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You never know WHAT is gonna come through that door.
A few months ago we subscribed to Netflix, so we could watch streaming shows and movies now that we had high-speed interweb. Netflix has been something of a mixed bag – more on that another time – but we found … Continue reading
Books with facts in them
Some nonfiction notes: :: I’ve always had a soft spot for conspiracy theories. I’ve never actually believed in any of them, but I’ve always like them in a lot of ways. The best ones are wild and wooly and complex, … Continue reading
Page One: Cosmos
I was in fourth grade when Cosmos first aired. My teacher had a poster up about it in the classroom and encouraged us to watch it. I was quite the space geek at the time, and I expected the show to … Continue reading
With a Dream
I’ve been a follower and online friend of SK Waller for years now, through a lot of incarnations of her blog and through a lot of her creative endeavours. Her current project is a book trilogy which she is publishing … Continue reading
Classics in 2012!!!
Over at Book Scorpion’s Lair, Jedediah points out a nifty-sounding thing called the “Classics Challenge”, which I will sign up for in 2012. Huzzah! Here’s how it works: Read seven works of Classic Literature in 2012 Only three of the … Continue reading
If only Shakespeare had written about exploding spaceships….
I’ll be taking a bit of a break from reading space opera, since I may well have OD’d on the genre over the last few months. Here are notes on the most recent books of explodey-spaceshippy goodness that I’ve read. … Continue reading
Unfictional Bookage
Time to briefly talk up some nonfiction I’ve read recently: :: Lots of times, people try to reduce the world to two kinds of people. One such method, common to people in my age group, reduces the world to people … Continue reading
The Bool Hunt
When Stephen King is on (IT), I like few writers better. And when he’s off (Dreamcatcher), well…he can still be intriguing, if long-winded. And then there are the books where I’m not honestly sure if he’s on or off. Into … Continue reading
Random Stuff from the Week that Was
So, last week was my 40th birthday, as I noted at the time. Because of work schedules, we rarely celebrate birthdays on the dates on which they fall; instead we schedule some time off as near as we can, and … Continue reading
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“Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight.”
When World War I broke out, the French military issued summonses to compulsory military service. One young man, a cellist named Roger Bricoux, did not report for duty, and was listed as a deserter. It turned out that he had … Continue reading