henrysmom

I don't do Instagram but wandered onto Tori's site (page?--sorry, I'm old and don't know the correct terminology). I only looked at a few posts but she sure got a lot of nasty comments from people. Granted most of the stuff on there seemed to be her trying to sell something so I don't really blame people. But I do have to wonder how many of her followers are true fans.

I'm just going to post a little about donating books because I've just had to donate TONS of books, almost literally. It was roughly 2,000 books from a now defunct lending library at my workplace. These were really nice books, popular fiction and non-fiction. And it was incredibly hard finding places to take them. I know the main reaction of people is "the library will love to get them". Sadly, not really true. I called several local libraries. All said no. Reasons varied from "no space" to "no need" to "we have too many donations already". So please, don't just pull up to the local library and drop them off. You probably won't get a genuine thank you from them. And since I'm a librarian myself I fully understand that. Not all libraries do book sales, and those that do often have very little storage space. Please call before you donate anything, and make sure they can use it. I had made a list of roughly ten places to call about donating the books we had. As I said, every library said no. So did the local Goodwill and a couple of smaller charity thrift stores (too many on hand already). I ended up with two places. One was a small charity store that was willing to take one large box or two smaller boxes of books a week. The other (thank god) was willing to take anything we had. This is a local group that does an annual book sale for charity. And what was really great was that they had a large book drop outside their building so I could go there anytime and drop books off. You may want to look for a similar organization in your town. If you go to https://booksalefinder.com/ and look for sales in your state, you may find a similar group. The American Association of University Women also often has book sales as fundraisers so you may want to look on their website for a local chapter and get a contact name (https://www.aauw.org/) I know you'd rather sell, but if you do do decide to just donate, I hope this helps.

Oh my. Such a problem--I know because I share it :0 First, selling. Used bookstores are quickly becoming a thing of the past around me. Even when they were around they generally didn't want the odd stuff I read so I wasn't too upset when they started disappearing/going online. So i feel your pain there. I do sell books, on Amazon and Ebay. Amazon is incredibly competitive. All of the big sellers are on there, and little sellers can't compete (there is just no profit on a penny book unless you are getting a major shipping discount, and you need to be a big seller to get that). I would not recommend Amazon really, especially if you don't have anything rare or special. Plus the fees Amazon is charging are getting higher all the time. I've stopped bothering with anything priced under $15 because it just isn't worth my time. Ebay is iffy too, but the great thing about them is you can do books in lots. You can't, or aren't supposed to anyway, on Amazon. And sometimes something strikes a chord with bidders and all of a sudden you are getting $45 for a little group of paperbacks you've had sitting around the house unread for ten years. Or you put a really nice book on there, where the lowest priced copy on Abebooks is fifty bucks, and you can't sell your copy for $5. You just don't know. But--the job lots clean things out quicker, and even a single book sold on Ebay is less in fees than on Amazon. What I would do if I were you--go to Abebooks (www.abebooks.com) because it is really the most stable of the book selling sites. Look up the prices of your books. Set aside any that sell for more than $5. Take the rest and put them into job lots on Ebay. If they don't sell after two auctions (I think you only get two free auctions before higher fees kick in), donate them. It isn't worth your time. Then you can do the individual books. If some sell, great. If not, do the job lot thing again. And if they still don't sell, donate them. Since you specifically mention ice skating books, you might want to try selling when ice skating is "hotter". I know we just missed the Olympics but maybe the next national tournament would be a good time. Ebay buyers tend to be more willing to buy at such times. So if you are willing to wait awhile you might do a little better. So that is my selling advice for what it is worth. I'm going to talk donating in another post because that is a whole other kettle of fish.

This is totally just out of my imagination and based on nothing I've seen in the media, but I started wondering about the project Tori is supposed to be working on with Jennie Garth. It is supposed to be a reboot of 90210, which just seems strange, since they've already done that. So now I'm thinking it isn't a reboot so much as a reality show focusing on the two of them as their marriages end/face trouble. Anybody see that happening?

Well if nothing else I think Tori is the biggest celebrity on there. Which is both good and sad at the same time.

Those who are interested in the background actors may want to find a book called Bob Crane: the Definitive Biography by Carol Ford and others.. It is on Amazon and is a Kindle Unlimited book so if you subscribe to that you can read it for free (I don't--bought a hard copy because I'm old). At any rate, the book includes a picture of the most often used background actors on the show, with their names given. I was actually thrilled to finally get to know who these guys were because if you watch the show you see them <all> the time. I especially love a tall skinny white guy who usually wears glasses. They move him from being one of the other prisoners in the background, to being a guard at the camp and occasionally being a random Nazi/Gestapo man. I'd amuse myself calling out warnings to the actors that he couldn't be trusted :) But hey, when you've seen every episode a hundred times you do these sorts of things. I'm fairly sure these guys mentioned above are both pictured: The tall thin guy I mention is named Dennis Gray. The black actor is Walter Smith. He was in a ton of episodes right from the first season through the last. And I'm pretty sure the Caucasian actor is Roy Goldman. He was also on MASH and was actually referred to as "Roy" if for some reason the action on the show required a name. I think he was usually a corpsman on MASH but on Hogan's Heroes he was usually just lined up for roll call or wandering around the camp or barracks. FYI, if you are looking for a book on the Crane murder case, this one isn't for you. The murder is really only briefly mentioned as the authors wanted to concentrate on Bob Crane's life, not his death. I really enjoyed the book and it gives a lot of information on Hogan's Heroes, how the show came about, casting, etc. It also gives some interesting information on the end of the show, including a sequel/continuation that Bob Crane wanted to do with the cast, but never got off the ground.

You have no idea how happy I am to hear that ARW! So glad for him. He really deserves happiness.

http://www.eonline.com/news/59133/tori-s-former-hubby-tells-his-side-of-the-story http://people.com/celebrity/tori-spellings-ex-recalls-painful-breakup/ Here are a couple of old stories from Charlie's point of view. The end quote in the People article is sad, but sweet. I hope he found his amazing woman with a carry-on.

Maybe it was because of the sort of woman Frau Linkmeyer was? A little take charge, demanding? In her first episode she said she was happy sitting at home with mama, and I think Burkhalter would have been fine with that too, but I sort of imagine her and mama and Burkhalter's wife getting together and making his home life hell. If you picture that you can imagine why he'd want at least one of the ladies to have somebody else to dictate to. Another husband in the family might take the pressure off him. All conjecture of course, but if this were true I can see why he'd want her married off.

http://people.com/babies/tori-spelling-son-beau-impact-marriage-dean-mcdermott/ Baby Beau saved their marriage. Those poor older kids. They just look so very sad.

http://people.com/babies/tori-spelling-dean-mcdermott-family-day-5-kids/ I have never seen such a gloomy bunch of kids. Even the baby looks sad. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/tori-spelling-might-have-a-sixth-child-im-a-brady-bunch-fan-w506615 Oh dear. I can see where this is going. She gets that sixth kid, and we have a new reality show called the Tori Bunch.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

Glad to see their money problems aren't getting them down! Just keep spending Tori! And hope Candy hasn't willed all her money to charity. http://people.com/babies/tori-spelling-son-beau-malachite-nursery-photos/

I do find it intriguing that in her first book Tori went on in some detail about how her parents would throw her over the top birthday parties that were more about them than about her. She really doesn't see the irony in that she's doing the same to her kids.

Another day, another over the top birthday party. http://www.eonline.com/news/864764/tori-spelling-and-dean-mcdermott-host-unicorn-themed-birthday-party-for-daughter-stella Considering it is a birthday party some of the kids sure look sad.