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• Reading My Father - a Book by Alexandra Styron

  

  Reading My Father by Alexandra StyronMy rating: 3 of 5 starsWilliam Styron was a greatly flawed man shaped by promise and destroyed by clinical depression. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Top 5 Books Read 2013Dark Tide The Great Boston Molasses ...

  

  Top 5 Books Read 2013Dark Tide The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 - Stephen PuleoRosemary's Baby - Ira LevinArguably: Essays - Christopher HitchensThe... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• The Divine Invasion by Philip K. DickMy Rating: 5 of 5 St...

  

  The Divine Invasion by Philip K. DickMy rating: 5 of 5 starsSLEEPERS AWAKE TO HYPER-REALITYI listened to the Audio Version of this book. Valis One was incredibl... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Men Naked in the Woods

  

  Ken Dowling interviewed Chuck Palahniuk, here is an excerpt. You can find the interview on Chuck's Website. : "I think that young men are completely in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Reviewed: Moby-Dick

  

  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMy rating: 5 of 5 starsA great book that is so much more than just a hunting of a whale. Or an obsession towards an... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Joyland Stephen King

  

  Joyland byStephen King Gregory Rothbard's review Oct 04, 13 · edit 2 of 5 stars bookshelves: read-2013, pulp-fiction, crime-novels, ghosts Read from September 3... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Lakeland Florida Provides Readers a Dialog

  Books Sandwiched In is a good investment in the community of Lakeland, Florida. The monthly book gifts its members with the ability to see and appreciate the... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Texting at the Game

  

  Dialogue between my wife and I during a Rays Game. I was at the game and she was in transit and at home. Here is the text dialogue: 1 to 0 Rays winning. I cooke... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Review: Neal Stephenson-Anathem

  

  Neal Stephenson is a thinker and a philosopher, disguising himself as a fiction writer. He creates a wonderful world full of deep thinking and dangerous curves. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Depeche Mode's New Album 12.5 /16

  

  The songs on Delta Machine work over all. because Depeche Mode knows what it does well. The songs that work best are the ones that blend the blues with an... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ENTERTAINMENT

• Einstein's Dreams by Alan LightmanTime is Something for u...

  

  Einstein's Dreams by Alan LightmanTime is something for us to use so we can be productive. The guilt with time is our inability to control and be as productive... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Notes

  

  Are you looking for Summer Reads and Traveling in Florida? Check out these authors:Tim Dorsey (Tampa Bay)Riptide Ultra-glide.Carl Hiaasen (Miami)Bad Monkey... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: My Route to Lakeland Florida 2006

  

  I began1893 miles from-the start of the connect the dot puzzle,(Start) Lakeland Floridato Atlanta Georgia,to Chattanooga Tennesseeto St. Louis, Missouri,to... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: Youthful Flavors

  

  The witches face cackledwrinkled like a popcorn ceiling,an usher with a flashlight. The fridge would hum mm and talk to mefilling my head up with liessnap-... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Tales from Barba Roja (the Politically Incorrect Pirate)

  

  This is a correspondence from Barba Roja the magnificient Pirate to his parents. We found the letter bound up in a bunch of junk mail. It was dated April 20,... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: Descent off Swin Set.

  The dreams alwaysstarted the same way with meon a swing set.Swing set bolted,firmly to the ground, I kickedhigher and higher, up.Then I would flyto my favorite... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: A Day in the Life V. 2.55

  

  In Remembrance to a Poem by Frank O' HaraA Day in the Life (V. 2.55)It is 11:10 in Lakeland, a Tuesday,two days after the World Series,it is 2012 and I brush... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: Start of the Day

  

  The following haiku is an answer to Twlya Tharp's queston. "How do you start the Day?". I am currently working through her book the Creative Habit Learn it and... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: Apprentice

  

  Apprenticed:My open Torahmy stylus points, magicallythe words float up.I the apprenticelearns to breath, render, "alpehs" and "bets."whispers bounce... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Poetry Circus: The Spice Road v. 3

  

  One way flight to Egypt,the ticket left in Portland.One way safe and knowable, the otherway, is not, a place I know.lost (ticket) left on a seat snow storm cast... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT