I was so very proud of the town I live in yesterday. New Hampshire is not a state known for its diversity. In the 2010 census we were 94% white. The few […]
Black Lives Matter Protest in North Conway
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Icarus Factor – Klingon Culture and Riker’s Journey
Written by David Assael, Robert McCullough, and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Robert Iscove One thing I love about Star Trek: The Next Generation which seems to begin here – about mid-way through […]
Movie Review: Mercury Rising – Missed Opportunities in Storytelling
Written by Ryne Douglas Pearson, Lawrence Konner, and Mark RosenthalDirected by Harold Becker I had heard a lot of positive buzz about this movie, so I anticipated sitting down to watch it […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Time Squared – Captain Picard’s Temporal Dilemma
Written by Maurice Hurley, Kurt Michael Bensmiller, and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Joseph L. Scanlan The Enterprise finds a small ship in space. Upon attaching a tractor beam and dragging it into […]
Book Review: Rendezvous by Nelson DeMille – A Gripping Short Story of Survival
Rendezvous is a short story by Nelson DeMille, telling the story of a band of troops on patrol in Viet Nam who find themselves being stalked by a female sniper who is […]
Book Review: Santa’s Twin – The Holiday Tale of Bob Claus by Dean Koontz
I know what you’re thinking: A children’s book written by Dean Koontz? Surely you can’t mean the Dean Koontz? Lightning? Mr. Murder? That Dean Koontz???? Yes, that Dean Koontz. Well now Thanksgiving […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Royale- An Unbelievably Bad Adventure
Written by Tracy Torme, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein, and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Cliff Bole The Enterprise happens upon a sizeable piece of space debris. After beaming it on board, we see […]
Escape From the Planet of the Apes: Consistency? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Consistency!
Written by Paul DehnDirected by Don Taylor When we last left Earth’s future, it had just been blow to smithereens. So how could there possibly be a sequel? Unbeknownst to the other […]
Book Review – Far and Away: A Prize Every Time by Neil Peart – Neil Peart’s Motorcycle Adventures
Some people might know who the author is right off. Some people might know the name but can’t place it. Some people will have no clue. Neil Peart is the late drummer […]
Growing Up On Long Island: Racism 103 – It Gets Worse
In my last post I covered how the police started treating the neighborhood differently once we were “mixed.” What could have been a very bad incident didn’t bring police in until shots […]
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