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5 November '08
Catharsis
1.A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear.
2. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.
Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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2 November '08
No News is...Well, No News
It's been quiet out here--by "out here" I mean my living room. Work proceeds slowly and obsessively on the next book. The dog needs to be walked. True Blood has me hooked. And I wore a zombie mask for Halloween that scared several children to near-tears. Death Studios sure knows how to scare 'em. Updates will be scarce until I've finished a first draft. Yeah, it's that kind of book. |
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5 October '08
Rambo as Art
It's finally happened--A.O. Scott has deemed Rambo: First Blood Part II a Critics' Pick. The NYT has an unintentionally hilarous review of the 1985 movie, which proves that genre will always be the whipping boy for critics. Until it's not. |
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