Young James Herriot is based on a young British man that had dreamed of becoming a veterinarian all his life, so naturally he was overwhelmed when he was accepted by a prestigious veterinary college. The three main professors in the school that the group find themselves facing are Principal/Professor Henry Legge (Ralph Riach), Professor Donald [...]

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Everything in the news seems to be hyperventillation about politics.  What is worse, it seems to be about trivia that have little or nothing to do with the world wide economic problems, or about trying to fix them. (e.g. a friend on facebook dissing Ryan’s marathon speed instead of the details of his budget). So [...]

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Based on Tim Winton’s award winning novel, Cloudstreet, an Australian miniseries, will make its debut on DVD on September 4, 2012. The series is set around Perth, Australia from 1943 -1963. It is about two families that have each in their own way been scarred by some sort of catastrophe that end up sharing an [...]

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After 23 novels in the series there isn’t much Lucas Davenport has not seen before. This scene is a new one and very disturbing. The Brooks family home has been turned into a scene that screams of terror and desperation. The dogs were just killed. The family, a dad, wife, and two kids were tortured [...]

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There are lots of Book Awards available, and I am a fan of celebrating great books. An award is something that an author can celebrate in. Even I occasionally venture into the award business, I publish a list of my favorite books (that I have actually read) in any given year, There are no tangible [...]

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If you are a film festival fan, you already know all about Fantastic Fest, it is the annual event that Alamo Drafthouse hosts in Austin Texas. If you are not a movie buff, you may not have heard of the event, the only US film festival that seems to get any main stream media coverage [...]

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As the title and subtitle “Straight from the Garden to Your Dinner Table” indicates this is one of the many books published lately that works off the home grown produce angle.  After a short introduction that reinforces that idea it is on to the recipes.   The book opens with “Appetizers” and that is started [...]

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