Yesterday was the worst day of my life. My father died suddenly and unexpectedly at my house early yesterday afternoon. I got home from a meeting to find my parents at my house. Dad was mowing my yard for me, which he's done often and is really appreciated. However, shortly after noon, he sat down …
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Liriano a Cy Young candidate via Don't laugh: Liriano a Cy Young candidate - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN. Finally. A season to cheer about in Pittsburgh -- for baseball! After 20 consecutive losing seasons, it's almost August and we're half a game out of first place and playing really well. And Liriano has had a …
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Steve Martin's autobiography is a charming, witty, humorous, and at times sobering tale of his life as a stand up comedian, including everything that led up to that point. It starts with his family, when he was a boy in …
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Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars I only read three of the five novels in this anthology, as I already own and have read two of them. So this review will only be about the three I just finished reading. All in all, it …
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My wife begins a new job today. It's not necessarily ideal, but it's pretty decent and she should enjoy it. It's been a frustrating process, because she's gotten interviews, but not offers. However, I'm not even getting interviews. I've been looking for a job for 13 months. I got one in February, started in March, …
Dustin Jeffrey signs 1-year deal with Pittsburgh Penguins - ESPN. Wow, I knew we had lost Jarome Iginla to Boston in the off season, but I didn't know we'd also lost Brenden Morrow and, more importantly, Matt Cooke. I feel especially bitter about Cooke, who had been a thug until two years ago when Pittsburgh …
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Prometheus Road by Bruce Balfour My rating: 2 of 5 stars I got to page 229 of this 320 page book and gave up. It just got too silly. I tried, I really did, but while I like dystopian novels, this one had odd problems from the beginning. Tom Eliot lives in a agriculture-based commune …
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AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World's Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band by Murray Engleheart My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to give this bio on AC/DC more stars, but I think it has too many weaknesses to do that. That said, this 488 page book is a beast of a …
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