4/30/2008 1:46:51 PM,Books,Dean,
I finished this book last week, and I enjoyed it quite a bit more than Blasphemy, which is another book I read by Douglas Preston.
The book tells the story of a stranger carrying out a dying mans last wish, and the tangled mess that comes with it unbeknownst to him at the time.
The story takes place
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3/24/2008 5:19:17 AM,Movies,Dean,
My Netflix queue finally worked it's way down to this title. You may have already seen it, but I figured I'd review it anyhow.
I watched this movie in HD-DVD format.
This was a pretty good action flick along the same veins as the "Bourne" movies. Basically the story of a badass sniper that is retired, then tricked by a group of government officials to do their dirty work.
Mark Wahlberg is totally believable as the sniper, and the movie has good dialogue, action sequences
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3/24/2008 5:18:38 AM,Video Games,Dean,
When I purchased The Orange Box, I had no idea what to expect from this title. I had played the Half-Life games, and had a blast with them, and I Team Fortress looked amazing. Nestled in between those games on the disc is Portal, which I figured was essentially a mini-game.
I settled down to play some Half-Life, and decided I'd give the Portal a quick try before jumping into my Half-Life session. I was addicted almost instantly, and played this until 10:00 (my bedtime) that night, then jumped
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1/28/2008 12:00:00 AM,Video Games,Dean,
That being said, I became so engrossed in this title that I haven't been able to play anything else since I started it.
I received this title as a Christmas gift, and knew that I would be playing it, but with fresh copies of Call of Duty 4 and The Orange Box, this one ended up staying shrink-wrapped until sometime in January.
One of the first things that you must do in the game is create your profile. I did my best to make it look like me, but gave up after a while. I have never bee
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