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November 29, 2009 08:14 PM EST --
(Warning: contains spoilers)
Probably the biggest cliche ending for books, movies, and such are variations on "They Lived Happily Ever After" starting with the old Mother Goose stories. . . .
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October 13, 2009 10:08 AM EDT --
I wondered why I hadn't received the sweatshirt and hat I ordered from my college alma mater yet, considering it's been nearly a week. So today I found the UPS tracking order and checked it online . . .
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November 30, 2009 10:54 AM EST --
I hope that you did your patriotic duty this Black Friday and this Cyber Monday by spending money to stimulate the economy. As you know, retailers depend on these pseudoholidays for 90% of their . . .
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May 21, 2009 10:47 AM EDT --
I just noticed that with the recent update the header on the Gather home page has changed from "Best Conversation" to "Meet People and Make New Friends". So does that reflect a changing philosophy . . .
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March 02, 2009 10:12 AM EST --
Strange But True: March 2, 2009
Nut Sees Virgin Mary in Nut?
People have claimed to see an image of the Virgin Mary in tortillas, toast, and potato chips. Now a man in Little Mesa, . . .
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June 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT --
Here are some movie reviews I wrote for my Twitter account. It's kind of fun summarizing a movie in one sentence of 100 characters or less.
"The Spirit": Worst superhero movie since . . .
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June 29, 2009 10:00 PM EDT --
Chronicles of the Undead
By AF Stewart
(5/5 stars)
These days when people think of vampire books they think of emo teenage angst-ridden romance yarns like "Twilight" instead of classics such as . . .
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December 02, 2009 09:55 AM EST --
I usually stay away from biopics because let's face it, they aren't REAL. Sure they're based on real events, but they're always dramatized because let's face it, life doesn't package itself neatly . . .
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September 27, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
I summarized the movie on Twitter as follows: It's like the "Bourne" movies only without the boring command center scenes. So basically you're left with the car chases and fights without a . . .
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November 29, 2009 03:58 PM EST --
And not the jungle river in South America or a group of women warriors but the website. I pretty much did all my XMas shopping on Amazon.com this year. Not because I'm lazy and didn't feel . . .
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May 22, 2009 03:40 PM EDT --
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
(4/5 stars)
I mentioned this in my review of "Good Omens" but just to recap, I came by this book after reading Terry Pratchett's fabulous Discworld series. From . . .
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June 12, 2009 02:51 PM EDT --
A Heart Lies Within Us
By Steven LeBree
(5/5 stars)
The life of Lucas Colby is never easy or simple. Shortly after the turn of the century, Lucas's parents travel from West Virginia to Ohio, . . .
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July 05, 2009 12:47 PM EDT --
Anansi Boys
By Neil Gaiman
(3.5/5 stars)
"Anansi Boys" is not so much a sequel to Gaiman's "American Gods" as it is more of a spin-off, a literary "Rhoda" or "Facts of Life." In "American . . .
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July 17, 2009 04:35 PM EDT --
The Winter King
(Warlord Chronicles, Part 1)
by Bernard Cornwell
OK, most everyone should know the legend of King Arthur by now. If you don't, the basic summary is that there was once a king . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:33 AM EDT --
I've had the Blockbuster Video Netflix-type program for a couple months now and it's worked pretty well. I watch my movie on Sunday, put it in the mail on Monday, and usually by Friday or Saturday . . .
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June 22, 2009 10:48 AM EDT --
Here's my bad joke for the day: Frank Miller may have won acclaim for writing "The Dark Knight Returns" graphic novel but his directorial debut is certainly no "Dark Knight." Honestly, "The . . .
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July 16, 2009 09:58 AM EDT --
The self-titled debut album by the band Among the Oak & Ash is now available from Amazon and iTunes on CD, MP3, and I think even vinyl.
(4/5 stars)
When I first heard about this project on MySpace, . . .
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December 01, 2009 09:24 AM EST --
Anyone familiar with Michael Gondry's work like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "The Science of Sleep" knows he specializes in what could best be described as "quirky" movies. Or if . . .
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August 10, 2009 04:17 PM EDT --
A week or two ago I saw a sale on Dell's website for a new mini Netbook computer for $199. The only hitch was that the keyboard on Dell's mini netbooks is smaller than a typical keyboard and as . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:54 AM EDT --
The Long Walk
By Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)
(4/5 stars)
This was the first Stephen King book I'd ever read. Some "friends" recommended that it was one of his best, so I thought . . .
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