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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Let me start off by saying that I have (regrettably) never read the Chronicles of Narnia. When The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was released in December of 2005, I wanted to see it, but with a new born daughter in the house, it just wasn’t practical to get ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I have never understood the fervent idolatry of Che Guevara. For decades he has been held up as the poster child of revolution and freedom. Movies have been made about his exploits and his death, perpetuating the idea that he was a great hero of human freedom. I've always ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is an interesting discourse on politics and revolution. Heinlein paints an interesting saga of a revolt on the moon against the Terran authorities who control all aspects of the lives of those living on the lunar colonies. It won the Hugo Award for Best ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
A Klingon Christmas Carol, produced by the Comedia Beauregard, with support from several members of the IKV Rakehell (Klingon Assault Group), was an adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic into Klingon, and told from the Klingon point of view.
SQuja' (Scrooge), is a conniving money lender who has a bodyguard/strongman, QachIt ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
This year being the Centennial marking the birth of Robert A. Heinlein, a lot of renewed interest in his works has been sparked. While attending Convergence (this was opposite the Heinlein Centennial Celebration taking place in St. Louis) there was a discussion on his works and Starship Troopers was brought ...
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. This is the last volume in the famed "Harry Potter" series, and it is a very good sendoff for the series. I will not include any spoilers. I'll not even tell you about Hermione having Draco Malfoy's ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
I've not had as much time to write as I have been furiously reading to finish the current book on my shelf. The good news is I finished reading it. The bad news is it isn't the new Harry Potter book.
In Danger's Path by W.E.B Griffin is the 8th ...
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Sunday was a bit unusual for us in my household as my wife and I haven't been to the movies since our daughter was born nearly two years ago. Now, I am sure we could get a baby sitter so we could go out, however I am willing to bet ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
This year is the Centennial of the birth of Robert A. Heinlein. As such, I have been going through a phase of reading and rereading a number of his works, so I thought I would share some of them with you.
Tunnel In The Sky is the story of survival ...
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Monday, February 5th, 2007
Rhythm of Honor is a compilation CD produced by Janet Fisher of Goodnight Kiss. It is a tribute to the men and women of the American Armed Forces. Many of the songs were written and performed by men and women who have served, or have some other close affiliation ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
Every American is acutely aware of the terrorist attack on 9/11. Many Americans are not aware of the many threads of fate that is the web of al-Qaeda and International Islamic Terrorism that lead up to that horrible day.
The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence ...
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
I heard about Prayers For The Assassin during an interview of the author, Joe Ferrigno, on the Hugh Hewitt show and decided I had to read it. And am I glad I did.
The year is 2040, and the landscape of America, and the world, has changed. After atomic bombs were ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
Wallace and Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the long awaited feature film chronicling their adventures has them running a new business: Anti-Pesto, humane pest control. The name has a nice ring to it.
Gromit has placed Wallace on a strict diet that, to Wallace's chagrin, does not include cheese. ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
The latest installment in the Harry Potter series takes on even darker tones as J. K. Rowling continues to spin her web of mystery around the conflict between Harry and Lord Voldemort. The story opens with a meeting between Snape and several Death Eaters, discussing a plot that involves ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2005
Serenity is the theatrical film follow-on to the brilliant, but short-lived, Firefly TV series of a few years ago. Back on the screen is the full cast from the series, reprising their roles.
After the initial plot set up, the film opens with the crew of Serenity executing thier latest ...
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
The Great Raid, starring Benjamin Bratt and James Franco is the gripping tale of the raid to liberate some 500 POWs held in a Japanese prison camp on the Bataan peninsula. These POWs were survivors of the Bataan Death March after the surrender of the Philippines at the beginning ...
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Saturday, July 30th, 2005
Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is about Hillarys war against the new media and the rightwing journalists of the Internet who have made on-line journalism a success.
I have mixed feelings about this book; some of it I found to be quite interesting and informative, which is what I look ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
Born Fighting by James Webb is a mixture of memoir, history, and migration paths of the Scots-Irish. The timeframe it covers is from the pre-Roman times through to today. The influence of the Scots-Irish people on America is significant and profound, with their view of bottom-up leadership, the ...
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Sunday, July 17th, 2005
Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, is a stunning film of magnificent proportions, and the most satisfying Batman movie to date.
It begins simply enough with a boyhood experience, a dream sequence of a memory, from which Wayne wakes, finding himself in Communist Chinese prison camp, mixed in with ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2005
The movie version of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has finally hit the theaters after many years of waiting. I first heard about movie plans for the Guide over ten years ago, and it is good to see that they have finally delivered it ...
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