Posted on November 3rd, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “T’Sara had advised him to give up the stone, or at least to stop making use of its powers. Yet, so far he had only taken part in the dreams. Surely there was no harm in that? And perhaps the dreams could show him the way to safety.” Star Trek: The Next Generation — […]
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Posted on October 27th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “If every Bajoran presented themselves as a model inmate, the Cardassians would likely assume there must be illicit activity taking place. Better for the laborers to offer the occasional misdirection in the hopes of keeping their overseers distracted from those things that needed to remain concealed.” Star Trek: The Next Generation — Pliable Truths […]
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Posted on October 11th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4/5} “Seems we have ourselves a bona fide federal fugitive out on the lam.” U. S. Marshals, released in 1998 When Mark is in an accident and his gun is discovered in his truck, the police inform him his fingerprints have been found at the scene of a double murder in New York. Mark says […]
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Posted on October 11th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
David Shuster on a channel called Rebel HQ points out the flaw in US election polls. Pollsters typically only include people who previously voted in their polls. So young women, rightly concerned about abortion, and other new voters are not included. He gives examples from previous elections to back up his claim. Harris Will Beat […]
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Posted on October 1st, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “Yet I remind you that we already have significant assets in play on Atraz, including a shuttlecraft, the rescue party, and Captain Kirk’s own demonstrated tenacity and resourcefulness. He has escaped captivity, and survived all manner of jeopardy, on more worlds than I have time to enumerate.” Star Trek: Lost to Eternity by Greg […]
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Posted on September 27th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “This ability we have will save more lives than it risks. Let the Oud reshape the ground. Sona will ‘port to safety. Let our crops fail. We’ll ‘port to another Clan and trade for food. This is the most important Talent ever discovered by Om’ray and we must never fear to use it.” Rift […]
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Posted on September 11th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “The exiles would change whatever Clan they tried to join… Sona offered what she’d never imagined — the possibility of living apart from other Clans, to be themselves, to risk only themselves. To become something new.” Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda, published in 2008 Aryl and her fellow exiles are headed […]
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Posted on August 31st, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “Runners dared go beyond where Om’ray were tolerated. Never to trespass on the Oud — no one was that stupid — but where no others would go… Runners weren’t of one family, or one Talent, though those with the ability to sense imminent change were persistently if quietly courted. They were risk takers, not […]
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Posted on August 31st, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4/5} “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.” A Bug’s Life, released in 1998 Every year the ants harvest a bunch of food and leave it for the grasshoppers, who come and eat it and then leave. But this year Flik accidentally knocks over the pile of food […]
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Posted on August 27th, 2024 by Dave Switzer | No Comments »
{4.5/5} “You missed this one. I knew it was there, but I didn’t tell you ’cause I hoped one day I’d be brave enough.” A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 1, aired in 2024 Pip has to do an in-depth project for school and she decides to revisit the murder of Andie, an older […]
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