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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Feb 25 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

Jacob Silvia — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:59:56 PST

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Sat Feb 25 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Feb 11 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

Jacob Silvia — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:07 PST

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Sat Feb 11 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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•	jacob.silvia@gmail.com - creator
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Aika

Jacob Silvia — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST

Pictures pertaining to Aika Online

Date: Feb 14, 2011
Number of Photos in Album: 2

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Profile Photos

Jacob Silvia — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:41:18 PDT

Album for profile photos

Date: May 12, 2010
Number of Photos in Album: 1

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Walt Disney World

Jacob Silvia — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Our trip to Walt Disney World.

Location: Walt Disney World Resort
Date: May 9, 2010
Number of Photos in Album: 38

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Texas Renaissance Festival

Jacob Silvia — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Pictures from the 2009 Texas Renaissance Festival

Location: Farm-To-Market Road 1774, Plantersville, TX 77363
Date: Oct 17, 2009
Number of Photos in Album: 12

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The Orange Show

Jacob Silvia — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Here are some pictures from The Orange Show, a folk art museum in Houston.

Location: 2402 Munger St Houston, TX 77023
Date: Oct 16, 2009
Number of Photos in Album: 8

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Michael Moorcock

Jacob Silvia — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST

These are from the Michael Moorcock and John Picacio book signing of Elric: Stealer of Souls.

Location: 5002 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX (Austin Books & Comics)
Date: Feb 23, 2008
Number of Photos in Album: 5

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Blogger Pictures

Jacob Silvia — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST

Date: Feb 19, 2008
Number of Photos in Album: 8

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General

Jacob Silvia — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST

Here are some general pictures not associated with any particular place or time.

Location: Houston, TX
Date: Feb 16, 2008
Number of Photos in Album: 22

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Houston Zoo

Jacob Silvia — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 PST

Amber and I went to the zoo and took pictures of many of the neat animals.

Location: Houston Zoo
Date: Jan 6, 2008
Number of Photos in Album: 8

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The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:10:30 PST

aethercowboy's review: "In the Book of Revelation, John wrote: “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from teh words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (22:18-19; KJV). While this statement most likely refers only to that which is described in the Book of Revelation, specifically with the prophecy contained therein, I feel that one should always be hesitant when producing condensations of the Bible as a larger work. Especially Bibles for children. In the Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones reinterprets pieces of the Bible to emphasize the similarities between some Old Testament events with their apparent analogues and fulfillment with Jesus. To make the stories approachable to a 4+ age group, she took several liberties that would cause many people to take a second glance before handing this over to their early reader without some parental oversight. Sure, children don’t need to get all that Song of Songs stuff, or X knowing Y and begetting Z, but I found that some of the stories as well as many, if not all, of the paraphrases, did not do their baseline stories the necessary justice. For starters, the description of Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, especially Isaac’s tacit acceptance of his father about to sacrifice him (basically indicating that he didn’t struggle and was quiet, because he knew his daddy loved him), could be misinterpreted by a child’s relationship with a relative or close friend of the family with less than reputable intentions. Likewise, anything that seemed “too complicated” to put into a simple 2-3 page story was rent from the story. Not one mention of a single Judge appears, nor do important New Testament things like the resurrection of Lazarus. The book felt incomplete, even for being a bowdlerized Bible. Lloyd-Jones seems to miss the point of a lot of the stories, especially with her paraphrases of things like the Lord’s Prayer and Psalm 23, opting to take out more difficult to understand concepts for the sake of placating children. Further, it incorporates unfounded aspects of Christian folklore into what is purported to be a “Bible,” such as the presence of the “Three Wise Men,” which is not founded on any Biblical teaching, as the only book of the Bible (the Book of Matthew) to mention them never identifies how many. I found this addition to be quite presumptive, especially for a book intended for impressionable young children. In the end, this book, while not suitable for my young one due to the many glaring errors, omissions, and liberties taken, it may be suitable for your child, if you’re less about fidelity to the original work than you are about presenting stories of (and inspired by) the Bible in a child-friendly manner. I feel, though, that one should be mindful of the potentially indoctrinating input one provides a child who does not otherwise have a sturdy foundation upon which to set things unprovable such as religious beliefs."
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zonderkidz, c2007.

The Definitive Guide to Catalyst: Writing Extendable, Scalable and Maintainable Perl-Based Web Applications by Kieren Diment

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:09:33 PST

Apress (2009), Edition: 1, Paperback, 332 pages

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jan 28 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

Jacob Silvia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:06 PST

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Sat Jan 28 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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•	Jacob Silvia - creator
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(author unknown) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:56:15 PST

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Zombies Are Us: Essays on the Humanity of the Walking Dead by Christopher M. Moreman

(author unknown) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:21:20 PST

aethercowboy's review: "Zombies Are Us is a collection of critical essays on one subject or another, and how it (usually loosely) connects to zombies. Most of the contributors are hardcore academics, and by their very prose they let you know it, unhesitatingly using elitist jargon to enforce the incongruous juxtaposition of their pet subject to the walking dead. This book was very pretentious from the get-go. I found that the authors never truly considered their prospective target audience while writing and compiling this book. While I was expecting a book to appeal to somebody with a fascination of zombies (as readable, as say, Dendle’s <em>Zombie Movie Encyclopedia</em>), I imagine that their target audience was, in fact, themselves. Aside from the apparent elitism and overt lingua academia, I further found that the essays in this book struggled, if not stretched to fit the subject of the essay with zombies. In the end, we had a weak thesis statement, several pages showing off what the author knows about his or her pet subject and zombies, a few weak juxtapositions, and finally, a summary in which most authors declared that they “hoped” that they did a good job of proving their thesis. If you are an elitist academic who gets some sense of satisfaction from reading other elitist academics write about the sort of things that elitist academics like to write about, then you’ll love this book. If you’re just a regular person who doesn’t have a Ph.D. in some esoteric form of philosophy or literature, then you’ll probably be lost by this book, and struggle to get through it. In the end, what should have been a book about zombies, by zombies, for zombies was instead a book about academics, by academics, for academics. We’ll let the zombies decide, though, if their brains are worth munching."
Mcfarland (2011), Paperback, 228 pages

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Jacob Silvia — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:18:57 PST

It's recently come to my attention that the URL for Clear Lake Area Writers (clawmarks.org) will soon be expiring. Since I run this group for free, I don't have any capital to renew it. As such, I'm going to let it expire.

Please update your bookmarks to point to http://clearlakeareawriters.blogspot.com for future CLAW posts.

Thanks.

-Jacob

clawmarks.org registration expiration

Clear Lake Area Writers — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:31:49 PST

When: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:04pm to 12:04pm CDT

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Doctor Who Volume 1: Fugitive by Tony Lee

(author unknown) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:00:10 PST

aethercowboy's review: "I picked up this graphic novel one day while I was visiting the library. I started reading it because (a) I like Doctor Who, and (b) I like graphic novels. I found, beyond the art, that the story was very engaging, and that I had trouble putting it down (though I didn't get it done in one sitting due to time constraints). This is part of an ongoing graphic novel series to further milk Doctor Who franchise, fitting adventures and whatnot into the blank slots that happen wherever they can between episodes, like every extended media does. The art for the first artist makes everybody look like mangled Shar Peis, and the second artist makes everybody look square and boxy, like Red Dwarf's Kryten. The story, though, helps the reader overcome these artistic obstacles to get to an otherwise enjoyable story. If you are a fan of Doctor Who and don't mind "licensed media," then you might find some enjoyment in this volume, and even in this series."
IDW Publishing (2010), Paperback, 152 pages

Reminder: Clear Lake Area Writers Meeting @ Sat Jan 14 10am - 12pm (Clear Lake Area Writers)

Jacob Silvia — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:07 PST

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Sat Jan 14 10am – 12pm Central Time

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2000 Nasa Parkway Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (TAACCL) (map)

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•	jacob.silvia@gmail.com - creator
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