December 2010
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November 2010
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FACEBOOK: opiate of the masses
Okay, so here is the deal. I am sure that by now, a plethora of more intelligent, credible, and educated individuals have addressed the issue of Facebook. In fact, I have read some of them. They are credible and intelligent, and very interesting. Facebook is taking over our brains, Facebook is a social phenomenon, Facebook is reaching for world domination. Facebook is, in a word, weird. But...
'SALEM'S LOT: Not your usual Dracula fare
Despite my love and respect for Stephen King, when I haven’t read him in awhile, I tend to underestimate his work. This was exactly the case with ‘Salem’s Lot — King’s second novel, and one which I had studiously avoided since the early days of my King obsession.
Why? Vampires had never interested me. Probably due to the fact that they did not even frighten me...