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Not Recommended: The Vesuvius Club

May 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, SciFi/Fantasy

The Vesuvius Club: A Bit of Fluff (Lucifer Box Novels)
Last night after a nice dinner at Bahama Breeze, my husband David and I decided to stop off at the nearby bookstore for a relaxing browse. After trolling the shelves, I ended up with two books, this one and a murder mystery set in the Upper [...]

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Introducing Miss Sarah Jane Smith

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Clan: McTiVo, SciFi/Fantasy

Sarah Jane Adventures | SCIFI.COM
We watched the first episode of the new spin-off from the Doctor Who empire, and have already got it set up on TiVo for a season pass. It was like watching an old episode, a classic episode, of Doctor Who, with “The Doctor” gone off somewhere, leaving Sarah Jane in charge. [...]

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Meanwhile, back at the suburb: the village worth its salt:
29/Aug/08

Daily Herald | Hoffman Estates starts stocking up on salt tonight Breaking news: Chicago-area residents should expect a “very cold period” after Thanksgiving. That’s according to the winter weather projections in the 2009 edition of the “The Old Farmer’s Almanac,” in stores in next month. Yep, my village is debating the cost of road salt, in August, because the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts a cold winter. Well, they did run out of salt last winter…

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch | Oddly Enough | Reuters:
28/Aug/08

Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch | Oddly Enough | Reuters That it has come to this: iPhone isn’t sexy enough for the Poles, who probably don’t like their one and only provider’s plan any better than the Brits like theirs.

Only Connect: Holding together but going nowhere:
25/Aug/08

Only Connect: Holding together but going nowhere From our viewpoint the bishops talked in secret little groups in their ‘big top’ surrounded by a ring of police and only emerged once to go to London to tell society how wicked it was not to do more about the debt. Many of us had worked in or visited Africa and experienced the poverty. We do all we can to press for justice and support the aid agencies but we also know about violence against women in Africa and the persecution of gay people. They are the real victims and scapegoats in this whole process.

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Not Recommended: The Vesuvius Club

May 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, SciFi/Fantasy

Introducing Miss Sarah Jane Smith

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Clan: McTiVo, SciFi/Fantasy

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