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Month: September 2016
Movie – **** The Finest Hours (2016)
Coast Guard rescue and love story that fully delivers the dangers seamen and coast guard face combating storms at sea and bureaucracy on land. Nice acting by Chris Pine, Holiday Grainger, and Casey Affleck.
Book – Buzz Kill (2014)
Book – **** Beth Fantaskey’s YA story is set at school where an unpopular coach is murdered after Millie Ostermeyer, the protagonist, has already made a list of the people who would like to do him in, including her father. This book, in tone, style, and incidental romance is very…
Re-engineered E. Coli
Re-engineered E. Coli is being made to function normally, but with the safety valve of being dependent on synthetic amino acids to survive. Such a recoded organism would be resistant to viral infections. http://bit.ly/rma_rewritten_genome
Rick Marcks does a Commission
Rick Marcks does a commission at our Floating Dock Comics booth in Artists Alley at Rose City Comicon in Portland. Missed Stan Lee, but saw a lot of old customers, family, friends, and fans. Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend!
Iron Fist visits Rose City Comicon
David F. Walker, Marvel writer of Iron Fist poses with Iron Fist himself, my grandson, at Rose City Comicon.
Book – Vanishing Girls (2016)
Book – ***+ Lauren Oliver has proven that YA mysteries can make it to the New York Times bestseller list. Her story about sisters with great love but some tragic history between them has excellent descriptions and well-drawn characters. A missing child, Madeline Snow, provides the impetus for the older…
Movie – ****+ Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
A troubled teen and a troubled loner are forced to go on the run together in the New Zealand bush changing both. Lovely film.
Movie – **** The Finest Hours (2016)
Coast Guard rescue and love story that fully delivers the dangers seamen and coast guard face combating storms at sea and bureaucracy on land. Nice acting by Chris Pine, Holiday Grainger, and Casey Affleck.
Book – Buzz Kill (2014)
Book – **** Beth Fantaskey’s YA story is set at school where an unpopular coach is murdered after Millie Ostermeyer, the protagonist, has already made a list of the people who would like to do him in, including her father. This book, in tone, style, and incidental romance is very…
Re-engineered E. Coli
Re-engineered E. Coli is being made to function normally, but with the safety valve of being dependent on synthetic amino acids to survive. Such a recoded organism would be resistant to viral infections. http://bit.ly/rma_rewritten_genome
Rick Marcks does a Commission
Rick Marcks does a commission at our Floating Dock Comics booth in Artists Alley at Rose City Comicon in Portland. Missed Stan Lee, but saw a lot of old customers, family, friends, and fans. Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend!
Iron Fist visits Rose City Comicon
David F. Walker, Marvel writer of Iron Fist poses with Iron Fist himself, my grandson, at Rose City Comicon.
Book – Vanishing Girls (2016)
Book – ***+ Lauren Oliver has proven that YA mysteries can make it to the New York Times bestseller list. Her story about sisters with great love but some tragic history between them has excellent descriptions and well-drawn characters. A missing child, Madeline Snow, provides the impetus for the older…
Movie – ****+ Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
A troubled teen and a troubled loner are forced to go on the run together in the New Zealand bush changing both. Lovely film.