A while back the leasing office started advertising a “breakfast on the go” event for this week. It sounded great and the time included when I normally leave for work; unlike most events, I planned to avail myself of it (this was assisted by the placement of the ad above my mailbox). The night before [...]
Rachel and I were originally planning on going away for our holiday break, but mournfully decided to simply save the money and take a vacation to our apartment. In some strange bifurcation of the cosmos, I managed to convince Rachel to watch Firefly with me. The first few episodes took a valiant effort on her [...]
The ill-fated Joss Whedon show Firefly has earned a significant place in overall geek culture, so I have been meaning to watch it for some time now. It’s an excellent take on the space western and I think that for the most part it deserves the fame it has achieved.
Unlike other popular sci-fi stories (regrettably, [...]
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Orson Scott Card -
Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
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The Windup Girl
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Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour (Scott Pilgrim, #6)
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Makers
John Marsden -
Darkness, Be My Friend (The Tomorrow Series, Book 4)
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