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Lily Allen’s Preview Track - Now with Moving Pictures!
Sneaky me, I’ve got two different motives for this post. The second is to see if I’m able to embed a clip from YouTube; all signs point to it being so blindingly easy that failure will encourage me to seriously consider suicide. But, for all that, I’ve never tried it before. Voila!
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Better Late…: A Review of Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street has to be the first book about the mortgage crisis that the United States is going through. I say this with some confidence, because it was first published on October 1, 1990. Yes yes, 18 years ago, but I swear to you it is the most [...]
18Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Book Review: The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly
Short version: It’s dangerous all right.
Slightly longer version: Neil Gaiman has explained that his primary guiding light when writing for children is, essentially, “would I think this was cool when I was that age?” He tells the story he wants to tell, and the audience (adult v children v fantasy v horror v … I [...]
Better Late…: a Review of the Novel “Jumper”, by Steven Gould
Encouraged by a side-by-side comparison at the Onion A.V. Club , I picked up a copy of Jumper awhile back, adding it to … well, the “back of the queue" isn’t exactly accurate, more like “pile from which I pull books.” This debut novel finally got its turn recently, and I have to say [...]
9Jul2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Neal Stephenson > William Gibson
I know William Gibson has been voted Godfather of Cyberpunk by general acclimation, but fandom really needs to do a better job of spreading the word on other worthies. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson , has been a heck of a lot more engaging than Neuromancer was. The only reason I can figure out [...]
2Jul2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Just to be clear - I was as rusty as anybody at the table. It's not like I knew that it would work, I just knew that I was screwed from any sort of conventional point-of-view, so it was time to try something different. Now, having said that
You dirty dawg! This "one of the strongest players" knew exactly how sneaky you are, I just didn't realize it was your actual strategy. Ha-RUMPH.
Next time, blood will coat the streets.
Thanks for the info Ray! I just ordered one today along with an extra main motor, can't wait.
Hi Chad,
Yes, I am very pleased with my heli. The main motor gave up the ghost a few days after the above post, and I had to get another. I bought several, but so far haven't had to replace another. I fully expect to have to replace the current mo
Don't look at me, I'm no fan of tanking games. Every week should be played to their max ability in an effort to try to win. The Seahawks are not the freaking Knicks, afterall.
High draft picks are overrated anyways. You pay a lot of money, tying u
Politicians comes to mind. :D
Hm ... I had a different rationale for why this is stupid: It rewards failure. Businesses demand money from the government to rescue them from foolish and selfish financial decisions. At the same time, they scream against any kind of oversight or 
Hey John,
Nice to see GU coming along. Your 'proposal' makes a lot more sense now that I can see it in action. Very interesting set-up. I'm monitoring my traffic closely post-election. Merging The Big Stick into a larger network may make more sens
Go 'Dawgs, indeed. Richt's successes are more than admirable, and I've missed the hell out of him at the offensive helm these last eight years. Should be a great game, but I give the edge to the 'Dawgs. Even though Tim Tebow once touched a blind