Archive for October 8th, 2007

Oct 08 2007

Week 244

Published by Fence under Weekly memes

Muttering time again:

  1. Cluster ::
  2. Announcement ::
  3. Respect ::
  4. Incident ::
  5. Accordion ::
  6. Drunk ::
  7. If ::
  8. Dexter ::
  9. Wedding ::
  10. Gambling ::

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Oct 08 2007

War

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

Dir: Philip G. Atwell
Writ: Lee Anthony Smith & Gregory J. Bradley

  • Jet Li … Rogue
  • Jason Statham … Jack Crawford
  • Devon Aoki … Kira
  • Luis Guzmán … Benny

Supposedly this is a martial-arts action film about an FBI agent hunting down an assassin because he killed the cop’s partner. But in reality there isn’t enough plot for that. Which is very surprising because there is a LOT of story and very little martial arts. There is a fair amount of action, but it is all things we’ve seen before.

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Oct 08 2007

1916

Published by Fence under Books

Author: Morgan Llywelyn
ISBN: 0812574923 DDC: 813.54
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Ned awoke with a start.
The atmosphere in the darkened cabin was warm and close, smelling of lavender wax and fresh linen.

Image of 1916Ned Halloran has just survived the sinking of the Titanic. Traumatised by the loss of life, including that of his parents, he returns home to Ireland. His older brother takes over the running of the farm and Ned is lucky enough to be sent to school. The school chosen for him is St. Edna’s, or Scoil Eanna, a secondary school set up by Padraig Pearse. There he becomes caught up by the nationalist feelings and teaching and becomes involved in the Easter Rising of 1916.

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