"Southland Tales" MegaRecap up at the Agony Booth!

I know I’m breaking my self-imposed hiatus, but I did promise to give you a goody for Christmas. Back in August, I worked with some other folks on a massive review of the movie Southland Tales, and it’s finally up at the Agony Booth! Head on over to http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Southland_Tales_2006.aspx to read it–it’s best to read [...]

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It’s rest time; Cafe going on Christmas hiatus

So if I was Daniel a couple of years from now, I’d be like, “Wait a minute. We live about an hour away from Wisconsin Dells, with all the water parks and rides and fun, fun, fun…and we can go up anytime we want, and you didn’t tell me? Why aren’t we up there EVERY [...]

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Book Review: "Air" by Geoff Ryman

So I’ve been attending a Wiscon book club ever since we moved to Madison. It’s nice–I’ve never been in a face-to-face book group before. They mostly read works that are connect with Wiscon, like Tiptree Award Winners, so this is also my first time being in a fantasy/sci-fi book group.
Air by Geoff Ryman was the [...]

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Finally! A story out the door! Now I can get on with my life! (or at least ‘Willow’…)

Welcome back. Did you have a good Thanksgiving? Eat too much turkey? Ended up snoring in front of a televised…er…digitized football game?
Me? I just got back from visiting family. Seems there’s a little side effect in moving to Madison called “travel”. As in, we get to “travel” to visit family now. We “travel” two hours [...]

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