Absolution Gap

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 22:09
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Still reading

What is fair?

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 21:53
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I have to hand it to Mr Boortz and Congressman Linder: whether you like their proposal or not, they are actually thinking about how to improve our current hideous taxation system. In fact, their proposal replaces the entire Internal Revenue Service so unless you're a big fan of the devil you know, right off the bat their proposal almost has to be a good one.

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What gets stuck in the eye of the beholder?

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 01:28
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Steve Martin's latest novel, A Thing of Beauty, is about a number of things of beauty. It's the story of t

Finally checking out the Philosopher's Stone

Submitted by Steven M Scotten on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 23:30
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With the new Harry Potter movie out, I decided that I would finally get around to reading the books and seeing what all the fuss is about. I understand that the later books aren't quite as lightweight as this, but one must start at the beginning.

Thanks to my friend Erik I was able to read it in the original English, meaning the Queen's English rather than the American English. I like American English just fine, but I wanted to read it as it was originally written, with trainers rather than sneakers and so on.

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Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.

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