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      • Revisiting Film Classics – “The Third Man”
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      • “The Woodsman” film review
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    • – The Lost Art of Disagreement
    • – the second amendment
    • – what i’ve learned, so far, about parenting
    • – where the jobs have gone
    • are giftcards good to buy for the holidays?
    • chicken or the egg?
    • creationism, a.k.a intelligent design, v. evolution
  • the rise and fall of me
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 1
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 2
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 3
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 4
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 5
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 6
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 7
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 8
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 9
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    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 18
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 19
    • The Rise and Fall of Me – 20/20 – Epilogue

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1-Minute Book Reviews: The Haunting of Hill House

Stephen King: “…one of the finest horror novels of the late 20th century.”

Wall Street Journal: “…widely regarded as the greatest haunted-house story ever written.”

Me: “Umm, no.”

February 1, 2018 in book review, books, fiction, writing.

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