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The Wonders of “Avatar”

By on January 11, 2010 in review, ruminations

I saw Avatar a few weeks ago and left the theater feeling something I hadn’t felt at the movies in a while: Awe. The immersive quality of the experience made me feel like a boy again (and that  in itself was worth the price of admission). The NY Times nailed it in their review of [...]

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What is the future of eBooks?

By on January 10, 2010 in reading, ruminations

Author JA Konrath has done a lot of thinking and writing on eBooks (not to mention making money selling them). If you are interested, check out his recent posts on the subject: E-Volution: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2009/11/e-volution.html. While I don’t agree with the time-frame (tech always seems to evolve slower than expected), it is an interesting take on [...]

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The Arts Are a Job Too

By on November 11, 2009 in ruminations, writing

I gotta admit it, the arts are like a siren to me. The romance of being an actor (did tons of that in high school), a artist (a video called LightTones), a photographer (here are some recent ones), or a writer just gets me. No, it is not enough to be wildly creative, as I [...]

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Hello world!

By on November 11, 2009 in ruminations

Hello. If a blogger blogs and no one is there to listen, does the blogger make a sound? A blog deserves a first post, but really, if you are not well known already (which I am not) who is going to read it? But yet, start you must… Hi, my name is Robert McCarter, and [...]

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