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Thoroughly Creeped Out by Beloved Reads...But Still

Saturday, 5 July 2008 8:07 A GMT-06
It ain't pretty, those  books I loved when I was a kid.It started when AAR reviewer Jane Granville offered to look for any books staffers wanted at a library sale at which she was working.  I immediately piped up and asked her to look o
Category: Books Sandy C.
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Blogging Freestyle and Staycation

Wednesday, 2 July 2008 9:40 A GMT-06
In sharp contrast to LeeB's fantastic journey, I'm sitting around at home this week.  And, yes, if there were "having a wonderful time" postcards available for sitting on your ass in your home, I'd be happy to send them.&nb
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UFOs in the British Media

Sunday, 29 June 2008 9:59 A GMT-06
The British are...well, generally a bit more open-minded than Americans when it comes to paranormal possibilities.  Casual acceptance of the existence of ghosts and spirits is one manifestation of this, as is the British media's actual serio
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Wishing Cassie Edwards the Best

Sunday, 29 June 2008 7:44 A GMT-06
Prolific long-time novelist Cassie Edwards suffered a stroke on June 15th.  I wish her a speedy and a swift recovery.
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Madonna and Guy

Saturday, 28 June 2008 9:01 A GMT-06
   Reports are that the marriage of Madonna and Guy Ritchie is on the rocks.Not that I'm prescient or anything, but it's hardly news to me.  Well, maybe that it took Madonna this long to get around to it is a surprise, but
Category: Sandy C. Pop Culture
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Ghost Video: This Is Impressive

Sunday, 22 June 2008 4:35 A GMT-06
Really Cool Poltergeist Video: Goofing off during downtime during an absolutely totally shit-a-licious week (you don't want to know - really) I found three videos from a guy in Canada that I find really interesting.  I'll eventually post
Category: Sandy C. Paranormal
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Sherry Thomas ARC Winner

Friday, 20 June 2008 8:02 A GMT-06
Kim G., you're the winner, as selected by none other than Rufus the Ragdoll.Unfortunately, I was unable to capture the exact moment when he batted Kim G.'s name out of the group, but Rufus' impartiality and impeccable credentials are unim
Category: Sandy C. Contests
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Win a Signed Sherry Thomas ARC: Special Bonus Book Giveaway Contest

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 5:51 A GMT-06
You loved Private Arrangements.  (Well, I certainly did.)  And you've been waiting with varying degrees of patience for July 29th, the day her second book - intriguingly named Delicious - will be published.  Thanks to the author
Category: Books Sandy C. Contests
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Cindi Myers Interview Prompts a Question

Monday, 16 June 2008 5:15 P GMT-06
Lee B.'s interview with Cyndi Meyers makes me wonder:  Does a professional dominatrix choose her job because she's driven (yuk) or because it's a smart career choice?Not that Cyndi Meyers was ever a dominatrix, but she did interview
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R.I.P. Tim Russert

Saturday, 14 June 2008 10:09 A GMT-06
What?Tim Russert?  No, that can't be right because it's just so very wrong. I live Inside the Beltway.  It's a cocoon and I know this.  Whether you work in politics  or not, we all live and breathe it here.  It
Category: TV Sandy C. Political
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It's My Birthday and I'll Post What I Want To

Sunday, 8 June 2008 8:54 A GMT-06
   This cartoon, an oscar winner from 1958, just makes me happy.  It always has.Birds Anonymous was the creation of the great Friz Freling, one of the denizens of Termite Terrace, the genius factoy run by the great Chuck Jones on
Category: Sandy C. Pop Culture
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Mad Men: The Countdown Continues

Wednesday, 4 June 2008 1:09 P GMT-06
Thanks to the five pages of Mad Men goodness in the summer preview issue of Entertainment Weekly, we now have a date:  On Sunday, July 27th the second season debuts.  Two thumbs up and an enthusiastic woo and a hoo from me.One of the things
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UFO "Alien" Video": A Really Unwelcome Dog and Pony Show

Saturday, 31 May 2008 9:00 A GMT-06
Stan Romanek didn't help anybody yesterday.  Well, except himself to a whole lot of money.Here's the story:  The Internet began buzzing on Thursday with the word that the Rocky Mountain News was reporting that a man was going to rel
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Bigfoot Film: It Just Might Be Real

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 7:28 A GMT-06
Everybody’s seen this footage of an unknown bipedal walking in the California forest, right?Shot in 1967 by two men out in the wilderness with the hope of capturing Bigfoot on film for a documentary one planned to make, it just seems too good t
Category: Sandy C. Paranormal
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Mad Men: Heck, Let's Go Ahead and Start the Countdown

Sunday, 25 May 2008 9:19 A GMT-06
   July is what I 'm hearing.  We don't have a fixed start date for the second season premiere of Mad Men from AMC, but we do have a month.  And, hey, for those of us who've missed one of the very best shows on TV
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Here's Your Basic Reasoned Political Commentator Type Doing What He Does Best

Sunday, 25 May 2008 9:01 A GMT-06
    
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American Idol: Wow

Thursday, 22 May 2008 12:27 P GMT-06
 I could watch that about a hundred times today and still not get tired of it.   So, why am I so over the moon?   To put it as simply as possible:  Because people out there ignored the Archuletta Must Win Juggernaut that
Category: Music TV Sandy C. Pop Culture
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Her Body is a Wonderland

Monday, 19 May 2008 1:51 P GMT-06
Okay, so I went for the easy line.  Sue me.I've blogged before about both Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer.  To me, they are both cool and supremely interesting people.Is it any wonder - for now, at any rate - that they seem to have foun
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Charles Fort: The Kind of Person We Could Use Today

Sunday, 18 May 2008 3:01 P GMT-06
Washington Post Book World's always pompous Michael Dirda alerted me today a shade less pompously than usual (and by that I mean I was actually able to make it through his entire article without sneering audibly) to a new biography on the great C
Category: Books Sandy C. Paranormal
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Mysogyny I Won't Miss Either

Thursday, 15 May 2008 9:01 A GMT-06
A column in today's Washington Post pretty much says it all.Misogyny I Won't MissBy Marie CoccoThursday, May 15, 2008; Page A15As the Democratic nomination contest slouches toward a close, it's time to take stock of what I will not miss.
Category: Sandy C. Political Societal
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Lars and the Real Girl: Get Thee to Your Netflix Queue

Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:56 P GMT-06
I'm far more likely to rhapsodize about TV than movies because...well, to put it bluntly, some TV shows are so much better than most movies.  But I had my proverbial pants charmed right off me this weekend by one of the most appealing and ge
Category: Movies Sandy C.
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Hampton Court Ghost: Real, Hoax, or Mistaken Identity?

Sunday, 11 May 2008 7:24 A GMT-06
In December 2003 this photo captured from a surveilliance video made headlines around the world.  Does it show an apparition of a man in period dress as many believe?The story goes that the apparation was sighted after security guards heard a fi
Category: Sandy C. Paranormal
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Please Go to Rehab, Amy

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 6:55 A GMT-06
  Just doing one of my periodic TMZ checks and discovered that Amy Winehouse has been popped again in London, this time for drug use possession.  Seems you can watch Amy actually ingesting at a video on The Sun Website.  Those cel
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TV Roundup

Sunday, 4 May 2008 8:49 A GMT-06
American Idol:  Let me just get this off the table.  I am currently plagued by a recurring nightmare in which David Archuletta, the King of Sap, and Jason Castro, the King of - let's face it - Total Cluelessness, wind up in the finale.&
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UFOs: A Worldwide Flap in 2008

Sunday, 27 April 2008 10:00 A GMT-06
It started in January in Stephensville, Texas.  Literally hundreds of witnesses - including law enforcement types who actually went on the record with their sightings - reported seeing a massive craft in the skies.  Weird lights performing
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