My First WP Post Anniversary

Today is my fourth anniversary of my first WordPress blog post! Yay! I migrated over from Xanga to WordPress, a little unsure of things, but eventually found my way around and the rest is history. I'm going to post my first post from June 20, 2011. It's short.   ____________________________________________ Hello world! Posted by Scott …

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A Review of Flight of the Condor

Flight Of The Condor by Richard P. Henrick My rating: 3 of 5 stars In a word: cheesy. In another word: dated. In yet another word: entertaining. This book, published in 1987, is about a nuclear showdown between the US and USSR. America has a satellite up at all times overseeing Russia and their nuclear …

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A Review of Hey Ho Let’s Go

Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones by Everett True My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read and wrote a review of a book called Ramones on November 26, 2013, so much of this is overlapping. With that in mind, I'm going to reprint some of that review here: "Let me begin …

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RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

Yesterday, the world lost one of its funniest and best writers ever -- Sir Terry Pratchett. He was a fantasy writer, but a satirist too, perhaps the best ever. His wit was sharp, his jokes hilarious. He wrote a long series called the Discworld series, over 30 books, about a world riding on the backs …

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A Review of The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was crazy! It was a fun, fast read, but it was crazy. The plot is pretty inane and there's so much gratuitous violence, it's not even funny. I've never read of so many murders in my life. But it was …

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