http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ freddyshouse,fluffy,game,games,forum,bbs,discussion,bulletin board,tedthedog,deebs,daoc,dark age of camelot,warhammer en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:53:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://s5.freddyshouse.com/vb3/default/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/twelve-sharp-janet-evanovich-477/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:15:02 GMT http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/...elve-sharp.htm

As implied by the title this is the twelfth outing for Stephanie Plum: bounty hunter...ish


There are so many of the usual shenanigens going on here I shan't bother to give a full plot run down, just read my previous JE blogs.

This book mainly consists of someone impersonating Ranger to try and take his identity (bit of a mistake that tbh, seeing as he is Trenton's biggest bad ass), Grandma Mazzur joining a rock band with Lula the 300lb ex ho and Sally Sweet the transvestite...Grandma Mazzur ransacking another viewing at a funeral home and Stephanie getting zapped by tasers, zapping other people with tasers and the usual umming and awing over Morelli and Ranger.

But with this kind of book it's not the storyline we read it for, it is the character development and interaction, and JE is also a good (wise) enough writer to introduce new characters every once in a while to keep her books from becoming too much the same to be enjoyable.

Good if you want something to make you laugh; bad if your want something to raise your IQ. ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/twelve-sharp-janet-evanovich-477/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/dexter-delicious-jeff-lindsay-476/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:03:06 GMT http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/...-delicious.htm

I think this is book 5 in the wonderfully dark 'Dexter' series, some of you may watch the tv series but I do not so cannot say whether the book is better or not but I cannot imagine some of the goings on from the books being shows on TV; so for me (being a lover of all things dark and graphic) the books win.

This story picks up where the last one left off; dearly devoted dexter finds out he is about to become a dad and his dark offspring makes her debut in this book whereby dexter finds himself changing...seeing the light and becoming (shock horror) a 'person'.

I often find that what I read reflects my own life and seeing dark introspective dexter actually experiencing human life mirrors the land of Ez where new things are forever cropping up and rather than keeping myself closed off I am actually becoming (as a friend observed the other day) almost human myself. The way JL has written about dexter's transformation into an 'almost human' is startlingly realistic and the way he is torn between his old ways and this new direction are funny and a little sad...I mean come on, who really wants to see dastardly dexter set aside his delightful knives and become a normal person? Not me that's for sure!

Anyway, personal jibberings aside, this is one good story, it has a welcome return for dexter's delightfully deranged brother (brian...ha a serial killer called brian lol!) and the two delightfully deranged children (codey and astor) his disturbingly direct sister, debs and a whole bunch or wannabe vampires (no, we haven;t got all twi-lite here, these are real dudes with capped teeth), a great deal of alliteration and cannibals.

So if you want a book to really get your teeth into (ha, see what I did there?) this is the one for you; it certainly made me want to invite a friend round for a quick bite or two....

:flame: ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/dexter-delicious-jeff-lindsay-476/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/tdc/haldern-pop-time-again-475/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:50:35 GMT wow, so three days of music are once again in the past, and though I am sorry to see them go, I am tired out lol

so...who have I seen? here's a list in random order:

David Ford
Seabear
Beach House
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Chapel Club
I Blame Coco
Stornoway
Wendy McNeill
Fyfe Dangerfield
Post War Years
Esben and the Witch
Daniel Benjamin
Triggerfinger
Detroit Social Club
Philipp Poisel
Rox
Delphic
Mumford & Sons
Beirut
Fanfarlo
Frightened Rabbit
Blood Red Shoes
Efterklang
Sophie Hunger
The Tallest Man on Earth
Yeasayer
The National
everything everything
Helgi Jonsson
Villagers
Bear in Heaven
Sleepy Sun

fave band: currently Sleepy Sun, best gig: Mumford and Sons. ]]> TdC http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/tdc/haldern-pop-time-again-475/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/deebs/3-years-474/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:14:33 GMT Tomorrow will be 3 years since my Mumma Gucci passed away. A short time in the scheme of things but a long time when you miss your best friend, your Mum, your confident.

Many things have happened since my Mum passed away, I turned 40, my "little" sister turned 40, my son turned 18 and achieved the thing that he and his Grandma reguarly talked about which was visit New York and my baby sister gave birth to her first child. Each of these things have been made hard for us all (I have 3 siblings) as we have not been able to share it with the one person on this planet we wanted to share it with. Namely our Mum.

I know that there are peeps on the forums that have lost loved ones (and I hearlt felt pain goes out to them) but when I view how our family interact and those around us I believe that we have been blessed. My family is made up of 35-41 year olds and we have never been closer.

Speaking to other people around the same age and I realise that what we have as a family unit is fairly unique in that most families of our age have simply grown apart. We still see each other on a very regular basis, still act as though we are children and above all would do anything for anyone of us. When I speak to friends of a similar age I get the impression that they see their Parents or siblings once/twice a year. To me that is unheard of. I love and value my family and attempt to see them at every opportunity.

Why? We don't act like a family per say (it is hard to explain) but we act like the best ever friends when we meet, noone judges anyone, you can raise any subject and if it hits a raw nerve so be it, 5 minutes later it is forgotten. In my mind and of my family this is due to the upbringing that my Mum bestowed upon us. It has not only touched us but Edmond (who my Mum thought as one of her own and loved just as much as her own flesh and blood and another, Rich. When I was growing up they were my family and even now myself and my entire family consider them part of the Covelli Clan and everyone welcomes them with open arms) and many others, her own brothers and sisters, her friends.

Value your parents and your siblings, you never know when they may leave you. Enjoy each and every moment you can have with them. I did during my Mumma Gucci's time on this Earth, would I turn back the clock and change anything, no. She had cancer, there was no cure but the time I spent with her and being told off by her was priceless.

The night before she died I arrived back in England and stayed with her throughout her last night. I remember it as if it happened last night. I bollocked her for trying to move out of bed with bedsores etc. Am I sorry, am I fuck as I know that is what she expected of me. I love my Mumma Gucci even more now and miss her so much.

I guess what I am trying to say is that you should enjoy and love your family and attempt to overcome any "issues" that exist between you. In my mind they are the most important thing in your life. My children have to come first, then my family (sister's, brother and Dad) and then my closest friends, Edmond and Rich, then the rest. Will it ever change, I sincerely hope not. ]]> Deebs http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/deebs/3-years-474/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/pirate-latitudes-michael-crighton-473/ Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:27:08 GMT OK a book about pirates set in the Caribbean in the 1600s, written by the dude that did Jurassic park...how frigging cool is that??


well, sadly not very. It starts out great, as a friend of mine stated for the first 200 pages it's great. Unfortunately the book is a lot longer than 200 pages. What I can only imagine happened is that this was a book that MC (who I actually am a massive fan of, I mean read this guys bibliography, he's written some truely awesome stuff and all of it I have liked) was working on and then he dies so his nearest and dearest decided to patch what was finished up with his notes.

he result is a mishmash of odd non-story lines that seem to have been added for no reason. All the main components of a great adventure are here (cannibals, sea monsters, with craft, swash buckling, treasure etc etc) but they don't link and its a bit like having a little of everything in the pudding cabinet all on the same plate, you get no real taste of anything as it all cancels everything else out.

Honestly folks do yourselves a favour if you want to read a really really good adventure, read any of MC's other books, the lost world by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or the Ratcatcher series by Jim McGee; stay the heck away from this one though because it is, to put it mildly a bit of a cluster fuck.


Sorry MC rip :( ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/pirate-latitudes-michael-crighton-473/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/fl3a/poison-whiskey-472/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:29:24 GMT atcually the song i scalled good firends and a bottle of pills but i dont care im drunk an dblogging my frien told me that i am writing really well so i decided to wirite a bit to this blog i havent writte in a whil and im pretty pissed right now at least im ffeling good sincei did it with my... atcually the song i scalled good firends and a bottle of pills but i dont care im drunk an dblogging my frien told me that i am writing really well so i decided to wirite a bit to this blog

i havent writte in a whil and im pretty pissed right now at least im ffeling good sincei did it with my friends any germany won!!

breakin gnews at ơne what the fuck who the fuck is breaking gnus they are pretty awesome fro little animas like that ]]> fl3a http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/fl3a/poison-whiskey-472/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/z/enjoying-life-free-work-471/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:46:20 GMT Been playing sto lately game havn't gotten any better but I still like it,other then that life running a pace where I like it.

http://www.youtube.com/user/zorena19.../0/doPMhtF4_bY

Love this track.

Btw must it be so hot, and im tired of soccer even before it started.
/peace out ]]> Z^^ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/z/enjoying-life-free-work-471/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/jim-butcher-proven-guilty-470/ Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:15:06 GMT http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/jim-butcher/proven-guilty.htm OK I am officially in love with Harry Dresden, is it wrong to save myself for a fictional wizard who lives in Chicago?? I cannot say how much I enjoy these books, Dresden is a smartarse but he often gets things wrong and gets... http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/...ven-guilty.htm

OK I am officially in love with Harry Dresden, is it wrong to save myself for a fictional wizard who lives in Chicago??

I cannot say how much I enjoy these books, Dresden is a smartarse but he often gets things wrong and gets the snot beaten out of himself on regular occasions, he always tries to do the right thing and has a noble sense of chivalry which makes me go all shivery (sorry...)

The books contain most things from action and adventure to a bit of potential romance (nothing that'd make you gag though), humour and some good old fashioned page turning suspense. I have to say I do love this guys sense of humour, he tends to slip in obscure quotes from sci fi shows and filsm and I love that I get them hehe

Anyway as a good slab of fantasy that's going to entertain you you really cannot go wrong with this series, some of the other series I read are a bit girly (well...tbh) but this one is suitable for guys and gals and all kinds of beasties in between :) ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/jim-butcher-proven-guilty-470/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/eleven-top-janet-evanovich-469/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:56 GMT More shennanigens with Stephanie Plum: Bounty Hunter! though for most of this book she is not a bounty hunter, she quit after being thrown in a garbage pile (again) and spends her time lookign for another job, dodging exploding cars and sexual advances from the men in her life. Inane drivel but... More shennanigens with Stephanie Plum: Bounty Hunter! though for most of this book she is not a bounty hunter, she quit after being thrown in a garbage pile (again) and spends her time lookign for another job, dodging exploding cars and sexual advances from the men in her life.

Inane drivel but funny inane drivel! ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/eleven-top-janet-evanovich-469/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/patience-spider-andrea-camilleri-468/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:59:26 GMT More time in Sicilly with inspector montalbano and his squad. Though his girlfriend is in town for most of this one and she really annoys me so though it was a good book (plot: kidnapping and devious doings) I kept being annoyed by the one character in the whole series I really don't like.

Again, can't recommend this series highly enough, brilliant whimsical and makes a good change from the UK and American crime I usually read. ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/patience-spider-andrea-camilleri-468/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/z/more-sto-pvp-vids-my-youtube-channel-467/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:58:23 GMT http://www.youtube.com/user/zorena19 http://www.youtube.com/user/zorena19 ]]> Z^^ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/z/more-sto-pvp-vids-my-youtube-channel-467/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/clinic-jonathon-kellerman-466/ Wed, 26 May 2010 19:16:37 GMT Hmm may have misspelled his name there?

Anyway, I read this one out of sequence, this is an older one in the Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware psychologist/Police detective series...can't quite remember what the story line was because there were (as usual) lots of little sub-plots and things going on, but I did enjoy it.

As a series set in Beverly Hills it shows the everyday lives of the people who live there who aren't rich, famous or fabulous and is a nice bit of (non-depressing) reality. ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/clinic-jonathon-kellerman-466/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/hawkwind/socal-move-part-deux-465/ Thu, 20 May 2010 04:33:57 GMT No offer yet from HR (human remains) but early days and don't intend to move there until Christmas if all goes well. Finally convinced the wife that Southern California has the best schools in the US.

Off to LA on Sunday to look at houses in the Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Laguna and Dana Point.

SoCal here I come.... ]]> Hawkwind http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/hawkwind/socal-move-part-deux-465/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/alice-wonderland-through-looking-glass-lewis-carol-464/ Mon, 17 May 2010 15:44:35 GMT Yes I know we've all probably read these before as kids and I did indeed used to spend many a breaktime hiding in the stationery cupboard reading in by the light cast through the vent (t'was a very sad childhood...) but I managed to get hold of a first edition at work and was so enchanted by the illustrations I really wanted to read it again.

It's funny how time, and Walt Disney, can change ones perceptions of a story because I was sure I remembered bits from wonderland that were actually nothing to do with that story and only cropped up through the looking glass, and I'd completely forgottent he Dutchess and her sneezing pig baby too!

The original stories are a lot more psychadelic than anything even Tim Burton could dream up and I must confess I had to abandon TTLG at the half way stage because my poor head just wasn't with it, there is only so much of an opium induced dream I can digest in one go and that, although charming and novel, was quite enough for me.

Still love the story and the concept but have no desire to revisit it in its original format again. ]]> Ezteq http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/ezteq/alice-wonderland-through-looking-glass-lewis-carol-464/ http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/hawkwind/another-job-ping-hq-states-463/ Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:19 GMT Another job offer from US, with downturn in business it might be a good move right now. house prices in in the OC won't get any better than they are now.

Just waiting to see how serious the offer is. If it's ok then i'll take family out there in three weeks to look at schools and housing.

Will post how it goes. ]]> Hawkwind http://forums.freddyshouse.com/blogs/hawkwind/another-job-ping-hq-states-463/