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What's a Canadian ex-pat to do?

Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:24 A GMT-06

Lately, I've been conflicted. Very conflicted. So conflicted, in fact, that my friends are tired of listening to me. So I'm bringing this to the net. Surely AAR readers will commiserate with me?What's a Canadian far from home to do?For 10

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May I please have a few Tums?

Sunday, 27 May 2007 7:21 A GMT-06

Talk about bloated!At nearly three virtually humorless hours, I find myself wondering what the hell the writers, producers, directors, and Johnny Depp (Johnny Depp!) were thinking here. Admittedly, the second in the Pirates of the Caribbean fr

Category: Movies Sandy C.

Working Class Hero

Saturday, 26 May 2007 8:30 A GMT-06

LLB posted the video on her blog the other day of Green Day's incredibly moving and powerful performance of John Lennon's Working Class Hero on the American Idol finale Wednesday night. I didn't see the performance

Category: Music Sandy C. Pop Culture

And some personal stories, just to wrap up (RT IV)

Saturday, 26 May 2007 1:28 A GMT-06

I thought I'd finish my thoughts on the RT convention with some personal anecdotes...with the understanding that none of you will laugh at me, but with me. Also, that I won't end up with some anecdotally-related nickname. Everyone agreed? Exc

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Wow.

Thursday, 24 May 2007 9:21 A GMT-06

Right off the bat, if you haven't seen last night's third season finale of Lost, stop reading right now. Believe me, you really (really, really, really) don't want to be spoiled. (I'm a TV spoiler addict and somehow I mana

Category: TV Sandy C.

Eric - the Irresistible, Unforgettable Bad Boy Vampire

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 10:10 A GMT-06

Eric. Magnetic. Mouthwateringly gorgeous. Oozing in charm. Fiendishly Political. Ruthless. Dangerous. Scary. And completely, utterly irresistible.When Sookie first sees him at his bar Fangtasia, h

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It's Getting Ever More Grim.

Monday, 21 May 2007 10:21 A GMT-06

From the very first episode, David Chase has never allowed viewers to sentimentalize Tony Soprano. No matter how sympathetic he may be sometimes (and he is) and no matter how real both the drama and the comedy arising from his personal life may

Category: TV Sandy C.

Something a little more lighthearted...(RT Part III)

Monday, 21 May 2007 9:44 A GMT-06

Though I think gay romance and the controversy surrounding it really needs to be discussed.But, then again, so too does author gossip :)From the divine Charlaine Harris—who cemented my undying adoration by signing my copy of Dead Until Dark : t

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Pre-trip Jitters

Sunday, 20 May 2007 4:06 P GMT-06

Over the last 20 years, I've traveled to many different countries, mostly by myself. While I've enjoyed every country I've visited, the same thing happens a couple weeks before each trip begins....I develop major anxieties ab

Category: Books LinnieGayl Travel

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Gossip, Damn Gossip, and Rumours (RT Part II)

Sunday, 20 May 2007 9:45 A GMT-06

Does this poster offend you? Because it offended an unnamed businessman and guest at the Regency Hyatt during the RT convention enough to demand that it be taken down.Now, me, I think it's funny. And I would love to have a poster of th

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Breaking, Up to the minute news - Blood Ties finishes spring run

Friday, 18 May 2007 5:38 P GMT-06

Last episode of Blood Ties airing Sunday, May 20 for the spring Don't have enough time to go into it, but Whimper, whimper

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Bill - First Love, an Unforgettable Love, even if you wish you never met him in the first place

Friday, 18 May 2007 1:16 P GMT-06

Bill. Sookie’s first love. And you never forget your first love, especially when he makes himself so memorable with his incredibly unlikely entrance into your life, his spectacular departure from same, and his causing you more physi

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Real TV. Real life.

Thursday, 17 May 2007 9:27 A GMT-06

Okay, okay, so I was sucked in. Despite any previous remarks I may or may not have once made about not getting the whole American Idol thing, I have been secretly watching - and voting - for about five weeks now. What I have really gotten

Category: TV Sandy C.

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RT Rundown, Part 1

Wednesday, 16 May 2007 4:41 P GMT-06

Having recently attended the RT Booklover’s Convention in Houston, Texas, I thought I might share some of my experiences as a reader/reviewer, instead of as author/bookseller, as, surprisingly, very few reader reports have surfaced. Never

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Spring is in the air and apparently vampires, too

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 1:45 P GMT-06

Every spring for a few years now, I’ve looked forward to something besides clear blue skies, leaves on my trees, blooms blooming, and that is getting my greedy hands on a library copy of the latest Charlaine Harris’s Sookie book. I

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Don't make me feel sorry for Paris. Please.

Monday, 14 May 2007 4:06 P GMT-06

I've always loved me some good celebrity gossip. Harmless enough, I used to think.And, basically, I still think it's okay for the little people to get our rocks off on Brad and Jen and Angie and celebrity train wrecks like Brittney Spea

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Signs that make you go hmmmm......

Saturday, 12 May 2007 10:32 A GMT-06

A couple weeks ago I had to drive across the state of Indiana on the Indiana Toll Road (yes, yet another trip to Chicago). After a few miles of driving, I noticed this sign and wondered what I would do if the lights started blinking. I en

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Dude! That's a UFO!

Friday, 11 May 2007 7:22 A GMT-06

There is a lot of screamingly obvious fake footage out there, but I think this - complete with the "dude" soundtrack - is very compelling. It was shot on the shores of Lake Erie in February of 2007 and, reportedly, was subsequen

Category: Sandy C. Paranormal

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P.E.S.

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 11:57 A GMT-06

There's been much discussion of The Smoke Thief on AAR's boards and whether the reviews (here and here) got it right or wrong and whether the book is the greatest thing ever or not, but much of what is discussed misses the heart of my re

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New Rule: No Character Played by Tim Daly Is Allowed to Die

Monday, 7 May 2007 4:15 P GMT-06

For those of you who watched The Sopranos last night, you know what I'm talking about.It happened without any time to brace for it and totally out of the blue in true Sopranos style and, man, was I shocked. And appalled. This is where I'

Category: TV Sandy C.

Do creepy people have a homing device...

Saturday, 5 May 2007 9:07 P GMT-06

...for the public library? You have to wonder. As a public librarian, I've got a number of stories, funny and horrific, but I've been out of the game for a little while. Today I was reminded that - despite the fact that 99%

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Whoa, Sawyer!

Thursday, 3 May 2007 4:50 P GMT-06

Wasn't last night's episode one of the most intense ever?And I know this was supposed to be a Locke episode, but...hello, it was Sawyer who had me riveted. (Not that it's that hard to get my attention focused on the beauteous bad as

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Funny T-shirt Slogans Seen Around Town

Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:14 P GMT-06

Seen worn by a woman: If You Cheat on Me, I Will Crush You See worn by a man: It’s Not Just a Pink T-shirt, It’s Your Girlfriend’s Pink T-Shirt See worn by a man: One Corona, Two Corona, Three Corona, F

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