Tag: josh joplin
member name: Paul M.
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November 30, 2009 10:54 AM EST --
I hope that you did your patriotic duty this Black Friday and this Cyber Monday by spending money to stimulate the economy. As you know, retailers depend on these pseudoholidays for 90% of their . . .
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July 16, 2009 09:58 AM EDT --
The self-titled debut album by the band Among the Oak & Ash is now available from Amazon and iTunes on CD, MP3, and I think even vinyl.
(4/5 stars)
When I first heard about this project on MySpace, . . .
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December 11, 2009 11:47 AM EST --
If you're buying XMas music from Amazon, sometimes patience is a virtue. The Boxmasters XMas album I bought last week for $8.91 is now on sale for $7.99. Also, the Tori Amos XMas album priced . . .
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December 16, 2009 09:38 AM EST --
Since it is the time of "best of" lists I've been doing a couple "best of" lists of my own. (And let's face it, it's an easy way to pick up a few points for doing very little.) Since it's . . .
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December 18, 2009 10:35 AM EST --
So here are the biggest trends according to Google:
1 obama copenhagen
2 chris henry
3 research in motion
4 champions league
5 weather forecast
6 avatar movie
7 rim
8 twitter . . .
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July 17, 2009 04:35 PM EDT --
The Winter King
(Warlord Chronicles, Part 1)
by Bernard Cornwell
OK, most everyone should know the legend of King Arthur by now. If you don't, the basic summary is that there was once a king . . .
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September 27, 2009 12:12 PM EDT --
I summarized the movie on Twitter as follows: It's like the "Bourne" movies only without the boring command center scenes. So basically you're left with the car chases and fights without a . . .
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November 29, 2009 03:58 PM EST --
And not the jungle river in South America or a group of women warriors but the website. I pretty much did all my XMas shopping on Amazon.com this year. Not because I'm lazy and didn't feel . . .
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December 07, 2009 09:23 AM EST --
It wasn't until 1999 when I bought my first album of XMas music, Jewel's "Joy" album. Since then my collection has grown exponentially. Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to buy more . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:33 AM EDT --
I've had the Blockbuster Video Netflix-type program for a couple months now and it's worked pretty well. I watch my movie on Sunday, put it in the mail on Monday, and usually by Friday or Saturday . . .
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August 14, 2009 03:48 PM EDT --
I'm going on vacation next week and so I decided to use up most of the stuff in my fridge and cupboards to make a pretty good, though probably not appetizing-sounding meal. The amounts of ingredients . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:54 AM EDT --
The Long Walk
By Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)
(4/5 stars)
This was the first Stephen King book I'd ever read. Some "friends" recommended that it was one of his best, so I thought . . .
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October 01, 2009 03:07 PM EDT --
On a message board a couple of people were getting into that familiar old timer's rant of "kids today can't sit still five minutes let alone read a novel!" My rebuttal: what about Harry Potter . . .
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November 24, 2009 03:59 PM EST --
Looking for something to give your friends, family, coworkers, pets this holiday season but don't want to regift them another Chia-Pet or fruitcake or Snuggie? Don't feel like standing in line three . . .
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December 11, 2009 04:54 PM EST --
OK, so being a part-time amateur writer, here are some gift ideas for the part-time, amateur writer (or full-time professional one) on your list.
Netbook : You can buy laptops for . . .
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July 17, 2009 01:53 PM EDT --
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
(Movie: 4/4 stars)
(Book: 4/5 stars)
I feel cheated by this novel. The sole reason I read the book is because I had just watched the film version and . . .
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September 08, 2009 10:09 AM EDT --
Who are you, really? What are your favorite things? What are your goals? How would someone describe the "real" you? Take the "Real Me Survey" and share who you really are with the Gather community! . . .
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September 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
After about four frustrating months, I finally pulled the plug on Dish Network. Now for the first time since 2001 I have only regular network TV to rely on. So far the withdrawal symptoms . . .
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September 27, 2009 12:31 PM EDT --
I found "The Informant!" an entertaining but ultimately frustrating movie. By the end I didn't know what to make of this Mark Whitacre guy. Was he insane? Was he a compulsive liar? . . .
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December 09, 2009 09:49 AM EST --
Like "The Ice Harvest" that I watched previously, this is another film taking place during the holidays that is not a holiday film. Instead it's a dark comedy/crime caper about two hitmen who flee . . .
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