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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:11:11 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving 2009!
Hi all! To each of my US-based readers celebrating Thanksgiving today, I wish all the best for you and yours for the remainder...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:36 -0800

Book Review: Catch Picasso’s Rooster by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo
Hi all! When you have young children, you are often fighting a battle between entertaining them and educating them. The younger...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:06:26 -0800

Book Review: Dog & Butterfly by Ann & Nancy Wilson
Heart. If you’re like me, the word evokes images of Ann and Nancy Wilson on stage, rocking guitars, and vocals in such...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:21 -0800

Music Review: Baby Guitars – Nancy Wilson
Hi all! Nancy Wilson is one of the two goddesses of the rock group Heart. So why may you ask is she creating an album of tunes...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:18:59 -0800

PC Game Review: Itzabitza
Hi there! I love being a parent. It gives me excuses to check out cool educational software for my daughters. Itzabitza offers...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:35:23 -0800

DVD Review: Monty Python: Almost The Truth – The Lawyer’s Cut
Hi all… Sometime in the mid 1980s, I was exposed to Monty Python. It was, of course, Monty Python and the Holy Grail,...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:35:54 -0800

Book Review: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Seeing is Believing
Hi there! Back in the 1980s when I was growing up, I remember watching television shows like That’s Incredible with Fran...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:28:09 -0800

Book Review: Fairy Hunters, Ink. by Sheila A. Dane
Hi all! Do you believe in fairies? Sheila A. Dane does, and in Fairy Hunters, Ink. you meet Ashley, Big Rabbit, Turtle, and all...
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:10:48 -0800

Music Review: Fame (2009) Soundtrack
Hi there! Way back when the original Fame (1980) movie was released, I was really too young to appreciate the deeper social...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:32:17 -0800

DVD Review: Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases, Vol. 3
Hey there! Tom and Jerry deserve to go down in the great cartoon duos with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:04 -0800

Music Review: Vince Guaraldi – The Definitive Vince Guaraldi
Who was Vince Guaraldi? Guaraldi was an amazing jazz pianist who brought us the wonderful music from the Peanuts television...
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:59:00 -0800

Book Review: Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
It’s rare to find a book that has one of your favorite authors talking about another of your favorite authors. So to find...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:29:17 -0800

Music Review: Brandi Carlile – Give Up the Ghost
Brandi Carlile and her band first came to my attention a couple of years ago when they opened for Sheryl Crow at Red Rocks...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:35:11 -0800

Music Review: Greg Laswell – Covers EP
Hey all… So many artists, so little time… I’m now of the opinion that the State of California has been hiding...
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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:54 -0700

Book Review: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Hi, my name is Fitz and I’m a bibliophile. Yes, that’s right – I love books. My wife can attest to this fact....
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:44:05 -0700

Music Review: Joshua Bell – At Home With Friends
Hey there… There has always been something haunting and ethereal about a well-played violin for me. And Joshua Bell has...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:17:08 -0700

DVD Review: Gotta Catch Santa Claus
Yes, we’re at the end of October and this is a review of a Christmas special. But you can’t walk through a retail...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:38:48 -0700

Music Review: The Kin – THE UPside
Let me first say that I love finding new artists. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re not. But each...
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:25:16 -0700

Book Review: The Atlantis Revelation by Thomas Greanias
Unfamiliar with Thomas Greanias‘ work, I decided to dive into his latest book – The Atlantis Revelation. The...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:14:03 -0700

Music Review: Chris Smither – Time Stands Still
I’m stunned… After all these years, how could I have missed Chris Smither’s music? Time Stands Still is...
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:57:24 -0700

Book Review: Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions by Barry Edelstein
Hey all… Some days I find it entertaining to think that William Shakespeare’s influence on the English language was...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:52:18 -0700

Book Review: Tell Me Another Scary Story… But Not TOO Scary! by Carl Reiner
Hi all… About a year ago, my eldest daughter brought a book home from the school library called Tell Me A Scary...
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0700

Music Review: Jer Coons – Speak
Hey there! Jer Coons has not yet had much exposure on the national stage, but he’s about to get a lot more. Coons’...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:57:25 -0700

Music Review: Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions – Through the Devil Softly
Hi all… Many years ago now I was asked by a friend to figure out who sang a particular song on the radio. He knew one...
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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:47:58 -0700

An Edible Tour of Phoenix – or Gastronomical Delights in the Desert
Hi all… Last weekend we took a road trip to Arizona to attend my wife’s 20 year high school reunion. We took the...
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