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[Movie Reviews]: Iron Man 3 - 5 stars - best Iron yet #movies

Jessi — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:29 +0000

Someone in Hollywood finally realized that if you spend the time to find the right people (who genuinely love these stories) to make these movies, you have a bloody goldmine. Wait. I take that back. Hollywood didn’t know this. Disney did. Go Disney. Stark is back in all his post New York traumatic disorder. Having [...]

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[Thoughts]: [TV]: The Doctor Who Experiment #thoughts #tv

Jessi — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:42 +0000

For years I’ve read of the wonders of Doctor Who. Even James Marsters expounded on its apparent awesomeness, as he was in Torchwood. To which I immediately told myself I need to get on that. Since Spike… I mean James is apart of this universe. As I am totally incapable of watching a show without context I started [...]

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[Movie Reviews]: Star Trek Into Darkness - 5 epic stars #movies

Jessi — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:35 +0000

It’s hard to write a proper review of this movie without giving anything away. Do yourself a favor, if you haven’t seen it, avoid the reviews and the spoilers it’ll make it that much sweeter. I promise I won’t ruin anything here. Abrams has completely outdone himself, in league with the Kurtzman/Orci writing team they [...]

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[News]: Return of Otherwhere #news

Jessi — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:40:33 +0000

A little over a month ago, I announced a mini-sabbatical. Holy moses did life get busy. A major moved coupled with a renovation, boat loads of work and the usual chaos of life, graceless shoved Otherwhere to the bottom of the priority pile. Now my pile of reviews is getting higher and while the chaos [...]

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[News]: Mini Sabbatical #news

Jessi — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:11:27 +0000

I LOVE having Otherwhere.Co and for the last year and a half it has been wonderful getting to know the blogger community. Once in a while though, life gets in the way. With a chaotic upswing in work, training and a move coming up it’s getting harder and harder for me to find time to [...]

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[Follow Friday]: Books you thought you would hate; what happened? Yay or nay. #ff

Jessi — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:07:13 +0000

Have you ever read a book that you thought you would hate — ? Did you end up hating it? Did you end up loving it? Or would you never do that? If there is a girl in jeans/flowly dress/hoodie on the cover standing on a suitcase/dock/floral couch, and takes place in high school, I [...]

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[Blog Dev]: Change the WordPress default From email address and name #blogdevelopment

Jessi — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:00:25 +0000

You have a blog, you send newsletters/add subscribers/send notices from said blog, but your readers get emails from ‘weirdname78@box400.hostcompany.com’. Because that makes perfect sense. Thankfully it’s a really easy fix to make that email address pretty for your automated WordPress goodness. Step 1!! Either under FTP in your theme folder or under Appearance > Editor [...]

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[Movie Reviews]: G.I. Joe: Retaliation - 3.5 stars plus one Bruce Willis #movies

Jessi — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:51:28 +0000

It has been a slow start to the year movie wise. Add in the fact that I saw Safe Haven, weeks before it’s release, it has been a grip since I set foot in a theater. It was as wonderful as I remember. Giant tub of kettle corn in hand, I sat down to be entertained by [...]

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[Memes]: This Colorado Life #4: Our Colorado Faves #COBookMonth #meme

Jessi — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:00:50 +0000

Did you know? Denver is the mile high city. The 13th step of the state capital building is exactly at 1 mile above sea level. Did you know that Denver won the vote to become state capital against Golden by one vote? All right time to gush (or rant)! What is your favorite (or least [...]

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[Books]: Drink Deep (Chicagoland Vampires #5) by Chloe Neill - 3 stars #books

Jessi — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:54:42 +0000

And we have reached the filler portion of this on going series. It is inevitable to have a few of these in long running series and props for it taking until book five to happen. Most of the book has Merit wandering around Chicago totally clueless trying to figure out why the lake is a [...]

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[Memes]: This Colorado Life: Share your Colorado bookish memories. #COBookMonth #meme

Jessi — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:00:26 +0000

Did you know? It’s illegal to mutilate a rock in a state park in Colorado? I got nothing to connect that little tid bit with today’s question. I just thought it quite hilarious. Almost as funny as the law that states it’s illegal to fire catapults at buildings in Aspen. It’s good to know these [...]

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[Follow Friday]: Your favorite outdoor reading spot! See Jessi's pick on this weeks Follow Friday. #ff

Jessi — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:19:28 +0000

Activity! Hopefully warm weather for most of us is here soon…so tell us about your favorite outdoor reading spot. Or take a picture. My favorite outdoor reading spot (currently) is still covered by snow (thanks CO!). But it’s usually my backyard patio where I layout in the spring and summer reading comics and catching some [...]

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[Books]: Wicked Nights (Angels of the Dark #1) by Gena Showalters - 4 stars #books

Jessi — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:31:26 +0000

Showalter was one of the first PNR authors I read, starting with her Atlantis series. She has such a great sense of humor and an edginess that makes for great reads. Following in the footsteps of the Lords of the Underworld, we get the other side of the story starting with the perennially cold Zacharel. Leader of a an [...]

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[Memes]: What are some of your favorite Colorado activities? #COBookMonth #meme

Jessi — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:00:19 +0000

Did you know? Denver rocks some of the best sports team. Did you know CO is the only state to turn down the Olympics? Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. The 1976 Winter Olympics were going to be held in Denver. But Voters chose not too, because of the [...]

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[Follow Friday]: What not so popular book did you love? What popular book did you dislike? #ff

Jessi — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:05:04 +0000

What is a book you didn’t like that all your friends raved about or what book did you love that wasn’t popular? I’m gonna lose followers for this, but… I am not the biggest Harry Potter fan. While I loved the later books the first half of the series was boooooooooooooring. I couldn’t see the [...]

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[Movie Reviews]: Skyfall - 4.5 (best Bond yet) stars #movies

Jessi — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:00:40 +0000

Thanks to the Oscars, several movies made it back to the theaters. Skyfall being among them . I have been a big fan of the Daniel Craig movies. He has made Bond human, approachable and vulnerable in a way that has yet to be accomplished. With Skyfall even his age was up to question and it was executed perfectly [...]

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[Books]: The Crimson Crown (Seven Realms #4) #books

Jessi — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:00:32 +0000

From beginning to end, this series has swept me down a river of gorgeous story-telling, court intrigue that only high fantasy can do and remarkable characters. All the threads of the previous three books come together to weave an ending that is both satisfying and triumphant. Following Raisa through her arcs, she not only grew [...]

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[Memes]: This Colorado Life #1: Our favorite elevated spots #meme

Jessi — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:00:32 +0000

Did you know? Colorado has has the highest auto tunnel, the largest flat-top mountain, and the highest suspension bridge in the world. (bonus points if you can name all three of those things). Share some of your favorite elevated spots here in Colorado. What’s your favorite mountain town? Do you visit for fun, inspiration, nature [...]

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[Features]: Celebrate Colorado Book Month! #COBookMonth #features

Jessi — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:30:28 +0000

It’s hard to believe March is here! Let’s start the pseudo-spring off right by celebrating the awesome authors, bloggers, readers and writers that call the mile high state their home! All month long we will be hosting various events, memes and twitter parties to help bring our amazing book community together. This Colorado Life Meme [...]

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[Features]: Oscar Rant – Why this movie lover/maker stopped caring 60 seconds in #features

Jessi — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:26:21 +0000

Have you ever gone to a movie and before the opening credits are even over, you realize you aren’t going to give a rats ass about the next two hours? Unfortunately it happens to me all the time. I have been to movies where I have gotten so damn bored that I start critiquing camera [...]

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