Author Archives: Ralph

Forsaken

Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken is the latest thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. ‘I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.’ 1735 – London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use…

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A History of Modern Lebanon

— A stunning history of Lebanon over five centuries –“Skillfully weaving together social, political, cultural and economic history, this deeply informed and penetrating study provides a rich understanding of the vibrant, tragic, but ever hopeful Leban GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“BvINAQAAMAAJ”, 500,400);

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Mission

When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America’s boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and fulfill his family mission to serve his country–only to face obstacle after obstacle from both Hollywood and Washington. Finally…

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Deck the Halls…and Cactus: Christmas Tree Pass

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #402 Date of Adventure: 2/17/20 Exploring Christmas Tree Pass, an off-road trail that goes over Spirit Mountain from Laughlin, NV to U.S. 95 south of CalNevAri. This drive is not only beautiful…it’s full of weird surprises! Credits: Jingle Bells by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)…

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Denny’s aims for Twitter Grand Slam with NSA surveillance zinger [pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/TheKGBeast/status/344456425055084544 When MTV and BET faked Twitter hackings for publicity, Denny’s scored big by tweeting, “OMG we hacked ourselves because it’s the cool thing to do!“ On Monday, Denny’s attempted to capitalize on the NSA snooping scandal with this tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/DennysDiner/status/344205950271488000 Heh: http://twitter.com/#!/phillydesign/status/344255442156937217 Creepy? True? A a social media Grand Slam? Twitter users weigh in:…

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‘Spring break in Siberia is off’: Pols react to being #SanctionedByPutin

http://twitter.com/#!/IsaacDovere/status/446680428716756992 Not so fast, there. The #SanctionedByPutin hashtag is taking off after all, and the Wall Street Journal has even declared those who have been sanctioned members of “the hottest club in D.C.” Who in Washington is cool enough to be a member of this exclusive club? http://twitter.com/#!/SenatorMenendez/status/446677639903055872 http://twitter.com/#!/SenLandrieu/status/446703364534190080 http://twitter.com/#!/SenLandrieu/status/446705170391793664 http://twitter.com/#!/SenDanCoats/status/446691328433618945 Also sanctioned were National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, Deputy…

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James Woods not ready to move on from ‘phony scandal’ of Benghazi

http://twitter.com/#!/RavenLilyGirl/status/362315025915985922 Actor James Woods has been on a roll today, but his photographic reminder of that “phony scandal” that happened “a long time ago” deserves special mention. The president may have announced that he’ll spend “every minute of every day” doing everything in his power to restore the middle class, but we wouldn’t mind if he’d…

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