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Obligatory Holiday Post

December 30th, 2009 1 Comment

All in all, it’s been a great Holiday season – including a Christmas Eve visit from Santa, sweet gift giving, taking Grandma to see Fantastic Mr. Fox, adding a new nutcracker to my collection, helping the family out, juicy roasts roasting, roaring fires and cousins playing with my old legos.
Let’s expand on that “helping the [...]

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Making the jump

December 22nd, 2009 2 Comments

The time has come. I’ve been slugging along with my High School graduation gift from my parents, a 2002 Dell desktop, for the past 7+ years.  And I’m finally treating myself with a new laptop (I’m waiting until Christmas morning to open it!!) – but with a twist.  Reading Rapture for the Geeks was the [...]

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Book Buzz: Who told you Skynet was fictitious?

June 20th, 2009 3 Comments

Book: Rapture for the Geeks
by Richard Dooling

A boyhood admiration for the Terminator franchise was awoken with the recent release of the latest installment in the series, Terminator Salvation. While it was no blockbuster, it was still thoroughly enjoyed by fans, with the common theme being the terror of an unstoppable machine hellbent on [...]

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