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Re: Book reviews

Posted in Book recommendations, Library Life, tagged , , , on April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

During my recent sojourn to far Numenor, I had a long layover in the Gondor airport and, as a result, came up with two new books which I’d like to recommend to you.
The first is Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book”. This book just won the Newbury Award for Young Adult fiction and, may I say, [...]

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Re: Don’t Lose Your Head

Posted in Book recommendations, Urban fantasy, tagged , , , on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The summer sun was busy broiling the asphalt from Chicago’s streets, the agony in my head had kept me horizontal for half a day, and some idiot was pounding on my apartment door.
I answered it and Morgan, half his face covered in blood, gasped, “The Wardens are coming. Hide me. Please.”
His eyes rolled back into [...]

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Re: Tin Ear II–The Recital Continues

Posted in Humor, Music, Video, YouTube, tagged , , , , on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

And even more “Tin Man” music videos you didn’t know were out there.

Music: “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Disney’s Mulan.
The character of Wyatt Cain (played by Neal McDonough) is the classic, hard bitten private eye dude. Initially, he has some issues with his “civilian” companions as this video [...]

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Re: Tin Ear

Posted in Humor, Music, Video, YouTube, tagged , , , , on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

An “Tin Man” obsession is a terrible thing, but judging by the flood of “Tin Man”-related music videos on YouTube, I’m not alone in my love for this Sci-Fi Channel mini-series. And now a sampling of my favorites:

Music: “Jerry Springer” by Weird Al Yankovic
What can you say about a song with [...]

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