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On the Road by Jack Kerouac Viking Press, September 5 1957 307 pages Hipster Beatniks be damned. “One The Road” chronicles Jack Kerouac’s (albeit under the guise of Sal Paradise) travels across America living the life of the Beat generation. Accompanying him on his many journeys is his pal, the fast talking life loving Dean Moriarty. The thing that sets this book apart from many of

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Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Gathering of Faerie) by Maggie Stiefvater Published by Flux, October 8, 2008 325 pages ASIN: B002WGJX2G Deirdre Monaghan has a gift. As far most people are concerned that gift is her musical talent. But the truth is much more than that. Deirdre is a cloverhand, one of the few mortals that can see and interact with the realm of Faeries. Her life

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I sit here writing this on the Wednesday before St. Patrick’s Day. Why? Because come Saturday, I’ll be joining all of the other Americans who pretend to be Irish on that one day of the year. That’s right; I’m swapping out my Bourbon for Irish whiskey and my Belgium ambers for Guinness. But one thing that is a year round tradition is me reading great works of literature. So in celebration of

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith Grand Central Publishing March 2, 2010 ASIN: B00351DSCS While I try to keep my reviews comical and entertaining I found this review especially difficult because the material is already comical and entertaining. It’s like if I were to try and make a joke about The Colbert Report. If you try to make something that is already funny and

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In a few days, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will honor Gene Wolfe with the first ever Fuller Award and recognize his contributions to literature. The theme of the gala event is steampunk and guests are encouraged to attend in full regalia. It's a steampunk party, who could ask for more As the event draws near and is advertised on Facebook as well as Twitter, I am surprised to see

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Lilith's Tears by David Jones ISBN-10: 1466426683 Publisher: CreateSpace October 11, 2011 288 pages After being washed ashore on a mysterious tropical island Captain Trebane is forced to wonder what became of his crew and love of his life Serena after the freak storm struck The Stolen Rose. He quickly learns he is not alone on the island as he meets the blood thirsty and immortal

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He’Brew Origin Pomegranate Ale Shmaltz Brewing Company, San Francisco California 8% ABV $5.39 p/22oz. bottle at BevMo If there's one thing I've taken from my trips around the world both at BC's Pizza and Beer in Clovis California (stop on by they're awesome people) and literally, it's that there are tons of great beers out there. I have only had the pleasure of experiencing a select few

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Techno-Fear (The Novel) By German Alcala Self-published January 10, 2012 I know the past couple of reviews haven't been that great. I've been struggling to find the right pace for this blog. My goal is to present you with enough detail to get you to like the books I read without giving you too many spoilers. That stops now. I'll still avoid giving you too many details but I'll spoil the

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The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies part deux) By Pittacus Lore Harper Collins August 23, 2011 A vast improvement over its predecessor I am Number Four, The Power of Six starts right where we left off. John Smith AKA Number Four is running for his life from both the Mogadorians and the U.S. government who believe him to be a terrorist. He is joined by his best (only) friend Sam “G-man”

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The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht Published by Random House March 8, 2011 In time for Oscar season comes the touching story of Natalia Stefanovic (Elisha Cuthbert) and her grandfather (Sir Ian Mckellen). As a young girl, Natalia would follow her grandfather around on his daily errands while he regaled her with stories of The Tiger's Wife (Parminder Nagra) and the deathless man (Jude Law). Now a

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So I've been kicking around some ideas on what to do with this blog. Mostly I'm kicking around ideas to do with myself while I hunt for a new job. In keeping with the title Books to Drink By I'm going to be doing some book reviews and maybe reviews of other things that interest me. I'd like some input on books to review though, I don't want this to be all about me. If you have any suggestions

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As I sit here it is 8:38 in the morning. I should be sitting in my cubicle, drinking my morning coffee, saying good morning to everyone and wondering how long it is until it's time to go home. Trouble is about 24 hours ago I was informed that my services were no longer required at my company. So instead I'm sitting here, nursing a hangover that would kill a goat, thinking about getting some

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In the beginning of May, 2011 I undertook a change in pace. May as many of you know is National Bike Month and a local website iBikeFresno.org was holding a million mile challenge. Simple enough, get everyone in Fresno to bike a million miles total in May. That was four months ago and this is what I have learned/done in that time: I came in 114th place in the challenge with 419 miles biked

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I like reading forum comments if only to see into the void that is the internet's hive mind. Sometimes though I'm embarrassed by what I find. There are so many people out there who post what they believe to be intelligent strings of thought, but due to a lack of proper grammar, spelling or poor sentence structure their point is lost. So as a service to these poor individuals I will try

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I like reading forum comments if only to see into the void that is the internet's hive mind. Sometimes though I'm embarrassed by what I find. There are so many people out there who post what they believe to be intelligent strings of thought, but due to a lack of proper grammar, spelling or poor sentence structure their point is lost. So as a service to these poor individuals I will try

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I haven't written anything in a while because I have been performing other feats of amazement. Isn't it awesome? The most amazing of which I suppose would be my purchase of the third generation Kindle from Amazon. I've been spending any extra time I have the past week using this little wonder and have absolutely no complaints thus far. I'm nearly finished reading Stardust which I originally

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Growing up a middle-class chubby white kid from Fresno there were two things I was into; video games and comics. I wasn't all that good at video games though, my brother would always beat the living crap out of me at Mario Cart and schooled me on Super Mario Bros. 3. Oh yes! But comics were something I loved more than video games. Growing up I was into all the classic fan boy titles like

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So entering a weekly writing challenge today I neglected to read the actual writing prompt and instead wrote a story based on the prompt you see above. I thought it was funny and instead of throwing it out I decided to post it here. Hope you guys enjoy... My girlfriend and I have been having relationship issues lately and today was just one of those days. I was doing the dishes when she walked

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Sean and I had been friends many years and one day while we were hanging out he drops a bomb on me. “I’m getting married” he says, “The bachelor party is in Mexico and it’s in two months. Be there!” After we downed a few beers and a couple of shots in celebration it was time to start getting ready. After all, I’d never been out of the country before. The plan was to spend a week on the beach

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Word: Awesome Function: adjective Definition: 1:  expressive of awe"Holy shit dude, did you see that? Shit was fucking awesome.” 2: a) inspiring of awe b) terrific, extraordinary"I gotta hand it to Jen-gi, she’s pretty awesome." Etymology: circa ~1600, "profoundly reverential," from awe + -some. Meaning "inspiring awe" is from 1670s; weakened

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So I was deleting all the content from my MySpace page since I can't actually delete the profile (since I don't have the original email address anymore) and found something I just can't get rid of. It is the blog post from when I finished my first beer card at BC's. I was so young and innocent back in 2007 I'm surprised at how much I've grown. For nostalgia's sake I'm going to post the blog here

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Word: Construe Function: verb Definition:  1:  to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) "Stephen Colbert construes his satire in such a poignant manner to where you aren’t sure if he’s really joking or telling the truth." 2: to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a

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I've got to thank Demetri Martin for this one. His special "If I" is just outstanding. If you haven't had the pleasure please watch it. Here is a link to part one of the special. You can get to the others yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnzPHtf9u4 Word of the week: If Function: conjunction Definition: 1: a: in the event that b: allowing that c: on the assumption that d:

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Today marks the first of many posts dedicated to the awesomeness of diverse speech.  Each Monday I will post a new word or phrase that maybe you've never heard of or just haven't heard it often. I'll dig up the etymology (history) of the word or phrase and share it along with some usage tips. You just may be surprised at where some of our everyday speech comes from.  *Note: All of my

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This is something I started working on whilst at work yesterday. I figure since I'm not going to publish it I might as well post it up here and fulfil my obligation to post original material. I think it's actually pretty funny... but that's just me.The alarm goes off at 5:30 in the morning every damn day. Why do I set it that early? I never get up right when the alarm goes off, snooze. 5:40, 5:50

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