tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218747181942526639.post4359639822918965497..comments2022-07-03T16:18:49.981-07:00Comments on I Am Still A Bookworm: The kindness of strangersAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04266752105701798330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218747181942526639.post-76319569754050519832011-10-05T09:38:41.628-07:002011-10-05T09:38:41.628-07:00I am in need of a new book, thanks for the rec.I am in need of a new book, thanks for the rec.ConundrumChumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749337533579938607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218747181942526639.post-29718576095241169942011-10-05T06:30:23.622-07:002011-10-05T06:30:23.622-07:00There's a town somewhere in the US where the n...There's a town somewhere in the US where the newspaper gives away a $1000 to several people over the Xmas period and they decide who to give it to based on the letter they write to the paper. Last year NPR interviewed several people who had written in and one of them was a young single mother who had chosen to go back to nursing school and was in assisted housing etc. They asked her what she would buy with the money if she won it, and she burst into tears and said "I would get my kids cable tv". It was such a let down... (I wonder if this is the same town?)Stripeyspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11921205518172694054noreply@blogger.com