Jenny Houle

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Norwich, CT, United States

August 10, 1981

Joined: Dec 7, 2017

MS warrior, constant crafter, avid reader. Watch too many movies on the days my MS doesn't allow me to craft or read. Highly opinionated about EVERYTHING. Follower of Christ, liberal (nope, didn't get confused there...one can be both), dogologist, advocate for all human rights and equality, nerd, Hello Kitty addict.

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Dogtology: A Humorous Exploration of Man's Fur-Ocious Devotion to Dogs

Jeff Lazarus

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Chew on this. As humans, we have a deep need to believe . . . a need to relate to something greater...

Added: Jan 17, 2018, 7:09:11 PM

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated Snapchat in Apps

Feb 1, 2018

Snapchat

Communication, Photo & Video, Social Networking

7.4

(180 Ratings)

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Cute frames (4 more)

Can add location info to each photo if wanted

Can decide who, specifically gets to see each photo

Alerts you if someone screenshots your photo (unlike Instagram, where a private profile is only as private as the friends you allow on it let it stay...sometimes, that's a really bad feature of Instagram)

Temp stickers are definitely fun when sending photos whining about the weather to friends and family across the country

Crashes...a lot... (0 more)

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated TED in Apps

Jan 26, 2018

TED

Education, Entertainment

8.8

(6 Ratings)

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If I know I'll be able to be connected to wi-fi, I can create a list of talks I've been waiting to watch, and view them. Absolutely convenient that way. (0 more)

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PLEASE NOTE MY REVIEW REFERS TO THE APP FOR KINDLE

My "The Bad" was too long for the characters allowed, so I had to post it here: The app doesn't let you download to your SD card if you have one attached, so the only way to download talks ahead of time without killing your storage space is to download them to the computer, move them to the SD card via USB and then watch them that way. Sort of defeats the "convenient factor", which totally and completely bummed me out.

I want to point out again that my review is regarding the app for Kindle. I do not know if this is the case on other platforms.

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated Dogtology: A Humorous Exploration of Man's Fur-Ocious Devotion to Dogs in Books

Jan 17, 2018

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased opinion.

And two days after I received it (before I could even begin reading it), our "CEO", my service animal, and our "fur child", passed away. So I went into reading and reviewing this book raw, and somewhat unable to keep my opinion unbiased.

DOGTOLOGY is a humorous look at the growing dog worship in our culture. It's factual, even if it breaks the news to the dog-obsessed gently that they are, in fact, dog-obsessed. It gives helpful reminders of things like the difference between what we think dogs need versus what they actually need from us. It also helps remind those who are practicing Dogtologists in regards to relationships with those outside their practice.

I'm so grateful I had this book to turn to as we grieved in our household. There were parts I could share with my partner for us to laugh over. Parts that made me cry tears I wasn't sure I was able to cry yet. It made it clear to both of us, though we hadn't really had doubts before, that we are, and have been, Dogtologists even when we have not been "dog owners" during our relationship, and that will always be the case for us. And when we are ready, emotionally, it will be time for us to find a new CEO for our household.

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated Gilmore Guys in Podcasts

Jan 14, 2018

Ever evolving...

It originally started as "Gilmore Guys" but then became "Bunhead Bros" and now is "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Goys". Basically, they follow every ASP's show. Alice Wutterland joins Kevin T. Porter now. If you're an ASP fan, it's a great podcast to listen to.

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Jenny Houle (24 KP) rated This Is Us - Season 1 in TV

Jan 13, 2018

There are about a million reasons why this show was the number one break out drama of the 2016-17 TV season. It's relatable on many levels for those of us in our 30's, as well as for our parents. We can see ourselves and our society in the characters we're watching on TV. It's given families a chance to reconnect, to talk about how we look back on the same time period and have such different views of what happened based on the roles we played in our own families.