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Year: 2011

Review: The Alarmists

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Sociologist Brent Michaels finds patterns in what appears to be the chaos of human interaction.  When he receives a call from the Pentagon to work on a special case, he’s intrigued.  Little does he know that his decision to accept the case will lead to danger and active field work.  Will he make the connection in time or will the world come to an end? The Alarmists is an excellent suspense novel.  The conspiracy theory within the book definitely makes you see the events taking place in the world in a different light.  The book had elements of a good…

Pizza Night

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Project 365 – #125 D and Munchkin felt like having pizza tonight, so I pulled out some frozen Udi’s gluten free pizza crusts to make some quick pizzas.  Munchkin wanted just cheese.  She did end up throwing on some tomatoes after the pizza was cooked.  D had a turkey, mushroom, and onion pizza.  I had a fresh herb and tomato pizza.  Yum!

Review: No Work Spanish

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We live in an area where Spanish is probably spoken just as much if not more than English. Needless to say, it’s very helpful if you can communicate, even basically, in Spanish. One of the things that we’ve learned is that Spanish does not translate directly to English or vice versa. It’s okay to learn Spanish words, but it doesn’t directly translate into being able to understand or speak Spanish. The concept behind No Work Spanish fits right in with many of the things that we’ve found while trying to learn Spanish.  You will naturally pick up some words when…

Dive into Yesterday’s Classics

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My love of books is evidenced by all of the full book cases around our house.  Unfortunately, sometimes finding the classics can be a time consuming and expensive endeavor.  It can also be difficult to move a huge collection of books every time the military sends us to a new location.  Not to mention, some houses don’t have room for all of our books.  Each move seems to require a book purge **gulp** before and sometimes after the move. When we were given the opportunity to review Yesterday’s Classics e-book package, I was thrilled.  We were able to receive the…