So I've been thinking about atheism and spirituality and the nature of reality in general a whole lot lately. I recently finished reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins which is a well thought-out, expertly written argument for atheism and against religion. I have never been a religious person and was pleased to read Dawkins who managed to ( Read more... )

Book 7/50 Wolverine by Frank Miller & Chris Claremont, hc 144 pages
Collecting the original Wolverine mini-series along with a few relevant Uncanny X-Men issues.  This book really speaks for itself.  Miller's pencils, Claremont's words, plus ninjas.  Pure brilliance.

Book 8/50 The Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman, tpb 192 pages
I had a ( Read more... )

Book 4/50 Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis, tpb 207 pages
Having only recently discovered Bendis with his work on the New Avengers book, I decided - when I saw this on the shelf - to give it a go.  While it wasn't exactly what I'd expected, it was still an enjoyable enough read to make me want to move on to the 2nd volume.

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Book 2/50 The Sandman: The Season of Mist by Neil Gaiman, tpb, 218 pages
Fourth in the series of Sandman books, The Season of Mist is a story about Lucifer abdicating the throne of hell and turning its key over to Morpheus.  Of course, this brings about no end of trouble as Morpheus is quickly inundated with requests and demands for Hell, which is ( Read more... )

Book 1/50 Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell, tpb, 480 pages
The second book in Gemmell's Troy trilogy, but the first that I've read.  Gemmell is retelling the battle of Troy using his particular brand of heroic fantasy.  Very little of this book is actually set in Troy and the events described within are actually prelude to the famous siege.  ( Read more... )

I have a tendency to periodically check in with favorite celebrities of mine.  Since I'm reading Gemmell again, I poked around Wikipedia and - to my shock and utter dismay - I discovered that he died last July.  
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Well, that's yet another holiday season down without any casualties.  All in all, we had a quiet and fairly relaxing time of things.  We managed to see a good number of friends (but still managed to miss Janice!!!) and have some fun ( Read more... )

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I have a bit of a hangover on a Wednesday morning.  This is the result of too many strong rye and gingers last night.  What can I say?  It was good rye.

And speaking of good rye, I had forgotten how much I enjoy a good rye drunk.  It's completely unique in that it doesn't feel like any other kind of drunk.  I have a lot of great memories of being ( Read more... )

Well, new job day 1 is under my belt and I can't really find words to frame the experience.  Suffice to say, it was the most positive first-day-on-the-job that I've ever had, hands down.  The environment is unlike anything else I've experienced, the people are all great and really happy to have me on board, and there's a Tim Hortons almost within ( Read more... )