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Rocky Balboa
2007-06-13 14:04:00
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I downloaded Rocky Balboa, the sixth and according to Sly Stallone, the final Rocky movie. I have seen all the Rocky movies several times over the years. I am a fan. I was actually surprised with the movie. Rocky Balboa is no action movie. Stallone does an excellent job at portraying a softer, more vulnerable Rocky. The years seem to have changed Rocky. He is now a widower, mourning the loss of his beloved soul mate, Adrian. He is estranged from his son, who has issues living in the shadows of his famous father. Rocky owns his own restaurant, where he greets all his customers, and tells stories of past fights. A computer simulated, fight between Rocky and the current reigning heavyweight champion of the world, Mason Dixon, is shown on TV, showing Rocky as the victor, Rocky, and the media start to think about the real thing. Overall a great movie. And a fitting end to the saga of Rocky Balboa.

Father’s Day
2007-06-13 04:33:00
Father’s Day is on Sunday. My dad is lucky. His Birthday falls on June 19th, so when the family gets together on Father’s Day we also celebrate dad’s Birthday. Depending on the year dad’s Birthday sometimes falls on Father’s Day. I always use this special day to thank my dad for all that he has done for me over the years. He is a special man is so many ways. He is caring, generous, and fun to be around. Not only do we look alike. Some of my best characteristics I inherited from my dad, or they were branded into me from some of the values that dad believes in. My parents divorced when I was 15 years old. Myself, along with my two younger sisters stayed with my dad. And he raised us on his own through the toughest part of any young person’s life. The teenage years. I have always highly respected my dad very much for sticking by me, although I don’t think I was really that bad of a teenager. My dad has worked hard most of his life. Well raisin...
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Grilled Chicken Cutlets with Squash and Tomatoes
2007-06-13 02:21:00
Ingredients: 8 chicken cutlets, or 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, halved horizontally (about 1 1/2 pounds total) 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 garlic, crushed 3 yellow squash, (1 1/2 pounds), halved lengthwise 3 medium tomatoes, halved Salt and fresh ground pepper 1/2 cup lightly packed fresh basil, torn into small pieces, plus more for garnish Directions: Heat grill or grill pan to medium-high. Place chicken in a shallow nonreactive dish, and toss with lemon juice, 2 tablespoons oil, and 1 garlic clove. Cover; marinate 15 minutes. In a medium bowl, toss squash and tomatoes with remaining 2 tablespoons oil and garlic clove, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Grill vegetables until charred and slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Let cool slightly, then cut into large chunks. Combine vegetables in a bowl with basil; cover, and set aside. Remove chicken from marinade, and season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper; discar...
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If Everyone Cared
2007-06-12 02:13:00
Great song! Great Message! ‘If Everyone Cared ’ by Nickelback

Where Do You Draw The Line?
2007-06-06 22:26:00
Last night I did something I normally don’t like to do. I snapped the book I was reading closed at the 100 page mark and thought, boring! The book I was reading was Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky. This book is the 12th from the V.I. Warshawski series. Girls playing basketball for 100 pages just ...
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The Killers
2007-06-04 22:35:00
I recently discovered the music band The Kill ers . They are a band out of Vegas. Some of their videos are kinda weird. But I like the lead singer, Brandon Flowers’s vocals. His voice is kinda unique. There latest song is Read My Mind. Listen to the video below.
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I Just Gotta Do It!
2007-06-04 22:21:00
A friend sent this to me by email. I just couldn’t resist posting it!
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Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods
2007-06-04 17:39:00
Holly's wedding festivities are shattered-by murder-and Holly vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the corpse of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly's father, Ham, a retired Army chief master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind-and draws Holly, Ham, and Holly's Doberman Daisy into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can't save them.
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Book Review: Heartstone by Phillip Margolin
2007-06-02 23:58:00
They were young, popular, the perfect couple, an all-American boy and a beautiful cheerleader. But the youthful passion that led them to Lookout Point that terrible evening would prove fatal. For Richie Walters the end came swiftly, as death descended upon him in a savage orgy of horrific violence. Elaine Murray would live long enough to learn just how lucky her boyfriend had been. Two brutal slayings have rocked a stunned city. But the murders are merely the nightmare's beginning, flinging open a terrifying Pandora's box of sordid secrets and dark revelations more deadly than the bloodlust that lives in the rock-hard heart of a killer.
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New Album For Velvet Revolver
2007-06-01 23:55:00
I have been a huge fan of Guns N Roses for years. Three ex-band members (Duff, Slash, and Matt) make up the band, Velvet Revolver , along with Scott Weiland (formally the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots) and Dave Kushner (Suicidal Tendencies). I am so excitied about their release of their new album Libertad, due ...
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Book Review: Blue Valor by Illona Haus (Kay Delaney Series, #2)
2007-06-01 01:55:00
The killer doesn't leave a body. Only the heart - a heart - savagely ripped from an unknown victim and left on the snowy grounds of an elite private high school. Is it a calling card for the Baltimore Police or a demented message for someone else? Uncovering tenuous ties to previous unsolved murders, Homicide Detectives Kay Delaney and Danny Finnerty are drawn into an investigation unlike any they have ever worked.
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Book Review: Shadow Game by Christine Feehan (GhostWalker Series, #1)
2007-05-30 13:56:00
The classified experiment is the brainchild of renowned scientist Peter Whitney and his brilliant daughter, Lily. Created to enhance the psychic abilities of an elite squadron, it can transform their natural mental powers into a unique military weapon. But something goes wrong. In the isolated underground labs, the men have been dying-victims of bizarre accidents. Captain Ryland Miller knows he is next. When Dr. Whitney himself is murdered, Ryland has only one person left to trust: the beautiful Lily. Possessed of an uncanny sixth sense herself, Lily shares Ryland's every new fear, every betrayal, every growing suspicion, and every passionate beat of the heart. Together, they will be drawn deeper into the labyrinth of her father's past?and closer to a secret that someone would kill to keep hidden.
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Book Review - Sullivan?s Law by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
2007-05-29 19:22:00
Carolyn Sullivan , probation officer in California's Ventura County, has more than her fair share of headaches. One of her probationers has just been arrested for rape, putting Carolyn's job and reputation on the line at a time when she has more cases and more deadlines than she's sure she can handle. Then with the spotlight already glaring full in her face--she's assigned one of her highest profile cases ever, supervising the headline-making convicted killer, now new parolee Daniel Metroix. Twenty-three years ago, Metroix went to prison for the murder of a teenage boy--son of the police chief. Metroix's file indicates that he's unpredictable and dangerous. But what's more unsettling is his claim that he's innocent--a claim that Carolyn tries to dismiss, until what should be a routine meeting erupts into an inferno that nearly kills them both. Now Carolyn is diving into a case that everyone else seems to want to keep closed...one that leads behind the glossy exteriors of Vent...
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There Is Something Wrong With Me!
2007-05-28 18:05:00
I think that I’ve fallen ill or something! I have not bought a book in almost a month. We better add that to the Guinness Book of World Records. Maybe it’s because my last order from Powells.com was almost $200. If I recall I bought 35 books. I have been buying books from Powells for about 2 ...
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New Book Release - The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
2007-05-28 15:00:00
The Good Guy by: Dean Koontz Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: May 29, 2007 ISBN: #0553804812 Format: Hardcover Page Count: 400 pages Buy from amazon.com Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend? s tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different? and passes to ...
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Currently Reading?
2007-05-27 00:10:00
I always try to finish a book, before I start another one, but, it never works out that way. I jump from book-to-book depending on what mood I’m in. I am currently reading 3 books. I am almost finished Sullivan’s Law by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. The first in the Carolyn Sullivan series. The second book I have ...
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Book Review: Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Pendergast Serie
2007-05-26 17:20:00
I loved this book. Reliquary is the second in what is sometimes called The Relic Series, or The Pendergast Series. This is a police mystery, but it has aspects of horror, and suspense in it. I could not put it down. There were so many different stories within the book. It also made you feel different emotions. It focussed alot on the homeless people at times, which made me feel sad, and sorry for these people. I really enjoyed the characters, and thought F.B.I agent Pendergast, Lieutenant D'Agosta, and Margo all worked together well. D'Agosta added some humor to the book at times! He always seemed to have a problem finding a match for that cigar of his.
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Daily Dose - Dark Sky by Carla Neggers
2007-05-25 13:35:00
Deputy U.S. Marshal Juliet Longstreet has made her share of enemies, and now one of them is out of prison and threatening to kill her. Her mission: find him first. But hot on her suspect?s trail is Special Forces officer Ethan Brooker, who has a way of dropping into Juliet?s life without warning. Haunted by his wife?s death, Ethan is a man Juliet knows she should avoid. And now he?s focused on a related mission of his own and can?t ? or won?t ? give Juliet any details. When she finds her doorman dead and her New York apartment ransacked, Juliet tracks down Ethan, this time she wants answers.
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Featured Books: June 2007 - The Sleeping Doll, Abandon, Blaze, and Safe Har
2007-05-23 22:36:00
When Special Agent Kathryn Dance, a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation — is sent to question the convicted killer Daniel “Son of Manson” Pell as a suspect in a newly unearthed crime, she feels both trepidation and electrifying intrigue. Pell is serving a life sentence for the brutal murders ...
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The Overlook by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch Series, #13)
2007-05-23 03:00:00
In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison a major American city.
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