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Ahoy! I’m a freelance writer, artist, & lawyer! Sometimes I create new content. I’m currently seeking donations to pay off law school loans as being employed as a Feline Pleasure Maintenance Technician is more akin to a never ending internship. I've written for Topless Robot & io9. Booktrope will be publishing my debut novel, THE DOLOROUS ADVENTURE OF BROTHER BANENOSE, a Medieval fantasy comedy in autumn 2015. ...more

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	The Dolorous Adventure of Brother Banenose 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I apologize for the lateness of this Wonder Man blog. Now that Scorpion Shamrock Shake Season is over, this review of the January-debuting Disney+ program will be ever so topical! When I type Wonder Man, do I mean this series, the fictional 80’s movie, or the fictional remake of that movie? Without further ado, here are your SPOILERS for all three! The first is that Marvel’s Wonder Man is unrelate

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“An anti-hero is just a villain you spend a lot of time with.”
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“The problem with revolutions is that they always end right where they begin.”
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“What's my favorite part that I've written? That’s like asking me to choose which of my kids is least ugly!”
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“I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.”
― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

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