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Books in Review for 2009

So, in an experiment last year, I kept a written record of all the books I read and ended up writing each of them up on here. It was different to do so. It for one thing kept me writing a little bit, but it also provided a way to talk a bit [...]

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Books – December 2009

Yes, I know I’m really really late at getting this going for the month of December. My bad.
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Vol. 1 – Steven Erikson – A collection of three novellas that were previously only available from a small private print house, these stories are a great, well written, and humorous look into [...]

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Books – November 2009

So November with the holiday and birthday for Ash, I found myself either going to bed too late, or getting distracted with a game on the phone. Needless to say I only completed two books for the month.
One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez – So the sad reason of [...]

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Books – October 2009

So really, October was Harry Potter month. I ended up getting hooked, and couldn’t stop reading them until I had finished with them, and the only reason I had another book in the middle of them all was I had it in my car for reading on my lunch breaks at work. We’ll [...]

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Books – September 2009

Ahh, September. Great month September is. The summer is closing down, but it’s still warm. Evenings start to get shorter and the start of the football season make it just wonderful. Plus? Great books!
Dust of Dreams – Steven Erikson So I had to import book nine from the UK because [...]

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Books – August 2009

Somehow I missed doing the month of August, and with September already done it’s time to catch up. 
Magical Thinking – Augusten Burroughs – Ah, the memoir. Given to me to read by a friend with strong recommendations, I went in with low expectations. In a lot of ways Augusten Burroughs (who’s [...]

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Amazing Design Work by 9000

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An incredible collection of work by a designer known as 9000 has wowed me today. A huge body of work that he’s put up on Flickr has just floored me with it’s depth, it’s variety, and it’s subtle humor.
You just must go here and see just [...]

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Site Update – New Theme

So it’s about time I updated the stock theme that I had with one that’s a bit more me. Not that I’ve been all that great about updating but, I since August just finished I’m working on a Books of August 09 post filled with “fun” stuff. If anything’s broken let me know! [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

I miss my little guy a ton right now. #
NPR's new iPhone app is hands down one of the best things I've seen from the app store.@nprnews #
Time for a haircut. The fro has gotten out of control again and needs a shearing. #
So I'm watching/semi-adopting my cousins cat. My cat isn't thrilled about this [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

Another Monday but at least it's a short week. Where is my coffee? #
Next year for man camp I'm not flying standby. This sucks! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

The apple isn't a true fruit? Fruit lies – http://bit.ly/szRmo
via @jkottke #
I've entered the realm of being connected all the time and you know what? I like it! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

New Radiohead Single – Harry Patch (In memory of) http://bit.ly/i8vOJ #
@leighalexander SO CORRECT! Why did they inflict that on us poor Kings Quest loving people? in reply to leighalexander #

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Books – July 2009

Wow, July went fast. It was a whirlwind of good times and good reading as well. With it being light later, and warmer it’s harder to get to sleep, and so I read until much much later. I love actually hearing the sounds out my open window of the trains, the [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02

Off to a Rainer game and some good ballpark food. Love some peanuts and crackerjacks. #
@leighalexander It's almost important. It's nice to know if our President has a good taste in beer. in reply to leighalexander #
@DamnInteresting 1&1 has been good to me over the years, and they have pretty good pricing and [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26

I am very much looking forward to this! http://bit.ly/fIaE8 #
@leighalexander 4 is the best! But 2 would probably follow it up for fond memories. in reply to leighalexander #

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