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Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben - Lacking the Heart of Earlier Books
In Harlan Coben’s series of books following sports agent Myron Bolitar, there have been some hits and misses along the way, but in general it has been a fun ride filled with humor. Sure, at times, it gets a little unreal, but that’s part of the fun. Myron isn’t quite a...
All That Heaven Allows - Stifling Suburbia and the Widow Next Door
In this day and age where we can get online and fine comfort in like-minded groups of people from around the world, there’s less of the “conform or be cast out” pressure of life in suburbia, although it does still exist. Back in the 1950’s when Douglas Sirk was...
Star Trek: Into Darkness - Haven't We Been Here Before
When Star Trek went into “re-boot” mode a few years ago, I was immediately skeptical. After all, this was *my* Star Trek that I’d grown up with; that I’d wait to come on in re-runs every night at 6PM and spend months anxiously counting down to the...
Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran by Andy Taylor - Behind the Scenes
After reading John Taylor’s recently released biography, I was motivated to seek out the older autobiography by Andy Talyor. People I talked to said Andy was more forthcoming about some of the conflict within the group where John seemed to be a bit more gracious, shying away from any...
Hampton Inn Columbia SC/Fort Jackson - Great Graduation Stay
A note here: previous reviews are about the hotel that previously had the Hampton Inn flag in the area. That hotel is now a La Quinta that is just across an empty lot from the new Hampton Inn that I stayed at in February of 2013. This hotel had opened with a brand new building just...
2011 Jeep Wrangler ? Why I?ll Only Buy a Jeep Ever Again
Living in the mountains of New Hampshire, one of the vehicles you see around here the most is a Jeep Wrangler. With the kids getting older and having vehicles of their own and/or moving out, I could finally opt for the vehicle I wanted rather than what was practical for the family. I...
Hampton Inn & Suites Huntersville NC - New Hotel Convenient to I85
In our travels south to visit one of my kids for his Basic Training graduation, I took the opportunity to spend a night two hours from Fort Jackson in Huntersville, NC to visit with a friend I hadn’t seen in a number of years. Our stay that night was at the Hampton Inn & Suites in...
Boston Market Beef Pot Roast ? Reclaimed Meat with Wallpaper Paste and Vegetables
Back when I had a Boston Market restaurant near me, I used to enjoy their food quite a bit. It was an alternative to typical fast food for lunch. When I had the opportunity to try some of their frozen dinners, I looked forward to it. Usually they are a bit on the expensive side,...
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz - I See Dead People, and Elvis
I started this series by Dean Koontz somewhere in the middle. That had both good and bad points. The good side of it was I could approach the beginning of the series without the trepidation I feel about Koontz’s writing at times. He seems to have a tendency to come up with great...
24: Season 3 - The Best Season of 24
Note: This review most likely will contains spoilers for earlier seasons ~ you have been warned!
For those who don’t know, the premise of the series 24 was a show set in real time. We get 24 one-hour episodes detailing one very bad day in the life of...
Paragraph 175 - Homosexuals and the Holocaust
When people talk about the Holocaust, one of the most common statistics is that six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. What isn’t discussed as often is the other half of that equation. It’s estimated that twelve million were killed in concentration camps. The other...
Boston Market Turkey Breast Medallions - Skip the Potatoes & the Rest is Okay
One of my pet peeves over the years with frozen meals is how deceptive their marketing is. The end product almost never looks anything remotely like what it appears on the box. I’ve seen food drowned in gravy, or boxes that show an abundance of beautiful chunks of meat only to...
Boston Market Oven Roasted Chicken - Not As Good As From the Store
Back in the day, I used to love getting food from our local Boston Market restaurant. The price wasn't much more than I’d spend at a typical fast food restaurant and the food was inherently healthier, although still not perfect. Boston Market came out with a line of...
Advantage II From Bayer for Cats 5-9 Pounds - Keeping My Little Lady Flea-Free
Last summer we had a problem with fleas like I never had before. Despite the advice to get an exterminator in, I managed to get it under control without one. What helped was using flea medication on my indoor cats as well as the dogs who went in and out. I didn’t need tick...
Blood Work by Michael Connelly - Possibly Connelly's Best
As I was reading Michael Connelly’s series on Detective Harry Bosch, I came across A Darkness More Than Night which seemed to focus less on Harry Bosch than on Terry McCaleb. Having no familiarity with the...
Hampton Inn Spartanburg-North I85 - Convenient Place to Lay Your Head
Traveling south for the kid’s Basic Training graduation, we took a night at the end to go visit some friends up in Spartanburg. Not wanting to pile all of us into their home, I booked rooms nearby at the Hampton Inn Spartanburg-North I85. The night we stayed there was...
Atkins Meatloaf with Portobello Mushroom Gravy ? Truly Awful
A couple of years ago I lost more than 50 pounds following “The Atkins Diet”. Since then I watched my weight pretty good, but with sickness and other difficulties this winter, it crept up on me pretty good. The whole 50 pounds is not back – nothing anywhere close...
Dear Mom, My Last Gift To You
One of the hardest things we can go through is facing our own mortality. My mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer 6 years ago. We weren’t given much hope then, but she managed to beat the odds. That is, until this past fall. Her cancer was back, had...
Bravo Two Zero - No Action Heroes Here
Bravo Two Zero is based on a book by former Sergeant Andy McNabb of the 22nd Special Air Services, a British unit that served in the first Gulf War. Whether or not his account of events is accurate has come under fire by two others present during the mission. The Special...
And The Band Played On - Have We Learned Anything Part II
A friend who was recently found to be HIV+ asked me a lot of questions about the emergence of AIDS in the 1980's. He was born long after that time, and was relying on what information he could find to learn about the history of this modern disease. I answered his questions as best I...