Review: "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi

Title : Old Man's War Author : John Scalzi ( Author's Official Website ) Genre : Science Fiction Page Count : 320 (hardcover edition) Publisher : Tor Basic Plotline : Old Man's War is the tale of John Perry, who signs up for the Colonial Forces on his 75th Birthday. The Colonial Defense Forces (CDF) has been recruiting older people to join up on their 75th birthdays and ...

Ленину - парик, Гоголю - тюбетейка

В четверг, 2 апреля, в Волгограде на двух памятниках появились головные уборы. Как сообщает РИА Новости со ссылкой на источник в правоохранительных органах города, памятник Ленину "украсил" парик, который придал монументу сходство с Тарасом Бульбой, а на памятник Гоголю надели тюбетейку. прочитать

Please vote! We have a tie!

View Poll: #1359850 1 2 3 4 5

наш маленький замок

Voting: Week 95 Birthday Challenge

Vote for your favorite five (5) icons. Vote in a comment to this entry (all comments are screened). Do not vote for yourself and don't ask others to come and vote for you. The order you vote for the icons does matter . This means that if you vote (for example) for icons 61, 62 and 63, icon 61 will get 3 points, 62 - 2 points, and 63 - 1 point, so please vote in the order you like the icons ....

Results Challenge 70

Congratulations to: 1st place by casett 2nd place by msj_shanks 3rd place (tie) by jenniferjensen and ailurophile6 (thanks!) Best Crop by jenniferjensen Mod's Choice by mirnell 1. 5,5 3. 3 4. 5,3,5,3,5,3 = 24 5. 3,3,5 8. 1,3,3,3,3 = 13 9. 5,5,5,1 = 16 11. 1,3 12. 5 14. 5 16. 1,3 17. 1,1 19. 5,1,1 21....

The Best of December

The best icon for December is: msj_shanks   - great use of black and white with a tight crop, great text use - fantastic crop and composition, lovely subdued coloring with most of the light on his face, and the light coming from the out-of-frame place he's leaning towards, subtly evocative and suggestive - the crop is fantastic & the text well-placed txduck   - the crop ...

Voting Challenge#52

38 lovely icons this week. Thank you for playing :) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32...

...

В последнее время не вижу белого света. Потому что сплю. Просыпаюсь и уж тем более выхожу на улицу только когда стемнеет. Ибо мне только дай волю - свободные от учебы/работы дни - моментально преврещаюсь в самую натуральную сову. Недавно ехала на экзамен - так по-детски радовалась светлому небу - этто что-то=) Где ты, лето, я скучаю)

So I ate expired cashews..

They didn't taste any different.. well, I don't eat cashews enough to know. I didn't realize it until I was 3/4 done with the package, but I decided to finish it anyway! :) I do love almonds and peanuts though!! Peanut butter makes me weak in the knees! Those Reese's peanut butter cups get me every time. Jonathan was actually really sweet and got me a pretty rose the last time I saw him and he ...