Power outage reminds me how few of my hobbies don't require light or power. Uhmm, none of them? ...
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Book Report: The Atrocity Archives
British Intelligence vs Secrets Man was Not Meant to Know. This was a fun read. Not Charles Stross' best work--so if you don't like his other stuff, I'd skip this one. But I liked his other stuff ...
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Book Report: Chiaroscuro: Patchwork Book #1
It's a graphic novel about a whiny artist who hangs out in cafes and goes to parties. Occasionally, something strange happens. It's pretty; some of the banter is witty; I'm glad I read it. The plo...
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Book Report: Iron Council
I read a lot on the bus. Today, I didn't take the bus and yet I've been able to get yet more reading in. My secret? I'm staying home today with food poisoning. I'm not trying to read anything too...
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Book Report: New York Underground
You might remember a while back I read the book RE/Search Pranks 2 and found out about Julia Solis, who together with the organization Dark Passage set up a LARP based around New York and an abandone...
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Book Report: The Nautical Chart
You may recall that a few weeks ago, my simple plan to play the excellent game PsychoNauts hit a snag when I failed to rent an XBox machine. This weekend, I tried again. I'd asked around about XBox...
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Book Report: Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans
It's a collection of humor pieces from the McSweeney's web site. When I ride the bus in the morning, I don't have a net connection. Or sometimes I do, except that I didn't bring my laptop. Or some...
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Puzzle Hunts are Everywhere, but not in my apartment
Another thrilling tale of behind-the-scenes Game Control action from yesterday's YABA 2005 game... Registration was done. Teams had their first batch of clues and were spread out on a lawn, solving...
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Book Report: the Super-Scary Monster Show (featuring Little Gloomy) #1
Walker and Jones continue to explore the cute/horiffic world of Little Gloomy. I liked the stories in this issue. I liked some of the art. I think they need to find someone to fill in their blacks...
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