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bookrev: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson 0

bookrev: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

Kurson’s Shadow Divers (loaned to me by my friend Charles, thanks Charles!) is a well written and thoroughly researched non-fiction story of two divers pushing themselves physically and mentally to discover the truth behind...

bookrev: The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict by Stephen R. Donaldson 6

bookrev: The Real Story: The Gap into Conflict by Stephen R. Donaldson

Book 1 of The Gap Cycle  I thoroughly enjoyed The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (and the Second Chronicles as well) by Mr. Donaldson,  about Thomas Covenant, leper and unbeliever. I’d pick up this book,...

Candidates on Wrestling? 0

Candidates on Wrestling?

With the Democratic candidates appearing on Wrestling last night, in advance of the interminably long wait for today’s primary, this picture (from David Dees, thanks Bob) echoes how ridiculous a lot of this campaign...

Die Hard gets me charged up for Indy 0

Die Hard gets me charged up for Indy

What could possibly increase the hype in anticipation of a 65-year old Harrison Ford reprising his role as Indiana Jones? Some critics are saying he is too old to play the Indiana Jones roll...

Guest Review of “Sands of Oblivion” at SFSignal.com 0

Guest Review of “Sands of Oblivion” at SFSignal.com

Those wonderful boys at SFSignal.com had a contest to giveaway a movie called Sands of Oblivion, with Serenity stars Adam Baldwin and Morena Baccarin and somehow I won a copy. They posted a guest...

movrev: Stargate – The Ark of Truth 0

movrev: Stargate – The Ark of Truth

My son and I have watched every single Stargate episode (and have all the season except the last one) and my wife is not far behind. We are LARGE fans. But, lately, the show...

Congrats, Hakeem Olajuwon 0

Congrats, Hakeem Olajuwon

Hall of fame recently and statue honoring his career dedicated today. And impeccable taste in hardware. After the break is a video of my favorite Hakeem moment (and, as we had season tickets through...

bookrev: On Writing by Stephen King 0

bookrev: On Writing by Stephen King

This book has been around for a while, but it is a must read for anyone interested in writing, and anyone interested in Stephen King. It is a quick but valuable read. Since Mr....

book notes: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie 1

book notes: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself is the first novel of Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law Trilogy. If I would have had the second book, I would have dove right into it, and that would have made...

More Vegas: Bellagio Dancing Waters 0

More Vegas: Bellagio Dancing Waters

Below, a video of the entire Bellagio Hotel Dancing Waters sequence in the daylight, with a rainbow no less, from our last trip. Not as good as the Elton John concert, but a classic...