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The Fort By Bernard Cornwell

Posted on Apr 30, 2011 by NFB

It really isn’t one of his best. It’s a general retelling of the ill-fated Penobscot expedition during the American Revolutionary War, one of the revolutionaries great military failures. Cornwall tells the story mostly through four perspectives: American militia General Peleg … Continue reading →

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Intervention In Libya: An Awful Idea

Posted on Mar 17, 2011 by NFB

This is a very bad, very stupid, very emotionally driven idea. The problems are obvious and should be to anyone with the slightest hint of intelligence. -Western air power will kill innocent civilians. -It will cost an extreme amount of … Continue reading →

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Football 10/11: vs Chelsea

Posted on Mar 2, 2011 by NFB

What can I say? I’m disappointed, for many reasons. We placed too deep in the second half, always a bad choice against Chelsea. We failed to exploit a very dodgy looking Chelsea right flank. We didn’t make enough chances to really … Continue reading →

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Glee: Emphasis on the “Rocky”

Posted on Nov 4, 2010 by NFB

Man, I’m worried this show is starting to suffer from Heroes syndrome. You know, where after a great first season, it starts to tank in the second, going into a tailspin it can’t recover from. As I said earlier on, … Continue reading →

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Not So Gleeful

Posted on Oct 15, 2010 by NFB

I’m not so impressed with the new season. I have two main complaints. The first is that the show is trying to cram in too much in terms of sub-plots. Glee is nothing but sub-plots now. I suppose the main … Continue reading →

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It Is Not War #6: Endor

Posted on Sep 24, 2010 by NFB

(Sadly, the videos I used in this post have since been taken down due to copyright infringement. I guess you’ll just have to use your memories). With a few spectacular exceptions, tribal armies have never gotten on well against colonial … Continue reading →

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Eric Flint Is Writing The Wrong Stuff

Posted on Sep 10, 2010 by NFB

I read 1632 a while ago. It’s garbage. The kind of really pro-American, bizarrely random alternative history fiction that grates. Bad characters, boring fight scenes (the American’s win again? Astounding!) and really, really pretentious romantic sub plots. Seriously, that stuff with the … Continue reading →

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