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Why is she so hung up on Ryan, anyway? He’s such a douche!

If you watch The Office without paying attention to the credits, you might assume that Mindy Kaling’s sole purpose on the show is to play Kelly Kapoor, the materialistic ‘office girl’ who is more interested in appearance and various superficialities … Continue reading

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A little Harry Potter humor

What if his given name had been Joey Jones? I doubt he would have turned to evil. On the other side of the coin, had his given name been Walter Quimby Zoroaster Xavier Isringhausen, he probably would never have done … Continue reading

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Twenty-two shades of Crap

I have zero intention of reading Fifty Shades of Grey, because…well, life’s just too short, and I already read Twilight. But Kerry read it and reports. A sampler of her opinions on this book: 2) Her catch phrase, the thing … Continue reading

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“Words are wind.” (or, Please take your time, George. As much as you need.)

Oh my good Lord. I tried, folks. I really tried. I’ve wanted so much to love A Song of Ice and Fire as much as everybody else does. And after the fairly soul-crushing experience that was slogging my way through … Continue reading

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A to Z: Zany!

Hey, I made it! It’s the end of the A-to-Z Challenge. Let’s look at some Zaniness, shall we? According to this site, the word ‘zany’ was first used in English by none other than William Shakespeare, although its origins are … Continue reading

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Some recent comics reading

Catching up on some notes about some stuff I’ve read over the last few months, in this case, comics…. :: I recently read in its entirety the comic book series Air, by G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker. It’s a … Continue reading

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A to Z: Villains

A good adventure tale needs a lot of things: a hero or two or three or four, a problem for them to solve, long odds, improbably escapes from certain doom, high stakes if they fail…and a Villain. It’s often said … Continue reading

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Oh yeah, “Maximum Overdrive” wasn’t a book

All sixty-two (at this moment) of Stephen King’s books, ranked. I’ve read nowhere near all of his work, and I don’t plan to…King himself admits that he can be uneven. My first King book (in 1998, after an attempt to … Continue reading

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A to Z: Trains

There’s some part of me that thinks that no matter how far in the future we get, no matter how awesome the spaceships or starships we build, there’s a degree to which human transportation will never exceed railroads for romance, … Continue reading

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A to Z: Old People of Wisdom

Gandalf. Loren Silvercloak. Mrs. Potts. Obi Wan Kenobi. Boothby the gardener. Sarek. T’Lar. Dumbledore and McGonagall. The Oracle. Jor-El. Maester Aemon. Mrs. Landingham. And, of course, Merlin. What do all these folks have in common? They are Old People of … Continue reading

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