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Mr. Stewart tells it like it is

It’s really a shame that the most insightful — and accurate – news on television comes from The Daily Show on Comedy Central.

Watch and enjoy as Jon Stewart lays waste to Newt Gingrich, Sean “I-am-the-anti-Christ” Hannity, Michelle Bachman, and yes, even the darling pinhead of the GOP, Sarah Palin, about their gross misunderstandings of the [...]

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The scandal in the Catholic Church

Before I launch into this, first a disclaimer: I am an ex-Catholic. I was raised in the church, started having problems with Christianity in general in the third grade, stopped believing as a young teenager, and quit going to mass — or any other religious service — around the time I went to college. I [...]

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In which we find our hero in a really f$^#ing foul mood

This has been one of those days that can’t end soon enough, but I’m too wound up and generally pissed off at myself to even go to bed early. So I’m munching on a late-night bowl of Cocoa Krispies and pouring my heart out to you, the vast Internetsies.

Tonight I was over at my ex-wife’s [...]

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One of the greatest love songs of all time

Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes. The studio version was tremendous, but the live version is just tremendous x 10 with a big heap o’ awesome dumped on top for good measure.

Happy Valentine’s Day. Enjoy.

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I'll be the guest author today on Twitter's #scifichat

For those of you on Twitter, I’m scheduled to be the guest author today on #scifichat. What exactly is that, you ask? It’s a Twitter group organized by publisher David Rozansky of Flying Pen Press that gets together on Friday afternoons to discuss various science fiction and fantasy related topics. I participate when I can, [...]

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Amazon, Macmillan, and the "agency model"

The key component of the dust-up between Amazon and book publisher Macmillan (who has since been joined by Hachette Books and HarperCollins) is the pricing model used to sell electronic books. Amazon wants to set a fixed price with a fixed dollar amount going to the publishers. Publishers don’t like this because it cannibalizes their [...]

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Yes, the Northeast has been DUMPED on in a pretty major way. We have about 20 inches of snow here in the Harrisburg area, and it’s still coming down. It’s 11:30 and I’ve only given the barest thought to going out and shoveling. I’m still fighting an awful cold (though feeling better than last night, [...]

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A review of Lev Grossman's THE MAGICIANS

I wasn’t planning on reading Lev Grossman’s The Magicians. At least not anytime soon. My reading pile (like most of yours, I’m sure), is huge. Everest-sized. So adding books to it that I’m not sure I’ll like is an iffy proposition at best.

Why wouldn’t I like The Magicians, you ask? Well, there was this review [...]

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The Wolfman and my childhood nostalgia for all things spooky

I love the Wolfman. Yes I do. I don’t know if I’ll actually like the new movie starring Benecio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt, but I sure want to. I have fond, fond memories of watching the original Wolfman with Lon Chaney, Jr. on television when I was a kid. “Even a man [...]

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Damn. The. Gods. Again!

An international trailer for Clash of the Titans was just released. I’m a little surprised at how excited I am for this. I’m even rather fond of the rock music used in the trailer and curious to see if it carries over to the final film.

Thanks to IGN Video for the find.

More Clash of the [...]

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