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News, mostly distinguished by its lack thereof:
I’ve been sidelined from Capoeira by a leg injury. I pulled something, I think. Imagine a line along the inside of your left thighbone, from the knee all the way to the torso. Now imagine it hurts and your leg isn’t happy about holding your weight. This is where I was last week at this time. It’s still recovering. I tried to take a set of ( Read more... ) -
For the Dune Fans. . . .
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eBook Readers
All right. I know some people on this list like ebook readers. I've never thought I'd consider one, but in looking at my list of .pdfs (and the new trend of some authors to offer .pdfs of books for free), I find myself wondering if there is any potential to them ( Read more... ) -
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
So, I've noticed that some people on my friends list appear to be quite fond of this novel. I have read it and, though I found it enjoyable, I was disappointed in the ending.
My question, for those of you willing to answer it, is did you enjoy the ending and why or why not?
Obviously the comments below are likely to contain spoilers, so caveat ( Read more... ) -
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Happy Birthday palecur! -
Raise a Glass to the EGG Man
E. Gary Gygax is dead. It’s funny. I’m sufficiently suspicious of internet rumors that I didn’t believe it when I first read it, and refreshed a search of AP news every fifteen minutes until I had real confirmation.
Apparently it’s true. AP didn’t say whether they had attempted to resurrect him yet, or whether that had been tried and he failed ( Read more... ) -
The Joy of Nostalgia
When I was little I found an LP at a library book sale by a band called The Royal Guardsman. The album was called Snoopy and His Friends. The entire A side of the album was about Snoopy's battles with the Red Baron. They even had little narrative bits between the songs as though they were news broadcasts from the Allied forces in Europe. The B ( Read more... )