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Movie Review: Sicko
Sicko is the most intense of all Michael Moore movies. This time, the moviemaker takes aim at the American healthcare and presents a myriad of stories of woe told by those victimized by the system. These include an individual forced to choose which of his two injured fingers he can keep, his index finger for Read more
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Boloco Inspired Burritos, Boston Massachusetts
This week, I got to try a sandwich at yet another downtown sandwich shop, Boloco Inspired Burritos, on Federal Street. I was impressed. Boloco is a nice and clean restaurant with a smallseating area. I did not try their traditional burrito. Taking the advice of a friend, I tried theBangkok Chicken. It was delicious.It was Read more
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Book Review: Cross
Alex Cross, the character popularized by Morgan Freeman in ‘Kiss the Girls’ and ‘Along came a Spider’, is back. This one is a younger version of Cross, though recently widowed and probably more romantic. He has two children, he raises with his grandmother. Alex is now in private practice, having quit the FBI and has Read more
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Book Review: Road to Perdition
Having reviewed the movie a couple of weeks ago,Let us now examine the graphic novel that inspired the movie. Authored by Max Allan Collins and with artwork from Richard Piers Rayner, this book is a black-and-white work of art, a film noir in print. It is a tale of a mob enforcer, Michael Sullivan and Read more
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Book Review: At the Stroke of Madness
This was the first time I’ve read a novel by Alex Kava. Once again, it is a story of a sleuth, on the trail of a twisted serial killer. The sleuth is Maggie O’Dell, an FBI agent, apparently a fixture in most Kava books. As the story begins, O’Dell comes to Connecticut to search for Read more
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Book Review: Innovate like Edison
Sometimes, the best nuggets are found hidden in the bargain rack of your local Borders bookstore. That was exactly where I found this book, that for some reason, seems to have slipped the bestseller radar. From the bestselling author Michael Gelb who produced ‘How To Innovate like Leonardo Da Vinci’ comes this hidden jewel. While Read more
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