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“Review Bombing” at Goodreads? Oh What Tangled Webs We Weave
THIS NEWS involving the deposition of an author from her upcoming Penguin imprint book release because of her history of “review bombing” on Goodreads … well, it’s just disconcerting, to put things mildly. Goodreads itself is not responsible for the…
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Being Eaten Alive by a Shark? That’s a GREAT TIME to Discover Cinematography!
Seriously, THIS FOOTAGE captured by an Italian diver in Australia is almost beyond belief. The poor guy had just been attacked by a Great White Shark that managed to eat half of his leg, he was in the process of…
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Wiping Howards End? A Vignette of Cultural Decline
“Listen to this, everyone! Oxford scientists calculate that, given the current epidemic of blithering stupidity and the ongoing plunge of attention-spans toward a state of widespread catatonia, 99% of the human population will soon be intellectually incapable of producing the…
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Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ a Triumphant Swan Song
Studio Ghibli rises again! Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary Japanese animator and storyteller par excellence, has emerged from a well-earned retirement to honor the world with one last work of cinematic resplendence. The Boy and the Heron, a tale of one…
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Horror Fans Take Note: ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ is a Hidden Jewel
This film, made by a joint venture of Australian and Macedonian cinematographic companies, is currently streaming on Netflix and is a fable to be reckoned with. Atmospheric, poetic, philosophical, terrifying, and lavishly appointed in every way, the movie is set…
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Take Me Back to Tuscany: Holiday Hiatus
[A scintillating new shocker-of-a-novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in Spring 2024 so clear your calendars, book lovers. This one is built for speed. Stay tuned for more … ] #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #NewNovel #JonathanKieranTheAuthor…
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This Is Your Brain on Jehovah
One of my originals to remind myself (and possibly you) to never open the door to strangers. ———————————— [A scintillating new shocker-of-a-novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major release in Spring 2024 so clear your calendars, book lovers. This…
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Ain’t That America?
THIS IS one of those quintessentially American stories that makes a person swell with pride at the thought of so many possibilities for idiocy looming across the vast lunatic asylum that has become the USA. Only in America can dome…
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From Mexico to the Bahamas, Sharks Are Reminding Humans That the Ocean is Theirs
Yesterday was marked by two tragic shark attacks in warmer waters of the Western world, as a probable Great White Shark completely bit-off the leg of an adult Mexican woman swimming with her child, and an American woman was killed…
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Keep Those Vortices Whirling, James
Inventor and all-around useful egghead James Dyson apparently was engaged in a lawsuit against one of those obnoxious English newspapers and lost the battle. Does anyone ever win against these British media outlets, besides equally insufferable royalty (Wills and Kate…