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Finished: 20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
Since this was a book I got free with the understanding I'd review it, instead of just posting it here, I'm posting a link to my review on my website. The short version? Quite liked a number of the stories in it, pretty good "good story ratio" for a short story collection. I'd read more of his if the topic of the book interested me (or I suppose if I got it free).
Started: Odd John, by Olaf Stapledon
Office and GA tonight, though I think I'm possible over GA, we'll see if it can get me back. Stargate Atlantis tomorrow. Saturday I'll probably do my 'premiere week-in-review' thoughts, of all the shows I saw including the "well, I'm not terribly interested but I'll give it a chance" ones like Journeyman and Bionic Woman.
Also, I don't know if it's me, or the commercials, but my annoyance threshold seems to be dangerous low lately. Not only that previously mentioned 'singing airplane take-off instructions' commercial, but a number of other musically inclined commercials I find I have to mute every time they come on or they drive me nuts. And in non-musical annoyances there's the stupid annoying as hell Burger King one where annoying voice declares something wrong with all the non-edible parts of a Burger King restaurant (until finally declaring some sandwich they're pimping is perfect). Thank you, Burger King, I'll be boycotting you until that commercial is gone. Not that I go there often at all anyway, but still, it's the principal of the thing. If I have to mute a commercial every time it comes on, you don't get my business. Someone really needs to invent a spam filter for TV commercials. But I suppose TV itself as we know it will die before then.
Since this was a book I got free with the understanding I'd review it, instead of just posting it here, I'm posting a link to my review on my website. The short version? Quite liked a number of the stories in it, pretty good "good story ratio" for a short story collection. I'd read more of his if the topic of the book interested me (or I suppose if I got it free).
Started: Odd John, by Olaf Stapledon
Office and GA tonight, though I think I'm possible over GA, we'll see if it can get me back. Stargate Atlantis tomorrow. Saturday I'll probably do my 'premiere week-in-review' thoughts, of all the shows I saw including the "well, I'm not terribly interested but I'll give it a chance" ones like Journeyman and Bionic Woman.
Also, I don't know if it's me, or the commercials, but my annoyance threshold seems to be dangerous low lately. Not only that previously mentioned 'singing airplane take-off instructions' commercial, but a number of other musically inclined commercials I find I have to mute every time they come on or they drive me nuts. And in non-musical annoyances there's the stupid annoying as hell Burger King one where annoying voice declares something wrong with all the non-edible parts of a Burger King restaurant (until finally declaring some sandwich they're pimping is perfect). Thank you, Burger King, I'll be boycotting you until that commercial is gone. Not that I go there often at all anyway, but still, it's the principal of the thing. If I have to mute a commercial every time it comes on, you don't get my business. Someone really needs to invent a spam filter for TV commercials. But I suppose TV itself as we know it will die before then.
