Whispers of the Muse

Little Brother & Independence Day

2008-07-04T17:38:04Z

So,I've been meaning to post about this book for awhile, but the Fourth of July seems like the perfect opportunity to finally go for it, given the central commentary Little Brother makes about our country's conflicting obsessions with freedom and...

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There's A Reason They Call Them The HARD-y Boys

2008-06-26T03:33:01Z

As I was going through my shelf of mending materials earlier this week at the library, I came across an unexpected find. You see, one of the books awaiting my attention was an older Hardy Boys mystery titled The Hooded Hawk Mystery. Even in my ch...

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Frak, When Do We Get More Battlestar?

2008-06-24T01:44:06Z

L and I just finished caught the most recent Battlestar Galactica episode, "Revelations", over at my favorite TV-on-the-Internet website, Hulu.com. This was the last episode created before the Writer's Strike started, meaning we won't be getting ...

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No, I Don't Want to Buy an Edge Card!

2008-06-22T16:04:43Z

L and I hit the Mall yesterday to do a little shopping. While she was busy getting some cute shirts, I trekked over to GameStop to hit up their video games. Normally I avoid GameStop (and all their other differently named franchises) like the pla...

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Revivify

2008-06-18T18:47:47Z

Yeesh, no new blog posts since April? And I'm getting shown up by the Pants of all people? What is this world coming to? It is high time to kick this collection of ramblings back into gear! It's not like I don't have things to go on and on about,...

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Change

2008-04-03T03:53:29Z

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief. "There's too much confusion. I can't get no relief." --"All Along the Watchtower", Bob Dylan I had an epiphany driving home from work yesterday; a realization that had long been b...

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Create A Dragon

2008-02-27T18:30:34Z

So, since I've been slacking and haven't posted anything for February yet, today you get a link to a nifty little Flash application on DeviantArt. Now, you too can Create A Dragon! (If only we had a library-card-on-demand printer at work, we cou...

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2007 Game of the Year: Revenant Wings

2008-01-17T18:30:38Z

I've been meaning to get around to this post for awhile now, so you'll just have to forgive me that I'm announcing my own personal video game of the year for last year a few weeks late. The year two-thousand-and-seven was an amazing year for gam...

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Picture Perfect

2007-12-26T04:47:17Z

Users of the Internets, fear me (and my wife). For, with many thanks to my mother-in-law, L and I are now armed with a... digital camera! And we shall proceed to clog your tubes with the many frightening photos. This is only a small preview of t...

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Reflecting on Northern Lights

2007-12-09T04:49:00Z

A whole troop of folks (including L, Kris, Anna, Erin, Julie, Melody and Anthony) trekked over to the downtown Edwards 9 to see The Golden Compass on opening weekend. Somehow, I was expecting that the theater would be as packed as it usually is f...

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