From time to time I share my experiences with books, movies and other media. These reviews represent my experiences; your mileage may vary.
18 November 2004
R. Emmett Tyrrell and Mark W. Davis love the Clintons. They love their egos, they love their escapades, and they love their sordid secrets. In Madame Hillary: the Dark Road to the White House, Tyrrell and Davis dispense their intimate knowledge about whom they consider the most dangerous liberal in the Senate.
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28 October 2004
I've been saying it for weeks, and someone finally wrote a book about it. In contrast to the Republicans, democrats and others in the Left have underutilized the power of diction in representing their political motives. Wait, let me try it again: unlike Bush and his cronies, Liberals suck with words. Until now.
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21 October 2004
Lynne Truss wrote an amazing book. Eats, Shoots and Leaves does not just inspire gramatical sticklers to be proud of their neuroticisms. She describes each of the marks and their history as well as laments their misue. Not only does she describe their utility to the English language, but also makes a case that without them, our words would lose their meaning.
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14 October 2004
Hoodwinked. Hornswaggled. Flamboozled. They're the only words that could describe my action to The Girl Next Door. Elisha Cuthbert (Oldschool) plays a young adult-film actress trying to get out of the industry and enjoy the rest of her teenage life. Previews showed clips of Cuthbert's agonizingly slow changing scene, porn stars as prom dates, and the most tantalizing quote I've seen on a commercial: “I'm all wet, can I come in?”
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5 September 2004
Build an army; rally your forces; mount an assault; fend off scavenging enemies; Kings of Chaos has it all.
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