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  1. What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...

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    Owen is my least favorite character in the whole series. He is very obviously an author insertion character. Besides that he has the whole "rebel without a clue" and "loudmouth so Conservative that he makes Conservatives as a class look bad" thing going. Hell, I prefer the thinly veiled Wolverine knock-off that is Harbinger. Turns out my favorite character is painted as an almost bad guy in the first few books (Franks). 

     

    I have enjoyed the series but there have been many things that have just made me sign in weak exasperation.

     

    Does it get any better in the next few books?

  4. What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...

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    After hearing alot of good things about it, I purchased and read Monster Hunters International. 

     

    Positives:

    The author put some nice twists into his world. I have always liked monster hunter campaigns and movies, so this was really enjoyable.

    No good guy characters in the book were really invulnerable and everyone took a beating

    Some of the situations had me thinking "Holy crap, how the hell are they going to get out of this????

     

    Not so Positives...

    I'm sure I'm going to get some flak for this, but Owen is a Mary Sue... I just can't get past this.  Maybe it's because of the first person way the story is told, or the forced, weird feeling romance that was shoved in, but yeah, Mary Sue.  I honestly feel that if the Owen character was replaced by someone else, I would have enjoyed the book more.

  9. Creepy Pics.

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    Brillatrix LeStrange: ZOOM IN. BOTTOM LEFTHAND CORNER JUST OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.

     

    Lisa DiDio: Ya.The farmhouse where I had my firstborn was torn down because some ghost sleuths took this pic (years after we moved out)

     

    CvTZMlqUMAAHsx-.jpg

     

    Update: Included a ghost story that branched off from the picture. https://storify.com/bazzaclarke/ghost-story

     

    At least he's wearing a coat and trousers.  I'd hate to have a spirit walking around in a wife beater and flip flops.

  13. I have a dream. (and MAN was it wierd!)

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    Last night I had a dream that I was back in the Navy, and I was about to set off on a 6 month deployment.  It was a surprise, and I hadn't set things in order with my apartment, or even told my family. As i boarded the ship, I realized my ID was outdated; I had a general idea where my shop should have been, but I couldn't find it.  I had to show up to check in with the shop, but part of my uniform was missing and I was not clean shaven.  And there were no open racks in the berthing area. I blame the bratwurst.

  14. Musings on Random Musings

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    Re: Musings on Random Musings

     

    Can't do that' date=' either. 'Bec is like the Reavers: if you run, you'll just draw his attention... and then the chase is on... and the chase has only one, very sad, ending. And, yes, I used the word "ending" on purpose.[/quote']

     

    Very good Reavers analogy... add in a 50 gallon drum of chunky peanut butter, a wool brush, and a used jock strap to your usual Reaver welcome, and you'd have one heck of a party :D

  20. The move to FTP

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    Re: The move to FTP

     

    I've tried other Free to Play games, such as DnD Online and LotR, but they just made me want to lay WoW more. I might give Champions online a try when it goes freeplay, which is more of a chance than I've given it before.

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