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Courtesy of Tor and their bitchin’ email list, I just finished my 2nd eBook yesterday for free, courtesy of them. I must say, this is a great way for them to get people to read a book they otherwise might not. Case in point is Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell, the first in […]

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Much to my surprise I finished Scalzi’s The Ghost Brigades over lunch today. It was a very very quick read…I was disappointed it was over. I really do like Scalzi’s style of writing, I’m kind of bummed I didn’t pick up Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades sooner.
One thing I noticed while […]

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Or The Drawing of the Three. Stephen King, Your mom…same ideas. I finished up the 2nd book in the Dark Tower series yesterday. I didn’t enjoy this one as much as The Gunslinger. It was interesting and I got to see a whole lot more of the universe the characters are […]

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Greetings and salutations. I don’t know how many of you know Chris, but….I dropped her off at O’Hare yesterday for her trip to Italy.
I got the call this morning that she landed safely. Her luggage on the other hand decided to take a side trip…not sure where exactly….but what can you do.
So yeah, […]

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I just finished Robert Stone’s Dog Soldiers. I’m still kind of digesting this drug smuggling, back stabbing, junkie thrill ride. It was certainly interesting and had a little bit of Vietnam, Journalism, and drug use involved…as well as running dope, becoming addicted, ect.
Outside of that, Chris leaves for Italy tomorrow. I’ll miss […]

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In the last 3 days I’ve finished books 13, 14, and 15 for the year. The first to finish up was The Omnivore’s Dilemma. That book makes you really think about what you are eating and putting into your body. Over the course of some 400+ pages the author takes you through […]

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Bad thing, right? Well, to a point….we’d been planning to get a high definition dvd player for a while, but wanted to wait until the ‘format’ wars were over. Since the war got decided, in favor of Blu-Ray, I was hoping to hold off until Microsoft put out a blu-ray add-on to the […]

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