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My rating: 5 of 5 starsCute children's book about a little dragon named Ember. Dragons love to hoard gold and use their fearsome fiery breath and frightening roar to collect it from terrified villagers. But Ember's roar is more like a sneeze and his fire-breathing is more "Awww" than frightening. Ember fears he will never … Continue reading Friday Review: The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis Victorian era novel has all the hallmarks of a classic story of the era: family pressures, secrets, daughters who rebel, if quietly, at the strictures placed on females, and, of course, romance. There are politics afoot, manor houses for the wealthy, and all the trappings of Victorian society. It's … Continue reading Friday Review: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
My rating: 4 of 5 starsEragon is a poor farm boy. He stumbles across a lovely blue stone that he picks up because he thinks perhaps he can sell it to get money to provide food for his family. The stone turns out to be a dragon's egg- dragons that were thought long extinct in … Continue reading Friday Review: Eragon (Inheritance Cycle #1) by Christopher Paolini
Yesterday was our anniversary. Forty years. Wow, looking at it there in print, it seems like such a long time. Thinking about it, it seems like it can't be that long. But, you know, the math don't lie. It was a very lovely day, if a little bit on the humid side, so we went … Continue reading Monday Musings: As Time Goes By
It seems we underestimated the size of the observable universe, according to this international team of scientists: The Observable Universe This happened back in June in Calais, France, but it is still cool to see a dragon horse come to life: Long Ma This Pixar short is more adult and dark than we've come to … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: The Universe is Bigger than We Thought, Steampunk Dragon in France, Darker Pixar Short, and Nine Best Fantasy Series
Epic fails in translating food descriptions. I think I'll pass, thank you: http://www.amplifyingglass.com/products/#PVCYbhwwluPljzL0.01 NASA's concept for an interplanetary spaceship has a familiar look to it: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/holy-crap-nasas-interplanetary-spaceship-concept-is-fr-1589001939 These dragon animations are pretty cool (click on the picture to start the animation) And some of the other art on the site is pretty awesome, too: http://www.tolo.biz/2013/01/29/dragon-animations/ 10 … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Epic Fail Translations, NASA’s Concept for Interplanetary Ship, Dragon Animations, and 10 Ideas Scientists Wish We Would Stop Misusing
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