http://stores.lulu.com/brandoneastonIn a Catholic-controlled future society, a disgraced soldier discovers a secret pact between the government he was sworn to protect and a powerful global Vampire cult.In a universe of faith based on lies, Rictor Ca
It's 7:00 Chicago time. An hour earlier, I awoke to the sight of Darth Vader standing over my bed, preparing to cut me down with his light saber. Quickly, I reached under my pillow, grabbed my light saber and deflected the blow that would surely woul
I have experienced major technical issues with only this site, over the internet, in the last two months. First, for some reason, I can not specifically reply to comments, can not send emails from this, my home computer, can not join a group or invit
The last time I watched BET was to say good by at 3:30am to my favorite show. UNCUT so tonight while channel surfing I stopped at BET to watch HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE. Its Ironic that BET will play a movie like that ,which should have been A blue print for
History and etymology An African-American scholar and social activist, Ron Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as the first African-American holiday. Karenga said his goal was to "...give Blacks an alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an
I’m a sucker for those sidebar stories—I was looking at Weird Science Stories of 2008 when I noticed this item, Superman's planet is racially diverse — finally. Maybe it's being a comics fan, where you really have to suspend disbelief sometimes, mayb
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Battlestar Galactica has been hailed as "the best television show ever!" but that's what they said about The Sopranos and Mad Men and what they'll be saying in the future about some other show. More modest proponents have said "it's the best science
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A highly-skilled, resourceful agent, blond and attractive, works for a shadowy agency whose headquarters is a split-level operation, unfinished concrete walls and task lighting. The director looks down on countless operatives either glued to workstat
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Silicon Valley is on the verge of producing sophisticated software that will allow motion picture companies to create actors on a computer who are visually indistinguishable from real people, San Jose's Mercury News reported today (Thursday). In the
Where is Everybody?The Colonial Fleet has not encountered any other intelligent life during their travels—in fact, it seems the Colonials have never encountered intelligent life anywhere, ever, nor do they ever seem wonder about it, even in passing.
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Upgrade Makes EV Viable for 95% of All Journeys So a DIY car powered on walnut shells is not your thing - what about an electric car? While UK electric vehicle retailer NICE may have been hit by the financial crisis, and while the Norwegian electric
As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full dog and pony show, formally announcing the availability of the upcoming operating system as a public beta. Want to see what the fuss is al
Looking back on 2008, it was the first year that actually seemed like the 21st century—since November 4, anyway. (How many times did you get the email that said,” We didn't get forty acres and a mule but now we got fifty states and a White House"?) T
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One of the definitions of resolution is “to deal with successfully.” That being the case, perhaps we should call “new year’s resolutions” something else. So along with reading the entire Bible and cleaning out/organizing _________________________ and
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Obama and Spider-Man appear in comic together By LISA TOLIN The Associated Press Thursday, January 8, 2009; 1:58 PM WASHINGTON -- Spider-Man has a new sidekick: The president-elect. Barack Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child, so Marvel Comic
And just who the hell is Matt Smith?” Turns out the 26-year-old has been cast as the newest lead in Doctor Who, as confirmed Saturday. But, on one level, Matt Smith will represent, to me, a wasted opportunity. Not that I think Smith will make a bad D
