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Book review: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monster...you never know what will happen next

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 8, 2010 - 5:03pm

Review: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
By Kerry Bush

"The family of Dashwood had been settled in Sussex since before the Alteration, when the waters of the world grew cold and hateful to the sons of man, and darkness moved on the face of the deep."

So begins Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, a book that, like its predecessor Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, takes a classic tale of romance and adds to it the element of monsters.

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Game reviews: Final Fantasy XII gets an "A"

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 7, 2010 - 5:25pm

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #15
Final Fantasy XII
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Playstation 2
Rating: T for Teen

Square Enix has always aimed to reinvent the Final Fantasy series with every numbered entry. Consequently, numbered Final Fantasy games usually offend long-time fans in some new and unforgivable way. Final Fantasy XII took this tradition to the extreme.

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Accounting, the IRS and New Year's Eve

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 4, 2010 - 12:54pm

Numbers scare me. Math scares me. The IRS scares me. April 15 scares me. You get the picture...the tax man cometh every year and every year I remember exactly why I did not pursue a career in accounting.

When our kids were babies, we'd tuck them into bed on New Year's Eve with the help of Reema, our then college-age friend/nanny/godmother. Not that we couldn't have put them to bed without her help, but the fact is, we -- Fred -- couldn't do the taxes without her.

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Game review: Sacrifice

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 12:29pm

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #14
Sacrifice
Developer: Shiny Entertainment
Publisher: Interplay
Platform: PC
Rating: M for Mature

Several days ago, gamers all over the world cried out in anguish at the news that the Playstation Portable release of Shiny Entertainment's classic platformer Earthworm Jim had been canceled. I don't know how this will affect the downloadable XBLA, PSN, and Wiiware releases, but I'm guessing the news isn't good on those fronts either.

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A laugh a day

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2010 - 8:08pm

I married my husband because a.) he made me laugh; b.) he liked to do the dishes, c.) he got a 100 percent approval rating from all four of my brothers and d.) he was as weird as I was.

Okay, so there were other reasons. He was kind of cute. He liked to go shopping. To malls. He was cheaper than I was. And oh yeah, there was that little thing called love.

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Breaded pork chops the way they like them at Maple Crest

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2010 - 4:14pm

Breaded pork chops

2 c. seasoned bread crumbs

1/2 c. grated parmesan crumbs

1 T. garlic powder

2 T. parsley flakes

3/4 tsp. salt

Dash of pepper

2 eggs

1/4 c. milk

Pork chops (any amoung up to 24 to 26 chops)

Mix all dry ingredients together. In separate dish, beat eggs. Add milk. Wash and drain pork chops. Dip chops in egg mixture then in bread crumb mixture.

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