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A collection of the first 10 issues or so from the Batman and Robin series after the Flashpoint action caused a reboot. I liked the Earlier ones with Dick Grayson as Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin. Damian is still Robin, but Bruce Wayne is back as Batman (and Grayson appears to be missing, but I'm sure nightwing is out somewhere). returnreturnSome interesting stories. The authors at DC, however, seem stuck on this "Why Can't Batman Kill People" stint. But the experience with "Nobody" was alright. Didnt' leave me wanting more though...

The wacky adventures of MASH became way way wackier. Hawkeye returns to Maine after being in Korea for 18 months, and somehow is able to convience the rest of his crew, including an out of work Duke Forester, to move to Maine too. returnreturnDuke, Hawkeye and Peicre are able to make enough monty betting with some locals that they can keep aitens alive to open their won combination Fishmarket and Clinic. Spearchucker Jones is thrown in a few chapter, mainly to get some laughs at racial stereo types. returnreturnApparently their small town fish finding piolot Wrong Way happens to moon light as a Interncontinetal piolot, and Trapper John and his new fiance/nurse/receptionshit entertain the crew by having intercourse in the cranberry blog. returnreturnWhile some of the funniest parts are related to the secret democrats who can't let it be none who they voted for or else they could get shot, and once it does come up someone actually does get shot.returnreturnThe first one was better, but if you like quick, zany, unbelievable, stories give Mash Goes to Maine a try.

This short (approx. 1 hour) audio drama was fantastic. Spock and Q meet up again after Q had been ricked into saving the planet earth from an asteroid that spock went back in time to warn humans about, just so he could get Spock's autograph. Spock shakes Q's hand and something mysterious happens, the audience disappears and somehow Q and Spock seem to switch personality(Q being logical and Spock being all over the place, pretty hilarious) and are transported, to an asteroid speeding towards a planet. returnreturnSure the gag is old, but its well worth an hour of your time. My only complaint, is its only an hour. I could have had adventures like this for 6 hours or more.

This audiobook was pretty good. While some think its double dipping to take your blog posts and turn it into a book, I think it was just fine (though removing the dates would have been helpful). returnreturnIts about thinking life differently. That just because everyone else doesn't take apart their shower head to remove the "governor" so that your shower is better, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

A good book that I think did well to try to be fair and balanced look at who may be the first Parish Priest to become a Saint. returnreturnI see the struggle of American Catholics, that was somewhat different from what I pictured from articles in the Columbia magazine. returnreturnIt interesting to see how fraternal organizations as a whole were so popular in the late 19th century, and its amazing that one so unloved then as the K of C has been one to survive. returnreturnI liked reading of the "Total Abstance" societies and the ideas that youngsters going somewhere unsupervised was a totally calcimining in a city as big as New Haven in the 1880s. returnreturnYet what I took away most from this writing was that we aren't doing that bad. I learn the K of C almost collapsed during its first year to to infighting, I'm no so worried that Greg thinks we all need to be doing things his way. The Knights of Columbus provided a place for the Catholic man to be able to have some fun and make a difference, without having to give up Alcohol 100%. It left us a way to provide for our children that was needed then, and not overly difficult now. I find the hall council to be more in line than the Parish council, and Father McGivney a man after my own heart. I can't imagine passing away at the ripe old age of 38 not being uncommon for his line of work in that day, now if our priest is under 40 half the parishioners fail to listen to him. returnreturnBlessed Michael McGivney, pray for us. And thank you for a fraternal organization where I belong, and a book that wasn't as exciting as it could have been, but may have been as exciting as you'd let it be :-)

Disappointing. The author had a few good points, "Jews control the World" type conspiracies lead to the possibility for Hitler to be able to take over in Germany, and "There's a secret Communist Conspiracy to rule the world" lead to the Red Scare of McCarthyism, lead by a politician who likely would have lost at the polls due to he being a do nothing, worth nothing, who was in the wrong political party after Wisconsin had a shift left. returnreturnHowever, most of the book wasn't actually about history but about how Aaronovitch thinks conspiracies are dumb, because its too far from Occam's razor. He would ridicule conspiracy theorists for believing in ideas that had "facts" to back it up, but nothing verifiable, and then do the same thing himself in his short attempt to debunk it. Rarely actually examining any of the true "facts" the conspiracists claimed to rely on. returnHe tried to run through the book in a history (over the last 150 years) of various conspiracies, and as he had a British perspective the point of reference was off for me. I wanted to put the book down far before I did but I kept hoping he'd get to a point and it would make sense. For the most part it was in linear order, with the exception of 9/11. He covered this in the 8th chapter of a 9 chapter book, and in the 9th went backwards to Bill Clinton. I suspect that his editor that as I did, that many folks would be bored by the 8th chapter and have become interested in conspiracys after exporse of the "9/11 Truth" movement. I also found it odd that on that subject he cited poor excuses for "Truth" like the Scholors for 9/11 Truth, including a reference to having "only one engineer" instead of looking at the far more popular AE911 (architects and engineers for 9/11 Truth, of which I signed on as a member at one time, FYI, I'm an engineer). Now, I am not going to claim, as others may, that Aaronovitch is part of a conspiracy to make conspiracy theorists look wack-o (I assure you they do that well enough on their own). In the epilogue there were a few other good insights about conspiracies being a deeper issue. The poem of the soul, showing a deeper truth about a real issue that bothers people and they feel the need for an explanation. Like my review of "Why does a nice guy like me keep getting thrown in Jail?" lead me to add one of his references "The Nazi Persecution of the churches" by Conway to my book queue as likely closer to what I was wanting, similarly the epilogue to this lead me to add "Conspiracy Theories" by Ramsay for a look a look at the idea form a broader perspective. I try that later, in the mean time if you are looking for an objective view on something of this subject I recommend "Them" by Ronson as an alternative.

I wanted to like this book, I really really did. But after months of renewing it from my local library, I finally had to return it less than half way complete. Just far too detailed to get into. Very expertly documented, but that's not the best way for a mass media audience. If I find a more readable story of the Gunpowder plot I will try to remember to edit this review to include that.

This Audio book had a unique way of swithching disks that I liked. The beginning and end of each disk would have a lot of music so you'd realize that it was time to switch without being interrupted in thought by "End of Disk 1" returnreturnThe rest of this was not appreciated. Granted taking my word for it might not be the best when it comes to self help books from someone who didn't actually follow the suggestions. returnreturnRegardless, this book badly needs to be updated for the 20th century. Did you know part of the reason I might be poor is because I don't have enough sex energy? Did you know that it doesn't matter if women are poor? They might kill themselves, but were not sure. Oh and every man loves a woman. None of this would go over by any 21st century publisher.

This book is written by the Chicken Soup for the Sole guy and tries to copy that format, while teaching you how to make money so you can better all of humanity. It has some good insight, and the story leads me to wish there really was an "Always Together Bear" I could give Zebedee. Of course the non-fiction part of the book claims it does exist but I'd scored the Internet to no avail. returnreturnMaybe one day some of this stuff will take to heart, but really I need to eliminate all of my consumer debt first. Dave Ramsey has this one right, and the rest of this insight really isn't valuable until that baby step is done. Its hard for me that its taking this long. Nearly a year and not gone yet.

By now we should know, that Comic Book Characters do not die. Not Surprisingly Bruce Wayne makes his return from being lost in space in time, but not after first being tried to resurrect some sort of Zombie batman, and the real Batman (Dick Grayson) killing Batwoman (Kat Kane) and having to bring her back to life. The joker makes his inevitable return and Robin tries to do what his father never could. For a 10 year old kid, he's amazing. I wanted to be Tim Drake when I was his age, I could only imagine how much I would have loved Damian Wayne at 10. returnreturnI like predictable campy stories, and this makes a good bridge between the Batman 66 stories and the Dark Knight stories. This "Batman Incorporated" idea however, I don't see that sitting well.

The cover and the title of this collection is decieving. Its not really Batman Vs. Robin, thankfully. A few times they get seperated and the image shown on the cover is actually when Robin was under a spell. Jason Todd makes an amazing return as the Red Hood (I learend later this actually had happened earlier in the DC Universe I just didn't know it). The story is great and makes a lot sense. returnreturnAGain, it goes to quick and transitions aren't great, reminding me that comics are best read in a monthly series format. returnreturnBatman is dead, long live Batman!

So of everything I've read in the last 2 years, this took the longest to go from added to the "library" to being reviewed. Primarily because I lost a copy and still took me several renewals to get through it all. returnreturnUsually this is a sign of poor writing, or at least loosing MY interest. I don't think that was the case with Left Hand of Destiny book 2 though. returnreturnIt starts off right were book 1 ends, with Ezri Dax getting the bazarr message from Worf. There is some connection with an old story, that I'm not aware of, not sure if I missed it from the TV show, or its some old Trek Novel that gets turned in. returnreturnHertzler's impact on this, like the last, was fantastic view of Chancellor Martok that couldn't have been got without the actor's insight. So much better than "A Stitch in Time" with Garrick.