Category: writing / books
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Book Review: Sole Survivor, by Dean Koontz
I picked up this book for a few cents at a flea market, because I hadn’t read a Dean Koontz novel in a long time, but remembered liking the ones I read as a kid. Sole Survivor is about a dude whose family was killed in a plane crash. On the one year anniversary of…
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How to Talk Like an Interesting Person
How to talk like an interesting person: Spell it “porblems,” not “problems”. Pronounce it like it is spelled. Use the phrase “touch and go” whenever possible. Whenever you are put in the position to describe a situation or state of being, describe it as “touch and go.” Spell it “aminals”, not “animals.” Pronounce it like…
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Book Review: Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories, by Chuck Palahniuk
This is the first book that I listened to in audiobook format. That is, I downloaded an audio file of someone reading the book, and then listened to it on my iPod. I got it from Audible, which is a pretty cool site. The books are a lot cheaper than buying them physically, or even…
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