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Image via Wikipedia Surprisingly, not everyone realizes that HBO’s series Game of Thrones is based on a book – the first in a series called A Song of Ice and Fire. Next season will be based on the next book in the series, A Clash of Kings. The season after that will be based [...] If anybody was actually considering buying me that Kindle from my Father’s Day Wishlist post, you should know that it’s being offered for $114, with special offers. It’s a great time to surprise your favorite dad. By which I mean, of course, me.
Kindle, Wi-Fi, Graphite, [...] Father’s Day is one month away, so I decided to take a moment and make a list of my ideal gifts this year. I seriously doubt I’ll get any of these things, but it’s nice to dream. 1. New laptop or fix one of my broken laptops. Rhonda and I are both computer addicts, [...] English Teacher Harassed For Being Erotica Author Judy Buranich has been an English teacher in the Midd-West School District of Pennsylvania for 33 years. By all accounts (that I found), she is a good teacher. But, now that some parents have discovered that she writes erotic/romance fiction under pen name Judy Mays, they have [...] Over a year ago, my friend Matt Springer sent me a review copy of his book Unconventional. Almost immediately thereafter, I packed up all of my things and my family and moved to Mississippi. Unconventional came too, because I knew I wanted to read and review this book. Unfortunately, that box has been sitting [...] Cover via Amazon When I’m at work, I listen to a lot of podcasts. One of my favorites is Mur Lafferty‘s I Should Be Writing. Lately, Mur has gone out of her way to commend a book and, for lack of a better word, course called The Artist’s Way. The course is [...] Image via Wikipedia I’m not sure if I’ve ever had a book change my views, though I’ve had a few clarify my views and/or thoughts on subjects. Of course, as I write this, I can’t think of a single one. To Kill a Mockingbird, a book that Rhonda and I love so [...] I came across this while pounding the “Stumble” button on my toolbar. YouTube user hyperlexic2 took a reading of T.S. Elliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and mixed it over a loop of Portishead’s Sour Times. Light some candles, burn some incense, sit back, and enjoy. THE LOVE SONG OF J. [...] Cover of Under the Dome: A Novel
I have tried over and over to write a review of Stephen King‘s Under The Dome that sounds intelligent and is full of subtle nuance, but my thoughts come down to one simple opinion – after over 1,000 pages, Under The Dome leaves you disappointed and [...] I’ve called myself a geek for longer than I can remember. It’s always seemed to just…fit. I enjoy science fiction, fantasy, videogames and (most of all) comics, I understand computers, I can produce useless bits of trivia at a moments notice. My credentials were pretty much impeccable. Lately, though, I’ve begun to question if [...]  |
 
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