A review of Eternal by H.G. Nadel. Rated 4 out of 5. What do the stars mean? SYNOPSIS | Demon possession, past lives, eternal love, and teenage relationship and friendship drama collide in Eternal by H. G. Nadel. Julia Jones, 18, is an intelligent and beautiful lab assistant to Dr. Caleb Bertel, a quirky scientist studying where the soul resides in the human brain, at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Bertel “dies” via...
A review of Deep Connections by Rebecca Graf, published by Silver Tongue Press on August 23, 2012. Rated 2 out of 5. What do the stars mean? SYNOPSIS | Brenna is a mild-mannered, old-fashioned teacher who struggles with wanting a deep connection with others and wanting to remain free from pain. Orphaned when her parents died in a car accident, she is understandably cautious. For the past year, she’s been hanging out with the...
I purchased a new iPhone approximately six months ago – a 4S. It was my first foray into the Apple smartphone arena, but the precious piece of unnecessary hardware joined my MacBook Pros 15″ and 17″, iPod original touch wheel, iPod classic, iPad, and Time Capsule. I suppose you could say I’ve been a junky since 2008 when my MBP 15″ was gifted to me as a graduation gift. Thank you, Jon. I think. Anyway, I bought...
A review of The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon, published by William Morrow on January 2, 2013, ISBN 978-0-06-212255-1. You can see this review at Amazon, GoodReads, and LibraryThing. Rated 5 out of 5. Neptune is back and he is going to kill again, unless Reggie and her childhood friends can stop him. The novel begins in “present day” 2010 with the protagonist Reggie. It’s fall in Vermont and Reggie is having...
I’ve got some time off between semesters and over the holidays a lot of my work was canceled. Normally that would put me in a frenzy, given that I have to be busy 26/7. No, that’s not a typo. This time, however, I gladly welcomed the time off. First semester of graduate school + having a baby + my grandma dying… momentarily, and then recovering days after being put on life support + my grandpa having emergency-type surgeries +...
A review of Raylan by Elmore Leonard, published by William Morrow on December 26, 2012, ISBN 978-0-06-211947-6. You can see this review at Amazon, GoodReads, and LibraryThing. Rated a 3 out of 5. Raylan Givens is a U.S. Marshall with a gun and an attitude, and he isn’t afraid to use either. Born in coal-country Kentucky, he spent some time in Florida with the Marshals until he shot a man to his boss’s displeasure....
There I was talking to some of my undergraduate students (all good stories start this way). I was remarking on the top three themes of their papers for our class Media Uses and Effects: social media, gaming, and children. Then I told them about some classes our department has that they might be interested in on the first two topics – and praised them for thinking about the third. When I disclosed that I’m a gamer, jaws dropped across...
I found these warm snuggle sacks on Amazon and knew we had to have them for Gabe. I think they look adorable! Happy one month (and two days), baby! Our Little Monkey Baby Aspen “My Little Monkey” Snuggle Sack Our Little Night Owl Baby Aspen “My Little Night Owl” Snuggle Sack S”leap”y Baby Baby Aspen S-leap-y Baby Frog Snuggle...
I can remember the very first set of games that I played. I was visiting a relative who had purchased the Nintendo gaming console. It was the late 1980s. I started out shooting birds on Duck Hunt. Soon enough, my father purchased a Nintendo and we played Super Mario and Donkey Kong through the iterations in a very competitive way. It was how we bonded. My mom and I would trade off on Zelda which was her favorite game. Around the same time, my...
I needed to produce a slideshow in Soundslides for one of my courses at the university and it seemed that President Obama’s visit to Cornell College was a great subject. I snapped a few shots and then also persuaded Jake Krob, publisher and editor of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, and Margaret Stevens, associate editor, to allow me to use some of their photos as well. (Thanks guys! You’re the best bosses...
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