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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

An absolutely beautifully poignant and present novel. I once again love how Emily St. John Mandel uses elements of science fiction to construct frameworks for stories that are filled with multiple complex characters. Ultimately, exploring those elements through a different lens than is typical of science fiction.  Time travel is used to experience different characters in different years. Some we…

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The Dead Don't Die: When Allegory Is Too Real

The Dead Don’t Die: When Allegory Is Too Real

When I watched The Dead Don’t Die, I was in near the right frame of mind with nearly correct expectations. I haven’t watched a lot of Jarmusch movies. In fact, I don’t even know if I’ve watched any. For about a year I had a copy of Deadman sitting on my shelf. A friend had loaned it to me. I cannot for the life of me recall if I watched it or not. I think I at least started to, or was that just…

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I've Started Reading: The Book of Accidents

I’ve Started Reading: The Book of Accidents

The Book of Accidents is awesome. All I want to do is to keep reading!

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The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes is an pure awesome sci-fi for fans of space operas, military sci-fi, and horror. Oh, and weird-fi. If you’ve caught and enjoyed any of the show, you owe it to yourself to pick up the book. Getting a different overall tone which I prefer as well as a lot more additional information and context.  Can’t wait to pick up the next book!

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The Expanse: I Started Reading Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse: I Started Reading Leviathan Wakes

I recently started watching The Expanse. For years I’ve been intending on reading the books first. I even downloaded a sample of Levithan Wakes about nine years ago. I liked it and I have no reason for not continuing reading it, but I didn’t.  That is until my I watched the show. I couldn’t get enough of the expanse and wanted to know what the books were like. To my surprise while the show and…

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Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is A Bummer.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Is A Bummer.

[Includes spoilers for the first two episodes] Obi-Wan Kenobi is a bummer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying watching it. Is enjoying the right word? It’s difficult to admit enjoyment in the torment and near rock bottom depression of Obi-Wan the person. A man living with that fact that he killed his friend, utterly failed his padawan, and broke his promise to his previous master. Also, he’s in…

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Sometimes Wordle Is Ruined By People Like Me

Sometimes Wordle Is Ruined By People Like Me

Sometimes Wordle is ruined by people like me. Though for the sake of those people, I hope they are not too much like me. Finding any sort of value in writing about Wordle is certainly one of those pursuits that will be seen as sad or boring. Drawing criticism and jeering from the meatfisted Chuck Tudsley’s that enjoy the more commercial and prominent things in life. The kind of people that say or…

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Wordle 340: Vouch Was The Answer

Wordle 340: Vouch Was The Answer

Wordle 340 went better than other Wordles have lately. Though I should have been able to get it in three guesses. For some reason my paranoia wasn’t in check and didn’t get the best of me. Allowing me to pick some other and cost me a guess.  I almost began to panic after Adieu had given me a yellow U. I’d typed it in out of habit, not returning to the thought if I want to change it. Well, it was…

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The Dead Unleashed: Released

The Dead Unleashed: Released

The Dead Unleashed is the third book in The Unleashed Anthology Series. It’s also the first book that I’m being published in. Which I still cannot believe is actually happening.  If horror – particularly the zombie apocalypse – is your thing then check out The Dead Unleashed. There’s over six hundred pages of undead horror written by thirty authors. Each with their own unique take on the zombie…

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Wordle 292: The Answer Was Foray

Wordle 292: The Answer Was Foray

Wordle 292 stayed in that vein of challenging. Who is picking the words now is doing a fantastic job of keeping us on our toes.  Started with Adieu because that’s what I do. Heh. Got a yellow A for that and nothing else.  Immediately I tried my new super word for this time of W’s and V’s, Warts. This one gave me a green R.  By now I’d gone through a lot of letters so moved into my second line…

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I Wrote A Short Story

I Wrote A Short Story

I’m gonna be published! A couple of months back, I got reacquainted with horror. Which is something I’d been actively avoiding during the last couple of years. With all the craziness in the world and the pandemic. I felt like the last thing I needed was to experience some poor soul’s no good, very bad day. However, being trapped inside can change a person’s perspective. As mentioned, I’d been…

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Wordle 285: The Answer Was Lowly

Wordle 285: The Answer Was Lowly

Wordle 285’s answer was Lowly.  I started it with Adieu. That’s all I remember. 

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Wordle 259: A Quick Brining

Wordle 259: A Quick Brining

Wordle 259, while not an example of efficiency, was solve really quick. Adieu gave me a green I and a yellow E.  I like to try to incorporate S into my second guess when possible. Let me tell you, the Wordle was not Slime. I feel like it will never be Slime. That doesn’t seem like something that would happen on The Time’s watch. At least I was certain that E was on the end. Rhine was my next…

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Wordle 256: Nasty, Nasty Wordle

Wordle 256: Nasty, Nasty Wordle

Wordle 256 was a nasty little bugger. Stark followed Adieu and I had more than half the letters, but no idea where they went.  Perhaps I could have done better than Baths. Though know if the S belonged on the end and if there was an H before it seemed like a great question. Then I tried Tasty. Even as I hit enter, I knew I was making some kind of mistake. It didn’t seem like a Wordle solution.…

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Wordle 255: The One Where Wordle Gets Current And Political?

Wordle 255: The One Where Wordle Gets Current And Political?

Wordle 255 was a bit of a stinker. My starting word of Adieu put me in a tough spot where I knew there was a U and that E was the second to last letter.  I tried Fumes followed by Tuner. Other than the R I didn’t get anything. Well, except for a severe feeling of early on set defeat. No R or S at the end? I entered Rubel. How could I not? It fit and the word has been in our active lexicon a lot…

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Wordle 254: Phoned It In, But Didn't Choke

Wordle 254: Phoned It In, But Didn’t Choke

Wordle 254 resulted in another four guess having to be used. Four guesses happens to be my most common result. Followed by five and then three. Six is way back there, but so are one and two. Seriously though, what’s the fun in one? Nothing. I’ve been getting reminded lately of how much luck is involved with Wordle. So many times, it’s down to a random choice from the user which word they choose…

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Wordle 253: Chant Do Anything Wrong

Wordle 253: Chant Do Anything Wrong

Wordle 253 was a quick and easy one. Ultimately, a little unmemorable. Certainly it doesn’t help that I started writing this days and days after.  It was Chant! I did it in three.