but like the rest of the Strike series is a total page turner. I’m also listening to it a bit on Spotify Premium, because the beauty is you don’t have to commit to the whole audiobook, like on Audible, you can dip in and out of lots of books...
We all remember that first day of elementary school. Landing on the moon would have been infinitely easier—at least there wouldn't have been scary-looking figures of authority ready to swallow you up for every little mistake. Then you met your first teacher, and he/she immediately put you ...
We thanked her quietly and shuffled up to our room, which was situated one floor up, and bordered on both sides by a dim stairwell, and the steadily chuffing elevator. The room was not a thing of beauty or convenience; the curtains were shredded from the middle, as though someone had ...
(Still image from YouTube video) * * * The Traffic Machine In his “A Reporter at Large” column, Morris Markey sang praises for the Triborough Bridge project, which was making visible progress on the massive public work that commenced in 1930. City officials had dreamed for years about ...
the goal was to create a song that signified the future — and it did. "I Feel Love" was the first song to pair repetitive synthesizer loops with four-on the-floor bass drum and an off-beat hi-hat, helping to forge the path for synth pop, New Romantics, Italo disco, Hi-NRG, ele...
Pizzazz responds, “Ohmigod. Shuttup. You clearly saw the remake. Lame.” I expect Jem’s readership divides similarly: those who immediately swooned in recognition of Daniel Larusso’s shower and Cobra Kai’s skeleton costumes from the original Karate Kid, and those who maybe saw the re...
Christmas Evecollects three of Alistair Cooke’s Christmas-time stories from his legendary BBC “Letters from America” broadcast. I listened to the audiobook version of the collection,Letters from America, 1946-1004, recently, and saddened at the thought that his sublimely calm, balanced voice is...
Instead, they found a humble country house prone to the worst of the Riviera’s wet grey months: “dampness everywhere, between one’s ribs, dripping from one’s fingers, mud all over the floor. It corrodes one’s very soul.” And instead of the Famous Five-style adventures of ...
Newel Post- turned wooden post from floor to ceiling for one side of a cabin. Serves as a handhold while the boat is at sea. Pissdale- an 18th century ship’s urinal, which was essentially a tapered lead tube leading to the sea. Often located near the officer’s quarters. Sickbay- ...
A sketch from "May Cause Involuntary Political Discharge" has Yoshi killing Mario and Luigi as retribution for abandoning him. A later sketch has a Lakitu rescuing Thelma and Louise when they drive their car off a cliff. Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals[edit] In the episode "We're Here to We...