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Solid Citizens by David Wishart
Man, I’m excited about the books I’ve been getting to review recently. Before receiving David Wishart’s new novel Solid Citizens, I’d already read Ovid, Germanicus, and Sejanus, also Roman mysteries by the same author. I discovered that Solid Citizens is actually the fifteenth Marcus … Continue reading
Posted in Chapel Hill
Tagged Chapel Hill, classics, David Wishart, Marcus Corvinus, Romans, Rome, Solid Citizens
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Civ V at E3
I was already sold on Civ V before I went to the demo at E3. Civilization, in all it’s incarnations, is one of my favorite games, and I was really looking forward to seeing the newest version. Civ V keeps … Continue reading
Newark Airport Singalong
I’m kind of jealous that with all the time I’ve spent waiting at Newark Airport (For Christmas 2006, I flew in on AirIndia, Stick came in on British Airways and we both lost our luggage), I’ve never seen a singalong.
Posted in New Jersey, Raleigh
Tagged British, LOST, mac, New Jersey, newark airport, Raleigh, Rome, Stick
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Shooting Fish
I’ve been hearing disjointed quotes from the now-infamous Palin resignation speech for a couple of days and I decided to read the whole thing myself. I’m not going to go over the whole thing, because I was much more confused … Continue reading
The Chocolate Bean
The Chocolate Bean 280 Meeting St Cary, NC 27518 I’m lucky enough to do a lot of my work via my laptop, so I’ve been looking around for a local coffeeshop with wifi. I’ve been shopping around, and discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing, North Carolina, Raleigh
Tagged cary, chinese, coffee, Eric, North Carolina, Raleigh, Rome, Starbucks, Stick, Western food, wo ai xi can, Xidan
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Brick Factory Lane
This is right where Stick and I lived in Beijing! You can see the drum tower, the bridge by Qianhai, and my own private landmarks, like the exercise equipment and the bird cages on our old street. The narration is … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged as seen in Beijing, chinese, high-speed hutong, hutong, mac, qianhai, Rome, Stick, twitter
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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett
I have mixed feelings about Colleen McCullough. On one hand, she wrote the well-researched and racy Caesar’s Women and other novels set in ancient Rome. On the other hand, I haven’t quite forgiven her for Thorn Birds. Now, I love … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Raleigh
Tagged Book review, Books, caesar, Darcy, huh?, nerd, pride and prejudice, Raleigh, reading, Rome, The Independence Of Miss Mary Bennett
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Cartoon Network Rickroll
We don’t have cable (we wouldn’t have a TV if Stick didn’t need it for his console games) so I had to find out about the national rickroll through Twitter. It is so awesome to see a nerd joke make … Continue reading
Palin and “President Sarkozy”
Canadian comedians called Sarah Palin pretending to be Sarkozy. I’ve seen this a few places, and I wasn’t going to listen to this because radio pranks are usually stupid set-ups and the punchline is somebody saying a dirty word to … Continue reading
Supervillian Applications
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s new project, recently put out a call for supervillains to submit their applications. Stephen Follows sent me his villain, The Garnisher. It’s very Mystery Men, only with music. And garnishing. The Garnisher – Application … Continue reading
Posted in Other Blogs, Raleigh
Tagged Dr. Horrible, Evil League of Evil, Joss Whedon, mac, other blogs, Raleigh, Rome, Stephen Follows, videos
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