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May.24.2013
From R. Barri Flowers, award winning crime writer and internationally bestselling author of DARK STREETS OF WHITECHAPEL and KILLER IN THE WOODS, comes a gripping new psychological thriller, BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN: A Veronica Vasquez Thriller.
FBI psychologist and criminal profiler Veronica...
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May.20.2013
My wife had her New Day sustainability breakfast on Friday morning. The agenda is to provide a forum for everyone to come together to share grassroot ideas about improving community. They often have several speakers. One speaker this week was from the United Way.
I was surprised...
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Apr.02.2013
We're planning a trip to Bend, Oregon. It won't be much, just three days and two nights.
We do expect adventures.
Not having ever been to Bend, we're looking forward to it. Oregon is the sixth state my wife and I have adopted as home. We've never done as well as we should in...
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Dec.14.2012
The National Rifle Association is a collection of cowardly bastards afraid to venture out in the world without firearms. Most of our politicians are yellow bastards who do what NRA members tell them. That’s why our children are murdered.
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Dec.06.2012
I arrive home from a day on the reservation and notice my clothes smell of smoke. Then I remember the three homeless men sitting by a fire. Neda had asked the Senior Center to pack extra lunches - salmon, boiled potatoes, broccoli - then we drove to the men's camp to give them the food....
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Sep.01.2012
Kesey's first book, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, is written in a more relaxed traditional style, but he must have been on LSD too long when he wrote SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, because he's everywhere, even in a dog's head. (Tolstoy did that too. It's okay; I've been there too.)
It all happens in...
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Jun.03.2012
Capitol Murder, by Philip Margolin
image via goodreads.com
I sometimes read this sort of pulp; it has many readers, and I often find myself wondering what I’ve missed. Once again, I find I haven’t missed all that much. In such books, the characters are an inch deep, the prose is often...
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Dec.15.2011
My little sister's partner just gave birth to their first baby. She's six weeks old. I have a daughter myself who will be 13 in April. I flew out to Portland, Ore., last week to see the new baby and to lend a hand. My sister is back at work now and her partner is home alone full-time with the...
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Nov.27.2011
I forget which streaming video service I was on, but I got recommended the movie "If a Tree Falls: A story of the Earth Liberation Front," I guess based on the other documentaries I watch. Recommender systems are interesting because I don't actually watch many political documentaries. As...
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Nov.22.2011
Just now the word has come in: Governor John Kitzhaber has stopped the execution of two time killer Gary Haugen. He is on the radio now, in tears, he is describing how our death penalty system is broken. It has been carried out twice in the past 49 years, both on Kitzbaber's watch.
He says...
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