The Dangerous Book for Boys

The Dangerous Book for Boys The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden


My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Excellent book. Don’t think twice about purchasing this book. I loved pretty much everything about it. I think it will be a great book to share with my son some day. I’m very happy that my friend Melissa gave me this book in hardback form, so it will last many years.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore


My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Best graphic novel I have read thus far. Great artwork and a good story. Different from the movie in a lot of ways. I would say better than the movie, but not by too much. Characters are more interesting in the book.

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In the spirit of the games

Olga Korbut’s uneven parallel bars routine from the 1972 Olympics

Nadia comaneci and the first perfect ten in the history

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V for Vendetta – Graphic Novel

V for Vendetta V for Vendetta by Alan Moore


My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
ok, but not great. Good story, but was let down by the artwork. Was nice to compare this to the movie that I had already watched a while ago.

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Finished Ratchet and Clank

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Tonight I finally finished Rachet and Clank:  Future Tools of Destruction.  It was a really fun game but maybe a bit too long.  The great part is that now I can play the game again with all the weapons and armor that I accumulated the first time thgough, making the game that much more fun!

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Big Plastic Paid Off The FDA???

When legitimate scientists have conducted studies on BPA, it is consistently linked to obesity, developmental problems, risk for heart attack, and breast and prostate cancer. Even if there was the slightest chance that BPA was dangerous the FDA should’ve banned it from plastics, especially BABY BOTTLES. What could be worse for a baby …

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Not the ShowBiz that I remember

Way back when I was a youngin’ they had dancing animatronic animals at pizza places like Chucky Cheese, this guys has re-programmed them to play modern music.  Amazing…

Control R/C Car Over the Web

You can drive around these little cars around a fake city that someone made.  It’s all somehow a PR thing for BP.  Found via Boing Boing.

Cinderella, others arrested in Disneyland labor protest

Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth.  The arrest of the 32 protesters, many of whom wore costumes representing famous Disney characters, came at the end of an hour-long march to Disneyland’s gates from one of three Disney-owned hotels at the center of a labor dispute.

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Michael Phelps – 2004 Autographed Trading Card (sold for $500)

The talented Michael Phelp’s – the shining star in swimming shattering multiple records.

Stats on the Phelp’s 2004 trading cards in circulation:

about 5,000 “common” cards not bearing the American swimmer’s autograph

300 are autographed Phelps cards – the market value could potentially exceed $1,000.

The non-autographed cards have enjoyed a spike in market value too, going from $2.50 to about $20.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/swimming/wires/08/14/2090.ap.oly.swm.phelps.trading.card/index.html