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Book Review- Last Lawyer Standing by Douglas Corleone

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Last Lawyer StandingDouglas CorleoneHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0312552289ISBN-13: 978-0312552282 Kevin Corvelli, the protagonist in Douglas Corleone’s legal thriller series is anything but the ordinary lawyer. While he fights for truth and justice with almost a Don Quiote type of idealism, he is a bit more like James […]

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Battleing West Nile and Staying Green

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Due to an outbreak of West Nile virus in Dallas County that has had nearly 200 cases of human infection and 10 deaths, the city is conducting the first aerial spraying of a pesticide in the city since 1966. There are people who are all for the spraying, just kill all the mosquetos with little

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Who Needs the Olympics?

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My guest today is humorist Slim Randles with another offering from the guys down at the Mule Barn. Enjoy… Whenever Delbert McLain – our chamber of commerce here – gets a new idea, he generally shows up at the Mule Barn for coffee. He likes to try the ideas out on bonafide members of the

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Monday Morning Musings

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Call me old-fashioned, but when did sex become just another form of amusement? I thought it was a way to express love for one another, a way to strengthen intimacy on all levels; not just a vehicle for personal pleasure. A recent letter to Dear Abbey is what sparked this blog post. In the letter

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Just For Fun

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There is no book review for today, so I thought I would share a link to a terrific site that has book reviews: So many books, so little time The most current review is of The Dark Side Of Night by Cindy Dees The site is owned by a terrific lady, Lainy, and I have

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Celebrating Strong Women

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I am really late getting my blog updated today. We had quite a nasty storm blow through last night, and I had several trees that came down, one on the gate of my front pasture. Several trees came down in the back pasture, too, but luckily none of the animals were hurt and none of

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What Was Your Childhood Monster?

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Today I have a lot of guests on my blog. I am taking part in a fun blog fest, What was Your Childhood Monster?, started by Christine Rains. Christine is an author, and her latest book, a paranormal romance novella, Fearless was released yesterday. She came up with the idea of having lots of other

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Taking a Stand

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Most of you who follow my blog know that I am opposed to the XL Keystone Pipeline that is to carry tar-sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast where it will be refined and then shipped out – most of it to go to foreign sales. Here is a link to a previous blog

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Book Review – Sorrow Wood by Raymond L. Atkins

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Sorrow WoodRaymond L. AtkinsMedallion Press, IncISBN: 9781934755631Hardcover $25.95August 2009 Reva Blackmon is the probate judge in the small town of Sand Valley, Alabama. Her husband, Wendell is a policeman in the same town where his duties largely consist of breaking up dog fights, investigating alien abductions, extinguishing truck fires, and spending endless hours riding the

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Strong Woman – Gabby Douglas

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I could hardly celebrate strong women without featuring Gabby Douglas today. Just in case you have not heard the news, she is the USA Olympic Gymnast from Virginia Beach, VA, and yesterday she made history as the first African American to win a Gold Medal in the women’s gymnastics all around. In a report on

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