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Review: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
Note: This review is based upon an uncorrected proof which I received via a giveway on GoodReads. I don’t, as a rule, read True Crime; I do enjoy a good mystery. So when I saw this book being offered in a giveaway over at GoodReads.com; I felt I just had to enter. Then when I […]
Zenni Optical
Posted by Mark | Filed under Reviews
I have been very near-sighted since I was in 3rd grade. After the optometrist completed my first eye exam, he called my mother in to ask “how did this child find his way to school?” As you might imagine, this makes me no stranger to wearing glasses. But during my high school/early college years I […]
Review: Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
Posted by Mark | Filed under Movies, Reviews
What a wretched, steaming pile of poo this movie was. Two thumbs all the way down. The wacky, over-the-top stupidity of the script turned what should have been a fun night at the movies into a constant groan fest as things went from bad to worse to crap. I’d been warned off the film by […]
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Cloverfield
Posted by Mark | Filed under Elsewhere, Movies, Reviews
Like others in this thread, I didn’t care for the camera shake. It wasn’t bad enough to make me leave the theater but it definitely made me queasy. As for the storyline to the movie.… meh. While most of the characters had a good line or two; I didn’t them. Any of them. In fact, […]
Reading List
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Quickie
If you hop over to my library page, you’ll notice my reading list has grown considerably. That’s because I just added in all the books we bought at the annual book sale held by our local public library. There’s far too many for me to finish them all this year, but I hope to have […]
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