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McCain Takes On Palin

Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain, released a book this Tuesday August 31, 2010 titled “Dirty, Sexy, Politics”. The book gives a behind the scenes look at her father’s recent campaign as well as her thoughts on the state of the Republican party. What’s been making headlines recently is statements Meghan McCain makes in the book in regards to her mixed feelings about Sara Palin. In an interview today McCain was questioned about Palin and said “I’m speaking out now because I do have conflicting feelings about her,”. Although Meghan had plenty of nice things to say about Palin she says in the book that she began having her doubts about Palin during the campaign when she started giving interviews.

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Sep 2

2010

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SICK CITY by Tony O’Neill

Sick City by Tony O’Neill Publisher: Harper Perennial Pages: 384 Buy on Amazon SICK CITY by Tony O’Neil Review (3.5 out of 5 Stars) The first thing that caught my eye about the latest Tony O’Neill novel, Sick City, was a quote on the cover. “I loved the whole F**ked-up journey”-Slash Now, you know Slash has seen some stuff. So for him to say this was a messed up book was enough to get me intrigued. Well folks, Slash was at least partially right. It is in fact a f**ked-up journey. Did I love it? I don’t think so. I mean it was a good book, but its not something I’d ever want to read again. In fact, I’d really like to have some of the contents erased entirely from my memory. You’re probably asking yourself what this book is about. Well the plot is fairly simple. Two guys, Jeffrey [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Sep 1

2010

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THE SWORD Vol 1 FIRE Comic Book Review

The Sword by The Luna Brothers Publisher: Image Comics Pages: 152 Buy on Amazon THE SWORD by The Luna Brothers (5 out of 5 Stars) So recently I was introduced to the world of comic books by Eric and Sandie (click here to learn more). Since I liked their first recommendation, Fables, so much I decided to check out another one from their list. I went with The Sword because the name appealed to the fantasy geek in me. The Sword is about a young paraplegic girl named Dara Brighton. She has a blissfully normal life: she goes to college, has a best friend, loving parents and a supportive sister. All this changes one night when three strangers show up at her house and murder her whole family right before her eyes. From this moment you instantly become hooked and you’ll spend the rest of the volume searching for answers. [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 31

2010

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FABLES Vol 1: LEGENDS IN EXILE Comic Book Review

Fables Vol 1: Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham Publisher: Vertigo Pages: 128 Buy on Amazon FABLES: LEGENDS IN EXILE by Bill Willingham Review (5 out of 5 Stars) I’ve always looked at comic book fans the same way I look at people who enjoy playing team sports or gourmet cooking – their hobbies are a respectable way to pass the time but something I’m not really interested in trying myself. However, recently Sandie and Eric lent me a stack of comics that they claim are every bit as good as the books I read, so I figured I would give comic book reading the old college try. Here’s what I was given: Fables: Volume 1 Legends in Exile By Bill Willingham and Lan Medina Secret Identity Volume 1 by Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen Y The Last Man: Volume 1 Unmanned by Brian Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 25

2010

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EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

Book Title by Elizabeth Gilbert Publisher: Penguin Pages: 352 Buy on Amazon EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert Review (3.5 out of 5 Stars) Excited by the interesting looking movie trailer for Eat Pray Love I decided to first read the book, adhering to the old rule that the book tends to be better than the movie. Eat Pray Love:One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is a true story that chronicles Gilbert’s recovery from a very nasty and drawn out divorce. One night, while she’s still married, Elizabeth hits rock bottom. She doesn’t want to be married anymore and she doesn’t know where to turn. She ends up on her bathroom floor praying to God. This brings her some comfort and becomes sort of a nightly ritual. After Gilbert finally separates from her husband she decides what she needs is to get away from her life [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 24

2010

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Twilight Saga Spoofed in VAMPIRE SUCK (Poll)

On August 18, 2010 Vampires Suck, a movie inspired by the hit Twilight series is released in theaters. Check out our sister site Daemons Movies to learn more. I feel like Hollywood thinks every popular movie warrants a spoof (Harry Potter, 300, Scream, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc, etc). People will definitely watch it based purely on the rule that if you get enough people to like something enough, sooner or later an anti-community will emerge. Here’s the question I’m throwing to you: who is more lame, the fans or the anti-fans or should I say Twi-Tards vs. Anti-Twi-Tards? Please cast your vote below. Here’s some more info to help you make up your mind: Twi-Tards:Overly enthusiastic fans that pledge allegiance to either Team Edward or Team Jacob. Will often camp overnight for sightings of the actors that play the characters. Some ‘Twi-Tards’ have difficulty distinguishing the actors from the [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 13

2010

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When Life Imitates Art: Eat, Pray, Love

In the book Eat, Pray, Love (as soon to be movie staring Julia Roberts) the author Elizabeth Gilbert reinvents herself after a nasty divorce by spending a year traveling to Italy, India, and Indonesia. In the book, Gilbert finds inner peace by spending time in an Ashram in India meditating, working, and doing yoga. Inspired by her success, fans of Eat, Pray, Love have started taking their own journeys to self discovery, reports the New York Post. The only problem with this is that without proper planning, a search for inner peace can bring nothing but turmoil. Here are a couple important things to keep in mind before planning your trip: 1. Elizabeth Gilbert was a successful writer and experienced traveler before planning her trip. She financed her year abroad with the advance from her book and made contacts in each place before her visit. 2. Some places that may [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 12

2010

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Kardashian Konfidential Cover

People magazine has released the cover of the upcoming Kardashian autobiography, Kardashian Konfidential, in stores November 23rd (just in time for me not to buy it for Christmas). What I am most impressed with is that the photographer managed to make Khloé look the same height as her sisters in the cover. I imagine the same technology that was used to make Elijah Wood appear like a 1.5 foot hobbit was used for the photo (either that or the other two sisters are standing on milk crates). Leave me a comment and let me know if you plan on reading Kardashian Konfidential.

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 12

2010

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The World’s Cutest Bookworm

Generally speaking, I’m not a huge fan of people dressing their kids up in cute little costumes and scenes to take a picture. You’ve all seen these before, poor defenseless infants dressed as cucumbers and sunflowers…you know there are so going to get beaten up for that later in life. If you were to do this to one of your buddies after a night out, while he’s face down on the carpet your suddenly a “bad guy”, but doing this sort of thing to a sleeping infant is art? I dunno. However, even I have to admit that this picture that was recently posted on MediaBistro is pretty darn cute. I think it’s the glasses and the little worm body that really make the picture. What do you think? Mean, or Cute, or both? Follow me on Twitter @amiedaemons

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 6

2010

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How Scribd Is Creating Authors

One of the hardest things about becoming a successful writer is getting your work read. Scribd.com is making that part easy. For those of you not familiar with the site, here’s an excerpt off of their About Us page: Scribd is the largest social publishing and reading site in the world. We’ve made it incredibly simple for anyone to share and discover informative, entertaining and original written content on the web and mobile devices. Our vision is to liberate the written word, to connect people and organizations with the information and ideas that matter most to them. So basically, you can upload your writing to their site, which is read by millions of people each month, which is making it much easier for talented writers out there to get noticed. Recently, Media Bistro posted an article about how a young writer, Hyla Molander, posted her story on Scribd and received [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Aug 4

2010

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