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Graphic Novel Review: Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Many of us turn to comics or Graphic novels as they are now called, as a form of stress relief and to escape into some ‘light reading’. Though I hate admitting it, reading a graphic novel can be intense and harder than just settling down with a paperback. With novels, our eyes move linearly, through Read more
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Restaurant Review: Kasbah Moroccan Restaurant and Lounge
Located in Winchester MA, Kashbah is one of two popular Morrocan restaurants in the Boston area. I have made two visits there, so far. The restaurant offers live entertainment with a singer who croons Egyptian tunes and is ably assisted by a skilled viola player. There is also the trademark Moroccan belly dancing and good Read more
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Viga Restaurant
Viga Eatery located on High Street is a decent sandwich shop close to downtown Boston. I tried their Chicken Parmesan on Fuchsia with extra sauce based on somebody’s recommendation. I’d say it was good, not great. All Parmesan sandwiches seem to taste the same (or maybe my taste buds may have been taking a nap. Read more
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Movie Review: The Bone Collector(1999)
Hollywood has been notorious, when it comes to taking a good book and ruining it on the big screen. Reading reviews of this movie on Amazon, this seems to be the case with this flick. Luckily for me, I have not read the book yet. After enjoying a great read by Jefferey Deaver, I decided Read more
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Book Review: Cold Moon
n the vast array of modern day crime fiction writers, Jeffrey Deaver stands heads and shoulders over the rest. His engrossing narrative and familiarity of the territory of crime scene investigation puts his books in a higher caliber than those of the Baldaccis and the Pattersons. (Only Patricia Cornwell’s books come close to Deaver’s works Read more
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Book Review: Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
In Blink, Gladwell presented a view that in order to make an effective decision an expert’s decision is far better than market studies and statistical analysis. Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres is the perfect antithesis to this view. Ayres opens Supercrunchers with two anecdotes, one where an expert statistician outperforms wine tasting gurus as to the Read more
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