“Some say if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck. We say if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he will be the next President of the United States.” I realize that this post is just a few months overdue, but I just could […]
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I just finished reading an engrossing memoir entitled My Lobotomy. It took me a really long time to read it because I had to put it on hold since another book I had requested from the library came in. I was number 223 on the waiting list for the other book, so when it came
Last night, in the sub-zero actual temps not to mention the wind factor, the electricity for what seemed to be the whole town went out about 10PM. We lit some candles for a bit of light. I decided to finish the novel I had been plowing through this week and was requested to voice my
Since it seems that I have some fans from the James Bond site I frequent from time to time, let us see if I can drag a few into the open (unless they are hiding in the shadows for just the right moment to strike). After the release of the Casino Royale film in 2006
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And it came early for me. Every year in late January or early February I re-read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series. Every year I find something new in the stories that I didn’t see in the last reading. I started early this year because I will need more time to finish. I
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Just finished watching the animated version of Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. This was a fairly faithful adaptation of the Dr Seuss book. With Boris Karloff (Frankenstein’s Monster, The Mummy and other horror stories from the black and white era) as the narrator and the voice of the Grinch. I watched this show
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AHHHH… the Christmas season is definitely in full swing. Today was our first measurable snow since late last winter. I awoke on a day off to the sound of the snow plow outside my window. Before my parents left for the day, they requested that I clear the sidewalk if and when it stopped. Well…
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This evening, I went with my family to watch the Santa parade here in town. One of the nieces was somehow scared to death of Santa until grandpa took her up. Then you could not get her away. While we waited for the free photos to develop we watched the junior high band play carols
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I was doing a search in the library’s database, and I came across the title Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow. Further investigation showed it to be a science fiction book about Walt Disney World in the future. Not usually my type of novel (and I strongly prefer to read non-fiction anyway), but since
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I heard today that author and screen writer Michael Crichton died Tuesday. I did like the movies based on his books (at least the ones I saw), but I really enjoyed the books. Especially the Jurassic Park books. His books kept me on the edge for the entire read. So much better than the movies.
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