Slushpile Gets SPOOKY with Ghost Story
Four elderly gentlemen gather once a week to tell ghost stories by the fire in Peter Straub?s aptly-titled ?Ghost Story,? a tale as old-fashioned as its main characters and frightening enough to give its readers a sleepless night or two. [amazon_link asins=’110198919X,B004SS1MJI’ template=’ProductGrid’ store=’wristwatchrev-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’47534940-bdda-11e7-beab-8b9e4fe92b87′] Known as the Chowder Society, these well-to-do inhabitants of…
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KISS book not a total money grab
Part of being an educated KISS fan is being ready to — at times — be ripped off. I’ve written extensively about my lifelong obsession with the masked rockers and I don’t think it’s at all incompatible to say that I have the utmost respect for Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley while also always being…
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Why you should stop giving billionaires free cash
The old “I’m going to move my professional sports team franchise if you don’t give me a stadium” scam has been pretty well covered in the mainstream media. I’ll give credit to the folks over at
continue readingIf you read the news, you don’t need to read The Case for Impeachment
I love a good tear down of any person in office, regardless of political party. So I had high hopes for The Case for Impeachment by Allan J. Lichtman. Unfortunately, if you’ve been reading along during the rise of President Donald Trump, the book doesn’t have anything new to tell you. If you’ve been paying…
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Review: The Art of Invisibility
Given the recent media attention paid to surveillance, technology, wire tapping, and technical tomfoolery, we should all strive to improve our security practices. Even if you’re not a bad guy, privacy is still a precious resource to be protected. That’s Kevin Mitnick’s argument in The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You…
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