My initial thought when I glanced at the cover of this book, was that this author was a “high society” women who could not relate to the rest of us.  I believe the cover should be geared more to the intended market audience. 
As I read the book, I continually found the material to be too […]

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Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans has announced that he has issued a mandatory evacuation beginning first with the Westbank at 8 am and then the East bank by noon Sunday.
“You need to be scared. You need to be concerned,” Nagin said Saturday at a news conference. “You need to get your butt out of […]

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I believe Palin was an inspired choice, and will actually impact the election.
Before I attended the convention, I accepted the conventional wisdom that the number of women who really felt ill-used by the Obama campaign’s treatment of Hillary was very small, and/or that the depth of feeling was shallow and the importance of electing a […]

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Friday night in the middle of a protest organized outside the Anthony home a slew of police officers and detectives rolled in and arrested Casey Anthony on charges not related to her missing 3 year old daughter, Caylee Anthony. She was arrested on charges of uttering a forged instrument, fraudulent use of personal information and […]

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Thursday did not start auspiciously for your humble blogger correspondent. An arthritis flareup exacerbated hugely by miles of walking on Monday and Tuesday made it a painful experience just to move ten feet from bed to bathroom by Wednesday - and Thursday morning, although I felt a little bit better, mobility was still an issue. […]

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Hard Case Crime has made a habit of consistently bringing back into print books that came out decades ago along with a few brand new titles. Such is the case with this novel originally published in 1958 by Fawcett Books. While it is a pleasant enough diversion, it certainly doesn’t meet the usual standards set […]

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This sort of article annoys me greatly: From the UK Telegraph:

Renewed fighting threatens Congo gorillas
Heavy fighting between rebels and government soldiers is again threatening Congo’s already endangered population of mountain gorillas…”All of this fighting is taking place a stone’s throw from Congo’s gorilla sector and the rangers of the Congolese Wildlife Authority are powerless […]

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I am not sure if I was the only commentator, of a liberal bent, who welcomed John McCain’s securing of the Republican Party’s nomination for President. I guess that I was so relieved that it seemed that whatever the election outcome a line could be drawn beneath the repulsive Bush/Cheney years – and the NeoCons […]

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