Year: 2008
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All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder: Volume I – A Graphic Novel Review
This book is absolutely insane, and I loved it! What we have here is a Batman story free of any previous or current continuity. Writer Frank Miller is taking Batman and starting his story from scratch. (Or is he? More on that later.) The Batman in this storyline is testosterone fueled, immature, and more than…
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The Things They Carried – A Book Review
In The Things They Carried, Vietnam veteran Tim O’Brien called upon his own wartime experiences, labeled them as fiction, and wrote one of the most emotionally potent books I’ve ever read. It’s irrelevant to me how much of O’Brien’s book “really happened” because O’Brien’s words and stories in The Things They Carried deeply touched me. …
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Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll – A Book Review
Land of Laughs was actually recommended to me based on my love of Paul Auster by someone I’ve never met. Though I was totally unfamiliar with Jonathan Carroll, I’m always on the hunt for new (to me) authors, so I figured I’d give him a shot! Land of Laughs is about a man named Thomas…
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About County Board Candidate Dave Van Allen
If you live in West Bloomington’s District 8, odds are you’ve probably already met County Board candidate Dave Van Allen. After all, so far he’s visited 1500 households! I don’t live in West Bloomington, therefore I can’t vote for Dave. Furthermore, I won’t pretend to be an expert on politics in general, including those of…
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The Batman Befuddlement
I need to say this from the outset: I’ve been a huge Batman fan since the age of three. In 1980, my mom brought out my Batman birthday cake and I’ve been a bat-fan ever since. Nothing will ever change that. However, even I must admit, when looking at Batman from a motivational standpoint,…
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