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    Cover of Every Move She Makes Every Move She Makes
    By Robin Burcell
    Category: Thriller

    Cover of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel
    By Nat Gertler, Steve Lieber
    Category: Writing

    Cover of Men's Style Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress
    By Russell Smith
    Category: Style and Fashion


    Every Move She Makes


    Author Category: Thriller

    A great thriller from a writer I met at the Writers' Conference I attended last year.

    • Started: May 6, 2008

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    The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel


    Authors
    • Nat Gertler
    • Steve Lieber
    Category: Writing

    A pretty comprehensive book about creating and illustrating graphic novels.

    • Started: April 21, 2008

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    Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress

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    Author Category: Style and Fashion

    It's almost impossible to find a book about men's style that isn't focused on how to, say, use clothing as part of your Machiavellian scheme to take over the corporate boardroom. This book seems to less focused on that than on just giving tips and ideas on how to dress stylishly and well.

    • Started: January 26, 2008

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    Why does Rachael Ray hate America?

    Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    I’ve never been a big fan of Rachael Ray. I don’t dislike her, but I don’t go out of my way to follow her on any of her shows or read her books or anything like that. (…)

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    McCain scares me

    Sunday, May 18th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    I do think that even though there’s some equivocation and disingenuousness going on in this video (voting to extend tax cuts is not the same as voting against the tax cuts in the first place) there’s enough material here to remind us that McCain’s so-called "straight talk" is really anything but. (…)

    This entry was posted on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 at 3:57 pm and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    The Undead Campaign

    Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    I still maintain that Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign is a zombie campaign at this point; most pundits seem to think that her win in West Virginia doesn’t mean much now that Obama has taken the lead in the popular vote, in states won, and in superdelegates. (…)

    This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pm and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    Real Life Zombie

    Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    I am, of course, talking about the Clinton campaign. It’s dead but it won’t stop moving around, grasping desperately at votes and delegates like a zombie lunging after brains. (…)

    This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 10:03 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    “I’m Here Because of Ashley”

    Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Damn, that was one hell of a speech.  I am SO hoping that Obama becomes the Democratic candidate for President.  America needs vision again, and I really, honestly, believe that Obama has the vision that American needs. (…)

    This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    A Wee Political Moment

    Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Most of the time, I despise politics with the same sort of loathing that cats have for water, but with less subtlety.  However, I’ve actually come around this year to feeling something really unexpected and odd… a sense, shall I say, of an actual shred of respect and a feeling that.. (…)

    This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 1:16 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    The Terror Begins

    Thursday, October 11th, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Current Mood: UndeadHalloween is almost here, which means that in addition to the ghouls and zombies and mass murderers and aliens, the politicians are slowly crawling out of the woodwork to start peddling themselves as somehow "qualified" to lead the nation.  Even though the election is still over a year away, there are still plenty of reasons to be afraid: Mitt Romney, Hilary Clinton, Rudy Giulani, Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, Jon Edwards, and more.  Barack Obama doesn’t scare me as much as most of the others, but I still believe that Douglas Adams said it best: anyone who is actually capable of getting themselves elected President should under no circumstances be allowed to have the job — unfortunately, though, there seems to be no other way of getting a willing person into the position. (…)

    This entry was posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2007 at 10:03 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    Things that Bug Me

    Thursday, October 4th, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons
    Free Burma!
    This entry was posted on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 at 9:31 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    Quote of the Day

    Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Current Mood: Thoughtful & ThoughtfulVia Slacktivist:
    I believe in the power of prayer. (…)

    This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 at 10:35 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    Another Brave Soldier Fallen

    Monday, August 27th, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Now, I know that the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is a cause of joy to all patriotic Americans who love their country, but I admit I’m a little sad.  It’s not just that it’s inevitable that Bush will replace him with someone who’s just as committed to putting politics over law (ideally someone who has already fouled up one Federal agency and has been rejected by the Republican Senate twice on grounds of incompetency), or that Gonzales’s departure probably won’t help bring the rest of the administration to justice. (…)

    This entry was posted on Monday, August 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    A Winning Streak, Continued

    Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Current Mood: AnnoyedI’m not big into placing blame for tragedies of any sort, because it’s just tacky and unproductive.  And while I think Bush is a moron, I’m not particularly inclined to blame him for everything bad that happens, and I certainly don’t belong to the "Oh my God another disaster just happened how can we blame Bush?" crowd, I just couldn’t avoid noticing this bit of information:
    Federal mine safety official’s credentials questioned
    How big a contributor to the Shrub do you have to be to have the President use a recess appointment to put you in charge of, say, the country’s mine administration despite your nomination having been twice rejected by the Republican Congress?  From the article itself:
    Also coming to light, is the fact that Stickler’s nomination to head the mine administration was twice rejected by congress and rejected when republicans were still in charge. (…)

    This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 at 9:45 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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    The Rovester

    Monday, August 13th, 2007
    Category: Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons

    Current Mood: WorriedDarth Rove is finally resigning from his position as political consultant to the Shrub.  The news that the chief architect of the greatest hive of scum and villainy to invade the White House since Richard Nixon is retiring should fill me with a sense of patriotic joy; perhaps his conscience got the better of him (unlikely); or, perhaps, the Democrats were getting a little too close in their investigations (better to resign than face a subpoena? (…)

    This entry was posted on Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 8:46 am and is filed under Maniacs and Morons and Robber Barons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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