Doonesbury is one of my three favorite comic strips of all time (the other two being The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes).
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I have known Douglas for more than ten years now, both as an author of fascinating books like this one and because we traveled in some of the same circles online.
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I seeded a preview here and a review here Mini-review: Is it just me or have the episodes been even better than usual since the series was cancelled? Argh. Another good one last night though I miss having the double features of last months like these two. Likes:
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This is the second part of a two part interview - the first part was here Hunter has been a novelist for going on 30 years but is better known by some for working as a film critic for the Baltimore Sun than the Washington Post.
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Spencer Quinn has done it again. Done what again? I'll explain in a minute but first let me just say that he is 2 for 2 in solid fascinating, entertaining, hilarious novels and that's a rare feat.
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I'm still thinking of this movie two weeks after seeing it. So here are a few thoughts I have on the movie Here is IMDB's link to the movie's reviewers - I particularly like the one by Roger Ebert Here's three reasons I liked the movie
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Updated below to include my list so far The inspiration for this annual challenge (Both a movie one, and a reading one) came from livejournal where I temporarily blogged in 2006.
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I love AJ for his writing style, for his books, for his interviews with me. I sang his praises at part one of this two part interview which was published here.
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Imagine this chilling scenario: Your uncle was abducted and killed by a serial killer of children. You are now the age of your uncle. Nobody in your family talks about what happened.
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This is the first part of a two part interview. I just today emailed off the questions for part two so it'll be at least a week before that part gets published. Part two will focus more on the book's contents.
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