There is no possible future where hopeful martyrs will be good neighbors

Book Review: Special Ops

Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:34 AM EST

"Special Ops" could easily have been the eighth book of the series and "The Aviators" could have been skipped altogether. In fact, Special Ops picks up almost immediately where "The New Breed" left off.

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entertainment, military, fiction, special-ops, bills-book-reviews, military-fiction, web-griffin

Book Review: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Thu Mar 3, 2011 4:46 PM EST

This is the first book I've read on my Kindle. I was able to download it for free from Google Books and I'm glad I did. To tell the truth I didn't even know this was a book until I stumbled across it.

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entertainment, fantasy, robin-hood, classics, bills-book-reviews, howard-pyle

Book Review: The New Breed

Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:23 AM EST

"The New Breed" is the seventh book in "The Brotherhood of War" series by W.E.B. Griffin.

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entertainment, army, military, congo, bills-book-reviews, historic-fiction

My Kindle is a Paperweight

Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:27 PM EST

Almost two years ago I wrote the article "A Better Kindle Still Isn't Great" where I identified, what was for me, the largest problem with the Kindle - DRM.

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technology, amazon, kindle, amazon-kindle, bills-book-reviews

Book Review: Rogue Warrior

Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:17 PM EST

DISCLAIMER: This review has some rough language and those who are easily offended may want to avoid it.

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entertainment, military, non-fiction, autobiography, bills-book-reviews

Book Review: Crusade

Tue Jan 4, 2011 8:02 AM EST

I am a big fan of three genres; military fiction, historical fiction, and speculative fiction (particularly those worlds that resemble medieval times on our planet) thus, it was with great interest that I picked up Robyn Young's novel, Crusade.

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entertainment, historical-fiction, bills-book-reviews, military-fiction

Book Review: Towers of Midnight

Mon Dec 6, 2010 12:46 PM EST

I started reading the Wheel of Time series in 1989. Twenty-one years ago and, yet, I stick with it.

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entertainment, fantasy, book-reviews, robert-jordan, wheel-of-time, speculative-fiction, brandon-sanderson, bills-book-reviews

Book Review: The Pillars of the Earth

Wed Dec 1, 2010 4:26 PM EST

This is the first in what will be a series of book reviews. I've actually published these previously on a blog but it doesn't get much traffic and, honestly, I'd love to hear from other people who have read the book so here goes.

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entertainment, book-reviews, ken-follett, bills-book-reviews, historic-fiction

When Dogma Becomes Dangerous

Wed Aug 4, 2010 9:19 AM EDT

I just read this article Faith and Foolishness: When Religious Beliefs Become Dangerous: Scientific American and, while I agree with his general point I think he glosses over the story of Margaret McBride and it's implications.

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abortion, religion, roman-catholic, catholic, child-abuse, hypertension, faith-healing, sister-mary-mcbride

Global Warming is Real - Deal with It

Thu Jan 7, 2010 11:54 AM EST

Overtime I have developed a bit of a pet peeve.

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global-warming, politics, greenhouse-gases, twitter, bad-jokes

What's Your Problem with the Public Option

Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:54 AM EDT

Health Care reform is a hot button issue right now and it seems to me that a lot of people are angry about the public option without really providing a good reason why they dislike it.

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insurance, politics, health-care, government, socialism, health-care-reform, public-option

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Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:54 AM EDT

Do you remember when people were angry that we are at war? You know, 10 months ago when protesters were out in front of the US Capital and the presidents house yelling and demanding that we bring the boys back home; that we end this war? It seemed you couldn't turn on the news …

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bush, iraq, afghanistan, politics, president, war, protests, obama, iraq-war, afghanistan-war

Indie Rock Spotlight - The Dead Weather

Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:55 AM EDT

It's hard to figure out where to start when talking about The Dead Weather. Their debut album, Horehound">Horehound, doesn't help.

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entertainment, rock, indie, indie-rock-spotlight, the-dead-weather

Indie Rock Spotlight - Florence and the Machine

Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:55 AM EDT

I just grabbed Florence and the Machine's debut album, Lungs, and I have to say, "I'm Hooked".

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entertainment, rock, indie, indie-rock-spotlight, indie-music-spotlight

Leave the AIG Bonuses Alone

Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:34 AM EDT

I was opposed as anyone to the Bank Bailout but now that it has happened we need to just suck it up and move on. The constant whining I've been seeing regarding the apx 120 million in bonuses AIG handed out is a waste of time and breath.

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taxes, money, politics, london, bonuses, aig, bailout, crying, whining, childish-behavior

Obama's 11 Broken Promises

Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:36 PM EDT

My friend Matt just blogged about how Obama had broken 10 11 promises according to the right wing rag, World Net Daily Here are the 11 "broken" promises along with my response to each.

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politics, criticism, obama, broken-promises

Legalize Marijuana? Or Not?

Tue Mar 3, 2009 10:21 AM EST

While it is true that it is getting more expensive and ever more difficult to find a place to do so adults in the US can legally smoke tobacco but they can't do the same for marijuana.

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taxes, politics, marijuana, pot, war-on-drugs

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Taxing Internet Downloads

Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:53 AM EST

New York Governor David Patterson is considering a 4% tax on internet downloads including, but not limited to, music and video files.

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new-york, tax, music, porn, politics, internet, apple, ipod, pornography, davd-patterson

I'm Not Feeling Stimulated by the Stimulus Plan

Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:16 PM EST

Our federal government is attempting to craft an economic stimulus plan that ends up spending about $550 billion while, at the same time, providing tax relief of around $275 billion. That is a serious amount of money to be investing. Too bad we don't have it.

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congress, constitution, politics, libertarian, states-rights, classic-liberalism, stimulus, stimulus-plan, smaller-govt

A Better Kindle Still Isn't Great

Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:25 AM EST

When the first Kindle came out it inspired in me a sense of ugh. It was hideous to look at with an awkward appearing keyboard and hugely obtrusive buttons along the sides.

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technology, sony, amazon, ebook, reader, e-book, irex, iliad, kindle, e-book-reader

More Mint is Good Mint

Wed Feb 4, 2009 5:03 PM EST

You may recall, in the past, that I discussed the personal finance tracking website, Mint.com. I really liked it then and I still really like it (though, it is true that I like some things about yodlee.com better).

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technology, money, finance, personal-finance, budgeting, money-management

Indie Rock Spotlight - The Dresden Dolls

Thu Jan 8, 2009 2:39 PM EST

I have to confess that I really let this series fall apart. I had wanted to pen an article each week but I guess I'm just too lazy for even that simple of a self assignment. Thus I will now promise to write one whenever I am really feeling a band.

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entertainment, rock, indie, indie-rock-spotlight, dresden-dolls, amanda-palmer

Google Video Chat - Nice but Still Rough

Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:31 PM EST

I tried out Google Video Chat today with a co-worker in the same office as me. It was rumored by some that the client would establish a direct connection (peer-to-peer) between the two chatting parties but I don't think one is.

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google, technology, gmail, video-chat, video-conferencing

McCain - Why I Didn't Vote For You

Wed Nov 5, 2008 11:31 AM EST

Mr. McCain, In your concession speech, you mentioned many things, one among them was the rhetorical statement, "I don't know what else we could have done to win". I'd like to take this opportunity to mention a few things you could have done that would have swayed some of us:

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politics, mccain, obama, election-2008, palin

NFL - 2008 Week 4 Predictions

Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:26 AM EDT

Sadly, I just haven't had any time to write these down this week - so I will have to bypass my normal mocking commentary on each game and instead just keep this clean and simple.. Stright up picks. Hopefully, I'll get a real article out next week.

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nfl, sports, 2008, week-four, nfl-picks-of-the-week

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Gleuch - thanks I updated the article to reflect your suggestion. thanks!
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thanks for the CoH scirpt. as a minor update to it, if you add

location.replace('#entercomment');

to the end of the bookmarklet, it'll take the user directly to the box instead of them having to scroll down to it.
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They were partially finished - Life has gotten very busy lately so I didn't even have time to finish what I started. In fact I only finished one pick. I'll publish it (it was wrong) along with my MNF pick for this week.

I will get back on the ball next week!

Bill
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