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How cool is this?

They made a movie out of Flatland and Martin Sheen is in it 🙂 I love that book and the movie looks pretty cool as well. It’s especially interesting when faced with ideas like an extra time dimension. When thinking … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #4 Solaris

Solaris: Better than both films combined. There’s some fun, pure imagination at work here. Lem’s imagery is brilliant in the same way that Jodorowsky’s is- it pulses with pure infectious creativity. The pure poetry of the ending is really what … Continue reading

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It's all starting to ramp up…

Look! There’s a Dumbledore’s Army site. I’m about due to start geeking out on Harry Potter stuff for a month or two. Look out now… The skinny is this: I’m absolutely psyched for Order of the Phoenix as it was … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #3

Hunters of Dune I can barely talk about this book without spoiling the hell out of it. It’s better than any of the other Anderson/Herbert books. It also, owing to a plot point I can’t possibly divulge without spoiling the … Continue reading

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Books 2007 #2 Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life It was suggested to me, so I read it.

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