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Pop Kult Warlord Book Review

Pop Kult Warlord: Soda Pop Soldier Book 2 by Nick Cole Kindle edition, 318 pages Published November 4th, 2018 by Castalia House ASIN B07K6SRSLW A man with decisions to make. Choices that weigh heavily on him. Heavy is the brow that wears the crown, someone once said. I may be

Hack: A LitRPG Novel Book Review

Hack: A LitRPG Novel by Paul Bellow 348 pages Published by LitRPG Reads (April 29, 2018) ASIN B07CRWBPZJ I had seen this book pop up through Amazon's recommendations several times. I hadn't been willing to take a chance on it. The cover is ridiculous. Yes, I

Ghostwater Book Review

Ghostwater: Cradle Book 5 by Will Wight Kindle Edition Published by Hidden Gnome Publishing (May 31, 2018) ASIN B07DFWZP9C I bought this book the day it came out, but I ended up circling back around and re-reading the other four books in the series, then reading this one again, before

Linkfest 2017-09-09

Posting has been light of late, my home PC needs a new power supply. The replacement should be here by Tuesday. When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy UCLA sociologist Gabriel Rossman explains how easy it is to fool yourself with the way you collect your data.

Half-Life 2 Episode 3

Marc Laidlaw posted a plot synopsis for Half-Life 2 Episode 3 on his personal blog. He has a simple substitution cipher for all the names, perhaps since he no longer works for Valve. Reading it was very bittersweet. It is pretty clear by now that Episode 3 will never be

The Long View 2005-08-05: Police Powers; The Skeptical Assassin; The Ironies of ID; The Travelog Not To Be Described

The Aga Khan reportedly protested that the Assassin's Creed series falsified the history of his sect, the Nizaris. I am entirely sympathetic. But falsification may be more than the series is truly capable of, since it features an unusually insipid storyline. I am also sympathetic to John'

Linkfest 2017-06-30

Yesterday, June 29th, was the 61st anniversary of President Eisenhower's signing of the bill that authorized the construction of the Interstate Highway System. Minimum wage fight may heat up after new study finds jobs and hours fell in Seattle This minimum wage study in Seattle is fascinating. It