Citizen Against Verbal Excess Why You Shouldn’t Be “Politically Correct”. Political correctness is an Orwellian movement to control language and therefore stifle debate on difficult topics. Should we be sensitive to how others might feel about a particular subject? Sure.…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Top Ten Free Classic Books On The Kindle Store
Originally posted on The Wordslinger:
Amazon’s Kindle Store, as most of you would know, is not exclusively for Kindle owners. You can use their Kindle app on your iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows 8 PC/tablet, Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone and…
Book Review: The Dresden Files 1-6 by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files Collection 1-6 by Jim Butcher My rating: 5 of 5 stars Like many people, I suppose, I was introduced to the Dresden Files novels via the short lived television series that ran on the Sci-Fi Channel back…
Tagged with: book review, Dresden Files, Jim Butcher, paranormal, urban fantasy
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Posted in Book Reviews
C.A.V.E. Writing: Foundations of Thought
Dear readers, this post is the first of a series in which I will analyze my personal political philosophy. My intent hereby is to arrive at a logically consistent framework within which to address several of the so-called “Big Questions”…
Book Review: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
Phoenix Rising by Philippa Ballantine and Tee Morris My rating: 4 of 5 stars If one were to compile a list of Must Read, Essential Steampunk novels, then Pheonix Rising, should, by all means, be included. In this humble reviewer’s…
Tagged with: action advventure, book review, Peculiar Occurences, Pip Ballantine, steampunk, Tee Morris
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Book Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness My rating: 4 of 5 stars One mark of a good book is how soon one comes to like the protagonist. By this measure, and many others, A Discovery of Witches in an…
1000-Word Picture No. 2 – Tentacles
Later that evening, after having determined our course for the following day’s explore, we were all seated around the table in the dining pavilion enjoying an excellent roasted game bird of some sort our chef, a local chap we had…
1000-Word Picture No. 1 – Mr. Fletcher
It s the twelfth day of the expedition Abercrombie, Hendricks, Collingswood, and I were examining a portion of the Manuscript when Fowler called out. “I say! What manner of buffoonery is he up to now,” Abercrombie said. Of the four…
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CAVE Writing: The Un-Examined Life
This portion of my blog is entitled C.A.V.E Writing. C.A.V.E is an acronym I picked up from a local county council member. It was during a discussion in a class on Behavioral Dynamics. We had taken a class trip to…
Tagged with: C.A.V.E., NaNoWriMo, political philosophy, politics, Self-examinaiton
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Tom Russell
Casual Obsession 