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Minor Key Monday 0 – My 10 favorite Christmas Carols!
December 21, 2009

There has been a vicious rumor going around that I don’t like Christian music, a rumor that is simply not true.  So today (in addition to capitalizing all non-secular words) I’ve decided to finally set the record straight!  Why today?  […]

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Isley Celebrity Look-alikes!
December 16, 2009

Everyone has probably heard at one point or another that they resemble some celebrity.  Well, the question of which celebrity I most resemble has become a bit more important lately when I learned of the …

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Mailbag Monday 7
December 7, 2009

Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again!  On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say?  Do I really get that …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – November, 2009
December 1, 2009

Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in November. Stats Movies watched – 27 Movies that were new to me – 23 Movies that featured an abusive relationship as a plot element – 14 Monthly …

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War Games – What is the appeal?
November 27, 2009

I've talked about board games before, and in that post I discussed how there are a ton of games out there with simple rules, short playing times and fun strategic choices that are all far …

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A (semi) fair and (somewhat) unbiased look at movies with a message.
November 18, 2009

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not entirely fair in my reviews of movies with a strong message.  It doesn't matter how delicately the filmmaker has incorporated their "message" into their film, as soon as …

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Top 10 best free Tower Defense flash games ever!
November 11, 2009

When I wrote my last flash games post I was still of the mindset that "Tower Defense" games were lame.  For those who have never heard of them, playing a Tower Defense game is similar to playing a …

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Mailbag Monday 6
November 2, 2009

Hello dear readers, it’s MAILBAG MONDAY again!  On this special day I will search through my mountain of reader mail and answer the five most pressing questions! What’s that you say?  Do I really get that much …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – October, 2009
November 1, 2009

Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in October. Stats Movies watched - 35 Movies that were new to me - 24 New record for 80s movies watched - 10 Monthly Masterpieces - …

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The top 10 best films of the 1980s.
October 29, 2009

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