Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars As this was Dick's first published novel (1955), I think it's a pretty good effort. It's certainly more straightforward than many of his later mindf***s. In this world of 2203, the world is ruled by the Quizmaster, who oversees a lottery which is …
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His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley My rating: 3 of 5 stars Kitty Kelley apparently interviewed more than 800 people in researching and writing this book, and at times, it really shows. There's a lot of detail here. A lot of stories I had never heard before. That said, it …
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Well, we moved this past weekend. We're very excited, but it's been a lot of hard work and will continue to be as we continue to unpack and get electricians and plumbers and the like in here to do some work. We sure miss Toby and wonder how he would like the new house. Henry …
Yesterday, we had to have out beloved cat, Toby, put to sleep. We're devastated. He was only six! It was kidney failure. He had been showing symptoms for a few months and we'd taken him to the vet before and changed his diet as a result, but a couple of weeks ago, he became really …
We don't often get snow here in Chattanooga, but when we do, it shuts the whole city down for days. I think I read that we have eight snow trucks for the whole city. It's ridiculous! There are all sorts of false reports by the meteorologists, but then we got hit pretty hard two weeks …
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