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The Mongrel Dogs at Sea (4): Review: Next

Posted on 2007 August 8 by mongreldogs

Insta Rating: 4 out of 5 OK, it’s a little odd to be reviewing a movie when I’m supposed to be off on a wonderful cruise. But as mentioned before I was pretty wiped out, so I decided to take … Continue reading →

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So long, Studio 60

Posted on 2007 July 2 by mongreldogs

Edited for grammar 2007 Dec 16. I just finished watching my TiVo’d copy of “What Kind of Day Has It Been”, the 22nd and final episode of Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Studio 60 was highly touted … Continue reading →

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Irksome metric

Posted on 2007 July 1 by mongreldogs

Today, there’s a piece by Maya Jasonoff in the Sunday magazine of the New York Times on the Americans loyal to Britain during the Revolution, and it has me irked. It’s not the thesis, which I agree with, that we … Continue reading →

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Review: The Book of Lost Things

Posted on 2007 April 7 by mongreldogs

The Book of Lost Things a novel by John Connolly InstaRating: 5 (out of 5) This is simply a good book. I would not have thought anything would rank up next to a new book by Guy Gavriel Kay (Ysabel, … Continue reading →

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Lunacon (3)

Posted on 2007 March 23 by mongreldogs

The third in my shameless padding series on my recent experience at Lunacon 50. This episode: Sci Fi TV 101, or Why All Your Favorite Shows are Doomed. More below the fold.

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Lunacon (2)

Posted on 2007 March 20 by mongreldogs

More on my experiences at Lunacon 50 (the beginning of which is also here at The Mongrel Dogs). This time up: Joss Whedon Must Die!

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Lunacon (1)

Posted on 2007 March 19 by mongreldogs

This past weekend, I attended Lunacon 50, a science fiction convention held annually in Rye, New York by the New York Science Fiction Society. I wanted to attend “a con” this year and I chose Lunacon because, of the Northeast … Continue reading →

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Marc Cohn in Carnegie Hall

Posted on 2007 March 9 by mongreldogs

I am not really much of a “joiner” and I don’t have many entertainment things about which I get passionate. Long ago, however, I decided that I would pick an artist and follow them closely. I chose Marc Cohn, whom … Continue reading →

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Review: Echelon

Posted on 2007 March 4 by mongreldogs

Echelon a novel by Josh Conviser InstaRating: 2 out of 5 This book\’s title caught my interest because I keep up with surveillance tech and its social implications, and ECHELON — the alleged US NSA electronic sifting program — is … Continue reading →

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Review: World War Z

Posted on 2007 January 26 by mongreldogs

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks InstaRating: 5 out of 5 After the debacle that was The Stonehenge Gate, I was looking for something good to read, to wash the taste of failed … Continue reading →

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