Monthly Archives: September 2007

Sep 27
2007

PVR = Piece of Vexating Refuse

[  Mood: Angry ][  Currently: Watching Survivor ]So remember how I waxed Poetic about the PVR in an earlier post? Yeah well poetry ain’t coming out of my mouth now. I set the PVR to tape Bionic Woman and Reaper, among other … Continue reading

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Sep 26
2007

The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) – AQR

[  Mood: Silly ][  Currently: Watching Kitchen Nightmares – This Time with Roaches! ]Very short book – 100 pages but with lovely illustrations. Tells the tail of three siblings who have to move to a relative’s house. They upset a brownie, who … Continue reading

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Sep 26
2007

Briar’s Book – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]This books is the fourth and final installment in Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic Series. As the name implies it focuses on Briar, the former pickpocket turned plant mage. He, along with his mentor and … Continue reading

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Sep 25
2007

Heart Of Valor – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Distorted ][  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]Tanya Huff is a Canadian SF/Fantasy author who has produced some pretty good books. Her latest addition to her Confederation series, Heart of Valor adds to that list. Heart of Valor tells the next installment … Continue reading

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Sep 23
2007

The New TV Season – Oh the Connundrum!

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Watching Old Episode of Canadian Idol ]I admit it. I am a TV Junkie. When the VCR came into my life, it was like manna from heaven. Then came the PVR (Canadian TiVo)and it was like I … Continue reading

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Sep 16
2007

Someone Please Explain Piers Anthony’s Enduring Popularity?

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ][  Currently: Listening to Guy Love from Scrubs ]So I was doing some more research for the next installment of "What’s to Read After Harry?", and I was looking at other After Harry Booklists. Something I … Continue reading

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Sep 14
2007

My Favourite Classic Star Trek Episode

[  Mood: In Love ][  Currently: Eating Supper – A nice bowl of potato soup ]So I was reading Star Trek: Remastered on the site, when I noticed the Star Trek 40th Anniversary: Treks of Choice link. So I followed along and … Continue reading

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Sep 08
2007

The Comic Book Guy’s Book of Pop Culture – A QR

[  Mood: Amused ][ Currently: Waking Up From My Nap ]So I went to the might Chapters to pick up some more biography books for a unit I am doing with my students when I spied The Comic Book Guy’s Book of … Continue reading

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Sep 03
2007

The Gotcha Factor

[  Mood: Shocked ][  Currently: Watching Old Doctor Who ]Something has been troubling me for awhile and I think I need to get it out. There is this tendency in genre fans to jump on any perceived error and shout “Gotcha!” It’s … Continue reading

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Sep 01
2007

Daja’s Book – A Quick Review

[  Mood: Very Sad ][ Currently: Cause my free time comes quickly to an end. ] This is the third installment of Tamora Pierce’s Circle of Magic book. As with the firs three, she has focused on one major character for development … Continue reading

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