Harvest Home by Thomas TryonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Let’s take a successful, but troubled couple (Ned & Beth Constantine) with a daughter (Kate) who has emotional issues that manifest in physical illness out of the city and put them in the country where all their problems will be solved. Give them a rainbow […]
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Seven Days In May by Fletcher KnebelMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the third time I’ve read Fletcher Knebel’s novel about a beleaguered president whose job is threatened by a charismatic military man. Before I go into my new impressions I will give a short summary of the political situation of 1961-2, when
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Alec Wilkinson interviews Trey Anastasio: (1) Conversation about songwriting, influences, playing with the Dead, summer tour, parenthood, much more.(2) Performances of “Blaze On”, “The Line”, “Joy”, “Cartwheels”, “Farmhouse”, “Backwards Down the Number Line”, “Sample in a Jar” Listen to show here! I loved the story of counting down “Althea”.
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NASA announced this news today, but the title is not quite right. It’s evidence of flowing water on Mars. It’s briny so it doesn’t evaporate. Briny makes me think of the presence of microbes, so I think the next big Martian news may make us all reach for David Bowie: That’s Mike Garson on the
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An opportunistic exploit of images by injecting java script during an upload stores malicious script on the Imgur server that is downloaded to the computers of unwitting users. If you love pokemon foot porn, clear your cache. Want to know more?
Click here to see how your team did historically
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This site shows various roller coaster patents.
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If you are looking for recordings of live bands, this is one great source! Here, for example, is a fun Umphrey’s McGee show from 6/28/2015. You can stream it: Everybody’s chilling on the front porch. How am I supposed to live?
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The Martian by Andy WeirMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Yeah, this was a great romp. Good story, well told, and left me dreaming of space travel. It’s really rare to find a good science-fiction book that relies on good science, but it sure is a pleasure when it happens, and it’s done right. The
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Such a good book. One that I fought with, but came out loving it even more because of the challenge. Do you want to see how to do polytheistic cultures? The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth MoonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s pretty hard to talk about a book of over 1000 pages that
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It sounds great. Here’s the track listing: Live at 9:30: 1. Amanita 2. Did You See the Words 3. Honeycomb 4. My Girls 5. Moonjock 6. New Town Burnout 7. I Think I Can 8. Pulleys 9. What Would I Want? Sky 10. Peacebone 11. Monkey Riches 12. Brothersport 13. The Purple Bottle
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Here is a link to my Goodreads author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14247287.Michael_Gouker The best part is the photo I use so I’ll reprint it here: This was a gift from Roger Misteli and Sandra Just! 🙂 That’s a real picture of me eating wasabi.
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Alexandre Pato vai ficar no São Paulo FC pelo menos até Dezembro 31. Pato stays in SP! 🙂
This is about Kickstarter crowdfunding of board games: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/crowdfunding-is-driving-a-196-million-board-game-renaissance/ Project 500 is a GMT Games program that gets pledges for games and then publishes: http://www.gmtgames.com/s-2-p500.aspx
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