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Book Reviews: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrellby Susanna ClarkeLife is too short not to read everything you can. Why wait for one author to complete his magnum opus when the world is crammed with impressive authors....
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Queen Fredegund
Didn't I tell you no back talk?Dark Ages Europe was no place for shrinking violets. Every five minutes or so Europe experienced a barbarian invasion, peasant revolt, plague outbreak, religious war, an...
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Movie Reviews: Arizona
Arizonadirected by Jonathan WatsonShooting someone in the head is not by definition, funny.There are some people who can mix comedy and violence and have it work out ok (Tarantino and all of his...
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Open Offices Stink!
I work in the information technology field. I recently spent a few days in training. There's a new implementation process being rolled out for IT employees. This process will supposedly reduce the time...
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White Dallas Cop Enters Wrong Home and Kills Black Man
I want you to imagine that you're peacefully resting, reading, sleeping or just doing whatever you like to do in your own home. You hear someone banging on your door. You go to see who's at the door....
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Detroit Tigers Announcers Allegedly Fight
I don't follow baseball much. I really haven't since Ernie Harwell died. So I didn't know that two announcers for my local team, the Detroit Tigers, Rod Allen and Mario Impemba, allegedly weren't that...
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Movie Reviews: Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2directed by David LeitchIf you loved the first movie, you'll probably like the sequel. Like the James Bond movies, there is a plot contrivance to ensure that the titular motormouth hero is...
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh: Attempted Rapist???
Do you remember what you were doing in high school? You probably do if like the fictional Al Bundy, from the sitcom Married with Children, high school turned out to be the high point of your life. Many...
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Savannah Sprague: Cheerleader Holds Court In The Streets
Just because someone is smaller than you or seemingly less threatening doesn't mean that they will not kick your a$$ six ways to Sunday if you start something with them. As Peter Tosh sang, "I'm like a...
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Book Reviews: Bad Blood
Bad Bloodby John CarreyrouThis is a real life thriller written by a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter who was one of the first people in the media to puncture the lies and bovine excrement put...
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Movie Reviews: Hereditary
Hereditarydirected by Ari AsterNow this is how horror movies should be done. Calling Hereditary a horror film doesn't really do it justice as many modern genre films have often been excuses to showcase...
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Movie Reviews: Upgrade, Detective Story
Upgradedirected by Leigh WhannellThis is a low budget sci-fi/thriller film that takes some very old tropes and ideas and wraps them up in fresh packaging to build an entertaining story. The film loses...
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Wants to Remove Trump?
It's a stock cliche in sitcoms. Someone, either a hapless husband or a low ranking worker, makes fun of his termagant wife or vindictive boss. Everyone around him laughs. The newly minted comedian...
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What is Justice?
I don't know whether Brett Kavanaugh assaulted Christine Ford in high school. I doubt most other people do either, regardless of how much they bloviate on twitter, Fox, or MSNBC.After today's Senate...
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Maine Moose Poop Artwork
This woman sounds exactly like a character out of a Stephen King novel. Her distinctive accent notwithstanding, I don't think I would want to purchase a damn thing that she's selling. Not one thing....
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Mary Kay Letourneau is Unrepentant
In some states the age of consent is sixteen. That is likely a leftover from the times when people who weren't married by their early twenties at the latest were thought to have something profoundly...
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Book Reviews: The Gospel of Loki
The Gospel of Lokiby Joanne M. HarrisI really enjoy Norse mythology. It has a lot of cynicism, doom, dread, bad a$$ boasts, and ultimately hope. It's quite similar to blues in many ways. So I was all...
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Book Reviews: The Detroit True Crime Chronicles
The Detroit True Crime Chroniclesedited by Scott BurnsteinJimmy Hoffa. Demetrius Holloway. Young Boys Incorporated (YBI). The A-Team. Pony Down. Best Friends. The Devil's Diciples(sic). Black Jack...
View ArticleStephen Colbert is a Tolkien Nerd
I don't watch a lot of television so I didn't know that Stephen Colbert was a fan of Chance the rapper, Gilbert and Sullivan patter songs, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Good man. You really should read The...
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Serena Williams and US Open
Serena Williams lost the US Open Championship Finals to Naomi Osaka. During this tennis match, Williams threw a temper tantrum and didn't reign it in until the umpire, Carlos Ramos, docked her a game....
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