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10 things you may not know about Isley.
February 17, 2009

For those who are unfamiliar with the website www.postsecret.com, it is ostensibly a website where people can write secrets that have been weighing on them onto a post card to be posted in a daily blog.  What it really is […]

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Dr. Strange, my favorite superhero.
February 10, 2009

 My friend Chris (mfc) once commented on how the first question a lot of people ask when they find out you like comics is "what is your favorite superhero" and yet most comic fans don't actually …

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The Top Ten Best Browser Based Free Flash Games.
February 3, 2009

 The internet is full of free flash based games that can be played entirely in your web browser without any kind of download or registration.  Unfortunately as is the case with anything, there are a …

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Monthly Movie Reviews – January, 2009
February 1, 2009

Here are some two sentence reviews of the movies I watched in January, 2009. Stats Movies watched - 27ish (missing data from the first week of the month) Movies that were new to me - 11 …

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How to make healthy pancakes from scratch.
January 27, 2009

I'm a pretty big pancake fan.  I'll often ignore the age old adage "you can't have breakfast for dinner" and make up a big mess o' pancakes after a hard day at work.  As foods …

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Operation Market Garden – Monty’s Gamble.
January 20, 2009

World War II has always fascinated me. There are all kinds of interesting things about "The War of Nazi Aggression", but I think the thing that really appeals to me is that it was the …

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Kristmas Movie-Watchin’ Kumite 2
January 14, 2009

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