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    bragging writes

    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nothing-in-reserve-jack-lewis/1103614654?ean=2940012664129&itm=3&usri=jack+lewis Also on Kobo, iTunes or available epub/kindle/pdf from litsam.com
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    bragging writes

    I'll check. I would think so - part of Shasta's business plan is making works as widely e-accessible as possible while still serving the needs of paper-holding readers. She also wants to help authors and reghular-reader/fans connect so writers can set up individualized feedback and...
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    bragging writes

    Pardon the pun. Basking in a little reflected glory for my son-in-law's Jack's first book (his earlier book was an author's re-cut of his mainly previously published essays). He is a really fine writer. The Midwest Book Review is a real reviewer: no 'donations' or fees from authors or...
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (remake)

    Saw it - pretty grim stuff, but very well done - really well-acted --Mara Rooney was amazing. Generally well-directed, but I agree, the pacing was off, or the momentum or something -- about the time it should have been reaching intolerable tension, I found myself looking at my watch, thinking...
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    War Horse

    2 - 2.5 stars. I LOVE horse stories, and went to see it at Cine Capri with 2 friends Christmas morning - first showing. Brought a big wad of kleenex, and barely dampened even one. Badly cast - from the horse, which had no real charisma, to the boy, who looked and acted like an actual...
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    3-pointer research, fwiw

    Hopefully I just fixed the link. It's newly published, so probably different research. Israelis are basketball nuts, so wouldn't surprise me if there are competing researchers.
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    3-pointer research, fwiw

    Somebody has way too much time on his hands. http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/hu-researchers-dunk-basketball-myth
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    Grimm (NBC)

    OK, I caught two episodes from last weekend and watched them last night. It's uneven, but I will definitely record/watch it, if only because the visuals and camerawork were really interesting, which is fairly rare for TV, and I do like the concept. The lead guy is appealing, maybe too much...
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    Tablets

    btw, speaking of tablets, my initial reaction to kindle fire has legs: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/technology/personaltech/amazons-fire-some-say-may-become-the-edsel-of-tablets.html?hpw I was so disappointed with it, because I truly love my kindle e-reader.
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    Tablets

    Is there a new iPad version on the horizon anytime soon? I adore my iPhone 4, but wish I could have waited a month for the I4s. With an iPad as a non-essential purchase, I can wait for the next round, maybe.
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    Coriolanus

    NYT loved it, and I LUV Ralph Fiennes, so hopefully I can drag someone artsy-fartsy to see it with me.
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    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

    Uhh... I don't think so in this case. It would be really squirmy awkward at a lot of points.
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    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

    OK, saw it. Silly was the first thing that came to mind, then that the director must have made feminine hygiene commercials earlier in his career or something - the lingering close-ups of pre- and post-deflowering angst and brooding vamps and wolves wasted maybe a quarter of the screen time...
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    Cheese or Font?

    63.8
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    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

    Guilty pleasure. On for next weekend.
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    J. Edgar

    None of the first three things, Matt, and plenty about his ever-repressed homosexuality. And drugs, too. Saw it with my two movie pals. Oddly non-compelling, non-engaging flick. 3.5 stars. At the end, our first comments were that the guy who plays Nixon for all of 2 minutes was really...
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    Melancholia

    I am definitely going to see this, although I expect to be left shuddering for days -- Lars von Trier's "Breaking the Waves" was one of the most wrenching and beautiful movies I've ever seen, but it haunted me for months. He has a way with pulling flawless, raw performances from actors that is...
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    'kindle' Fire

    A new bug is being reported -- apparently at least some previously purchased kindle-compatible books are not compatible with kFire, which seems pretty ill-considered.
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    'kindle' Fire

    Yeah, and the OUTSIDE of the shipping box is emblazoned "Amazon Kindle FIRE" just in case anyone wants to, y'know, borrow it before you get home. I deregistered mine before returning it, and I just hope that truly wipes out the connection to my account.
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    'kindle' Fire

    For what purpose? If it's primarily for reading books, you really ought to borrow a regular kindle for a couple hours and see the difference e-ink makes before a final decision. I was sitting next to a nook-user on my return from Baltimore, and it looked like a nice interface, probably better...
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    'kindle' Fire

    Sent mine back already. It was basically a $200 Amazon kiosk, and not nearly customizable enough for me. The carousel sounded OK on paper, but I really disliked it in practice, and you can't edit it or remove it or refine it. There's no excuse for such an erratic touch screen even at the low...
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    'kindle' Fire

    ...doesn't deserve the name kindle. I am very happy with my iphone, but I LOVE my kindle, and thought I was getting something in that vein, only more flexible. The Fire is not really a tablet or e-pad, in that it is not nearly customisable enough; ergonomics are weak and processing quite...
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    Fringe (FOX)

    Just got caught up with the season so far last night -- GREAT storyline(s) so far. And... are we in, or perhaps have we created, a third universe? After all, the things that changed for the characters when Peter de-existed would likely have had the old butterfly on the bottom of your shoe...
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    Movie-A-Day #84: Seven Samurai

    A great film - it's a classic, and it holds up well. I was maybe ten or eleven when I saw it the first time and I developed such a crush on Toshiro Mifune. To this day he's on my short list of all-time hunks.
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    Anonymous

    There's a beheading, blackmail, a couple stabbings, incest, murder, arson... typical guy-flick stuff.

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