The New York Yankees are a baseball team that evokes strong emotions from both their fans and fans of the opposing teams. Often billed as the most hated team in baseball, the […]
Nine Innings From Ground Zero – Baseball Helps a City Heal
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.
Book Review: A Superior Death by Nevada Barr – Uncovering Mysteries at Isle Royale
This second book in the Anna Pigeon series has the National Park Ranger now working at Isle Royale National Park, located in Lake Superior near Michigan’s border with Canada. This provides a […]
Series Rewatch – Outlander: Season 1, Episode 5 – Rent
Written by Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, and Toni GraphiaDirected by Brian Kelly In this episode, Claire travels away from the comfort of Castle Leoch and sees this era of Scottish history […]
Book Review – Reunion: A Story by Alex Diaz-Granados – A Reflection on Lost Love
There are very few people in this world who don’t have a story of “the one that got away.” Whether it was a breakup, or realizing that you had something great within […]
Series Rewatch: Babylon 5 – The Geometry of Shadows – Of Wizards and Warlocks
Written by J. Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillioDirected by Michael Vejar There have been a number of moments of prophecy in this series already. It’s remarkable how much J. Michael Straczynski got […]
Book Review: The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
I picked up this book while planning our cruise through the Panama Canal. One of the excursions we chose was to a cacao plantation and chocolate “factory” and I was curious about […]
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood – Here’s One Explanation for Stonehenge
Written by David Fisher and Sydney NewmanDirected by Darrol Blake Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series which has been around off and on since 1963. The main character is […]
Book Review: Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen – A Must-Read!
The title of this book is a bit unfair. It’s not that the teachers intended to teach what they did, it’s that they were sort of forced to by the textbook makers […]
My Adoption Story
I’m writing this because I have a few books on my list that deal with adoption. Whenever an adoptee comes out with anything negative about the adoption experience, it’s immediately assumed that […]
Ghost Hunters UK Volume 2 – Where’s The “Hunting”????
While searching for more DVDs from one of my favorite television shows on the Sci-Fi Channel, I came across these DVDs from the U.K. I thought perhaps they would be on the […]
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