and artwork in the book [...]

Book Review: mental_floss: The Book – The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory

mental_floss: The Book – The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory Edited by Ethan Trix, Will Pearson, and Mangesh Hattikudur (HarperCollins Publishers, 320 pages, 2011) Did you know that the term “tween” was coined by J.R.R. Tolkien or that Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was originally called Catch-11? Why are Bellinis called Bellinis? What was the original purpose of Play-Doh? True to the magazine’s quirky and engaging style, the folks at mental_floss have released a compilation of some of their best [...]

Looking at the Bay Area in a New Way

A friend sent me this link today. I can’t believe I missed this exhibit! This is awesome. Scott Weaver’s Rolling through the Bay from The Tinkering Studio on Vimeo.

Celebrating the Haul-idays With Books!

Yes, you read it right! Happy Haul-idays 2011 from our friends at Chronicle Books! Once again, Chronicle Books is giving bloggers and blog visitors the chance to win a haul of books worth $500. If I win, one of you wins too! And, this year the Haul-iday is even better. The winning blogger will be able to choose a favorite charity to receive up to $500 worth of books too! I can’t think of a better way to spread some [...]

Music Monday: Halloween Edition

Happy Halloween! I admit that I am not a fan of Halloween. Even as a little girl my parents practically had to drag me to do anything Halloween-related. But, truth be told, I love the video I’m posting up today and there is no better day than Halloween. And, just for kicks…one more…

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