Review: Windows 8.1 widens gap with older PCs - Yahoo! News. "So, instead of bringing back a familiar environment, the revived "Start" button is mainly just another way of directing you to the new one." That seems to defeat the purpose, doesn't it? I have a Windows 8 machine and I don't understand the fuss. …
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Report: Letang is worried about his future with Pens | ProHockeyTalk. I'd sure hate to see him go, but he had a miserable playoffs and there are reportedly some good, young defensemen coming up behind him. We got rid of Gonchar a few years ago for the same reason. Maybe it's time for Kris to …
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Check out Toby, our hefty cat who's on a diet. Poor thing's actually losing weight. Isn't he a cutie? His brother, Henry, is on the same diet and needs to drop a couple of pounds too. Toby's down to 21.2 pounds now. Keep it up, you little cat!
Permutation City by Greg Egan My rating: 1 of 5 stars I know Permutation City is well thought of. I know it won a major award. I know it's got over 1700 ratings on Goodreads with a 4.07 average (out of 5), which is pretty good. And I tried, I really did. But I couldn't. …
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This weekend I watched a program on the NFL Network on the 10 greatest Pittsburgh Steelers of all time. It was apparently a rerun from 2010, but it was still good. But I have a beef with their list. I couldn't believe some of the players on the list and not on the list! First …
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INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography by Anthony Bozza My rating: 4 of 5 stars OK, this is the "official autobiography" of INXS, so it's somewhat filtered, I'm assuming. That said, it's pretty well researched and fairly well written, although the author is an obvious fan boy and makes INXS out to be pretty …
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When he found out I was a writer, he clung to me and refused to leave me alone. Whenever I saw him coming at the Coffee Plantation, after that, I'd duck out a side door. One day he cornered me before I could escape and told me a story about how he knew the band …
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The new Summer 2013 of Ray's Road Review is out today! Read poetry by BZ Niditch, William L. Alton, Robert Joe Stout, Paul Brucker, and Lyn Lifshin. There's also a book review on a book of poetry by Mark Jackley. Don't forget about the fiction and nonfiction too. Read and submit. Thanks!
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