Category Archives: Books

Prometheus Unlocked (SPOILERS)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Prometheus Unlocked (SPOILERS)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I have seen many reviews of Prometheus, but very few good ones. Most professional reviewers do not fall into the demographic that best understands the film. So far, the most eager fans of the … Continue reading →

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Meeting Jeff Sharlet

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Meeting Jeff Sharlet”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJeff Sharlet, religion journalist and author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power came to the University of North Alabama on September 16th, 2011 to talk about his new book, … Continue reading →

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Passing Rand for Vonnegut

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Passing Rand for Vonnegut”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Marc Mitchell During my freshman year of high school, fresh off an assigned (and traumatic) reading of Elie Wiesel’s Night, I was presented with a choice: Ayn Rand or Kurt Vonnegut.

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Towel Day

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Towel Day”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHey, galactic hitchhikers! Yesterday was the day you were supposed to take a towel everywhere you went in celebration of the life and work of Douglas Adams. If you forgot, or if you were subject to … Continue reading →

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Dear David Weber

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Dear David Weber”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Sir, Thanks for keeping me entertained during the sheer boredom of a tank table. My copy of Honor of the Queen still smells like Kuwait. I am pleased with the first two chapters of … Continue reading →

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Ender’s Game

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Ender’s Game”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAll that sleep you’re supposed to get? It’s how your brain improves performance: “It really looks like if you’re not dreaming about it, you’re not getting better,” says Robert Stickgold of Harvard Medical School, who carried … Continue reading →

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