Along M-50 West, Blackman Twp

This house also had a nice halloween display in addition to this holiday lights display.
4700-4798 Clinton Rd., Jackson MI.

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Holiday lights Blackman Twp

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3068-3298 Walcott Rd., Jackson MI.

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Next Item: (3234) Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston

From Publishers Weekly:

More than fulfilling the promise of Huston's 2004 debut, Caught Stealing, this remarkably assured hard-boiled caper has rapid-fire pacing, dead-on dialogue and a beleaguered protagonist who just can't get a break. Former minor league baseball player Hank Thompson barely escaped with his life at the end of Caught, making off with $4 million of the Russian mafia's money. Several years later, he's running a breakfast place in the Yucatan, down the shore from his secluded hut. When a Russian bounty hunter shows up asking questions, Hank Fed-Exes his bankroll to a friend in Las Vegas and sneaks north across the border. When not trying to kill him, two surf bum criminals convince him they're allies; as the book reaches its climax, Hank finds himself dodging a memorable cast of lowlifes, would-be mobsters and scammers. Huston takes care with Hank, making him funny and sympathetic (even as he reminds us that he has killed six people in New York), and giving even cardboard situations and slight exchanges charge. (One of the surfers on a pair of boots: "Kind of metallish for my taste, but fuck it, we're incognito, right?") This second installment of a planned trilogy will leave readers anxious for more.

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Starting (3233) Academy Series Bk #3; Chindi by Jack McDevitt

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Finished/Comments: (3232) Deathlands #030; Crossways by James Axler

Great addition to the series with Ryan's group wiping out a gang terrorizing several communities.

Day time holiday display

Crusing around Vander Cook Lake and saw these two neighbors decorated up. I'm going to come back after dark. 101-199 W Bird St Vander Cook Lake MI.

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Next Item: (3233) Academy Series Bk #3; Chindi by Jack McDevitt

Publisher's Summary:

The universe has been explored - and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the first greeting of an undiscovered life form?

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On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V1LYAG&qid=1290346892&s...

MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Christmas With the Chipmunks  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002TBE?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Various Artists, Jazz Disc 15

Various Artists, More Dirty Dancing  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000024U3L?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

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Finished/Comments: (3231) A Christmas Carol; An Original Performance by Tim Curry Written by Charles Dickens

Great classic. My favorite movie version of this book stars George C. Scott as Scrooge and was first aired in the late 80's.

Finished/Comments: (3230) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers

Sci-Fi Podcast: Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction & Fantasy; Issue-423-Non-Zero Probabilities by N. K. Jemisin 
COMMENT: just didn't seem intersting. skipped http://clarksworldmagainze.com

Old Time Radio Show: Dracula; Ep06-Enter Van Helsing
COMMENT: audio quality good. Story not so good.
  http://otrcat.com

Sci-Fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-236-Still on the Road by Geoffrey a. Landis
COMMENT: seems ok.
  http://escapepod.org

Podcast: Extraterrestrials and Science PODcasts from http://AboveTopSecret.com  Ep-3302-Ufology 103 Rosewell
COMMENT: skipped. Sounded crappy.

Album: Alvin & the Chipmunks, Greatest Hits; Still Squeaky After All These Years 
COMMENT: ok album http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VS4JM6?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Album: Brooks & Dunn Hard Workin' Man
COMMENT: good album
  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007WFYHA?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Music Podcast: LeJazzAffair, Show#438 (02-07-10) with Sal Calfa
COMMENT: started out sounding good, then the song got funky.
  http://lejazzaffair.com

Tech Podcast: Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy; Show 619
COMMENT: Scanned through listening for topics of interest.
  http://twit.tv

Sci-Fi Podcast:  Prometheus Radio Theatre, Night Train Through Maco
COMMENT: skipped. Didn't sound very interesting.
  http://prometheus.libsyn.com/

Album: Statler Brothers Christmas Card 
COMMENT: good Christmas album. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001F91?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Tech Podcast: Windows Weekly, Twit-220-Buffet Neutrality
COMMENT: Scanned through listening for topics of interest.
  http://twit.tv

Next Item: (3232) Deathlands #030; Crossways by James Axler

Summary by Graphic Audio:

As the twenty-second century emerges from the blight of nuclear damnation, humanity is slowly coming to terms with the bizarre new world of Deathlands, where each new generation holds the promise of renewal and redemptionâ€"in men like Ryan Cawdor and his son, Dean.

Ryan Cawdor and companions emerge from a gateway into the ravaged world of the Rockies. It's old hunting grounds for Ryan and the Titian-haired Krysty Wrothâ€"her home, and the place where they first came together. Here Ryan has an unsettling choice to make, and Krysty a debt to pay. But her Mother Sonja may be long gone, and the past becomes a trap as they press toward Harmony, a marauding gang hard on their trail.
 
Approximate Run Time: 6 hours

On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-335-30-crossways.aspx

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Starting (3230) OTR, Podcasts & Music by Various Performers

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Summary:

Sci-Fi Podcast: Clarkesworld Magazine - Online Science Fiction & Fantasy; Issue-423-Non-Zero Probabilities by N. K. Jemisin  http://clarksworldmagainze.com

Old Time Radio Show: Dracula; Ep06-Enter Van Helsing  http://otrcat.com

Sci-Fi Podcast: Escape Pod; Ep-236-Still on the Road = Geoffrey a. Landis  http://escapepod.org

Old Time Radio Show: Exploring Tomorrow; Time Traveler (Aka Meddlers Dr) 19xx.xx.xx  http://otrcat.com

Podcast: Extraterrestrials and Science PODcasts from AboveTopSecret.com;  Ep-3302-Ufology 103 Rosewell

Album: Alvin & the Chipmunks, Greatest Hits; Still Squeaky After All These Years  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VS4JM6?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Album: Brooks & Dunn Hard Workin' Man  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007WFYHA?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Music Podcast: LeJazzAffair, Show#438 (02-07-10) with Sal Calfa  http://lejazzaffair.com

Tech Podcast: Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy; Show 619  http://twit.tv

Sci-Fi Podcast:  Prometheus Radio Theatre, Night Train Through Maco  http://prometheus.libsyn.com/

Album: Statler Brothers Christmas Card  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001F91?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Tech Podcast: Windows Weekly, Twit-220-Buffet Neutrality  http://twit.tv

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Skipping/Commets: (3229) The Uplift Saga Bk #3; The Uplift War by David Brin

I've listened to this book a few months ago and decided to move on to the next item.

Next Item: (3231) A Christmas Carol; An Original Performance by Tim Curry Written by Charles Dickens

Publisher's Summary:

This is Jim Dale's incomparable telling of the beloved A Christmas Carol, a "little book," as Charles Dickens himself called it, which has been treasured by generations since December of 1843. Listeners of all ages will be enthralled as they meet for the first time, or are reunited with, that miser of all misers, Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge; his cheerful and long-suffering assistant, Bob Cratchit; Scrooge's mysterious visitors on a wintry Christmas Eve, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future; and the other characters in the timeless story which is sure to touch a chord in all of us.

Let a master reader beguile you with this universal reminder of what the holiday season can and should mean in this unique production of Dickens' classic and ever-timely tale.

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936594129?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

On Audible: This version no longer available on Audible.  It was just a limited time offer.

Skipping/Commets: (3228) Carnival by Elizabeth Bear

Boring. Book just not interesting to me.

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Next Item: (3229) The Uplift Saga Bk #3; The Uplift War by David Brin

Publisher's Summary:

David Brin's New York Times best-selling novels thrill listeners with their stirring adventures and intriguing speculation about humanity's future. Set in a universe where no species has reached sentience without the "uplifting" help of a patron race, the books delve into the greatest mystery of all: Who uplifted humankind?

Earth has been allowed to colonize the planet Garth only because its previous occupants went berserk and wiped out virtually all life there. But now humans, chimps, and their alien allies on Garth are being held hostage in a conflict that could affect the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. As a ragtag group of freedom fighters wage a desperate guerilla war, their only hope for victory lies in unravelling the elusive truth behind the legend of a hidden native species that could prove a powerful ally.

The Uplift War provides entertainment in the grandest tradition of science fiction, with exotic aliens, visionary action, and universe-encompassing mysteries.

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Uplift-War-Saga-Book/dp/0553279718/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&a...

On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5IUKE&qid=1285422048&s...

MUSIC INTERLUDE #1:
Lorray Christmas Album

Various Artists: Solid Gold of the 70's Disc 2

Toby Keith Greatest Hits Volume 1. http://www.amazon.com/Toby-Keith-Greatest-Hits-Vol/dp/B00000DBYI/ref=sr_1_1?s...

MUSIC INTERLUDE #2:
Toby Keith Chronicles Disc 1

Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas  http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-World-Christmas-Elvis-Presley/dp/B000002W6T/r...

Various Artists: Spanish Radio 1983

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Finished/Comments: (3227) Honor Harrington Series Bk #02; The Honor of The Queen by David Weber

Excellent book. Highly recommend to those that enjoy space adventure.

Correction On Next Item: (3228) Carnival by Elizabeth Bear

Publisher's Summary:

Garnering rave reviews from multiple publications, Elizabeth Bear is a rising voice in science fiction.

Michelangelo Kisanagi-Jones and Vincent Katherinessen, former abassador-spies, have been ordered to New Amazonia to bring back information about the planet's cheap, renewable energy source. But secretly, one of the men devises other plans.

LENGTH"  12 hrs and 10 mins

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553589040?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative=393545&linkCode=bpl&creativeASIN=0553589040&adid=19A39RS47CS6AKANV16R&

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Next Item: (3228) The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold

Publisher's Summary:

Lois McMaster Bujold returns to the vivid, perilous world of her previous masterworks, the Hugo Award-winning Paladin of Souls and Hugo and World Fantasy Award-nominated The Curse of Chalion, with this tale of devotion and strange destiny.

The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. It falls to Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff to transport the prince to his burial place and to bring the accused killer, Lady Ijada, to judgment. His mission is an ugly and delicate one, for the imminent death of the old Hallow King has placed the crown in play, and the road he travels with his burden and his prisoner is fraught with danger. But in the midst of political chaos, magic has the fiercer hold on Ingrey's destiny, and Ijada herself may turn out to be the only one he dares trust.

What the Critics Say
"Inventive, with engaging characters and lively storytelling." (Denver Post)

"Bujold's reworking of a classic romantic situation is distinguished by its setting in a well-crafted world and masterly creation of characters whose fates will keep readers turning the pages." (Booklist)
"Absorbing....Bujold's ability to sustain a breathless pace of action while preserving a heady sense of verisimilitude in a world of malignant wonders makes this big novel occasionally brilliant and not a word too long." (Publishers Weekly)

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hallowed-Hunt-Lois-Mcmaster-Bujold/dp/0060574747/ref=sr...

On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V0QHSG&qid=1284814841&s...

MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Boz Scaggs Slow Dancer  http://www.amazon.com/Slow-Dancer/dp/B00138KLSE/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&a...

Alabama Southern Star  http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Star/dp/B0013DC70Y/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8...

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Starting (3227) Honor Harrington Series Bk #02; The Honor of The Queen by David Weber

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Finished/Comments: (3226) Flight 29 Down #4; The Storm by Stan Rogow & D. J. MacHale

A short addition to the series in which the kids learned another hard lesion.

Next Item: (3227) Honor Harrington Series Bk #02; The Honor of The Queen by David Weber

Publisher's Summary:

On the planet Grayson to participate in diplomatic talks between the Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington discovers that she is stuck on a fiercely patriarchal, misogynist planet.

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743435729?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002VA9O1I&qid=1289769661&s...

MUSIC INTERLUDE:
Various Artists 80's Pop Hits Disc 2  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005NKKN?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Various Artists America the Beautiful  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000649N4?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

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Finished/Comments: (3225) The Survivalist #18; The Struggle by Jerry Ahern

Great addition to the series. Highly recommend.

Starting (3225) The Survivalist #18; The Struggle by Jerry Ahern

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Skipping/Commets: (3224) Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston

Book just doesn't sound interesting.

Next Item: (3226) Flight 29 Down #4; The Storm by Stan Rogow & D. J. MacHale

Publisher's Summary:

Daley, Nathan, and the rest of the survivors of Flight 29 Down have learned to rely on one another for nothing less than survival. After all, they're in the wilderness, and if they can't work together, no one is safe. So when personal belongings start to go missing, the bonds of trust are shattered - with dangerous consequences.

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E3G3LW?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

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Starting (3225) The Survivalist #18; The Struggle by Jerry Ahern

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Next Item: (3225) The Survivalist #18; The Struggle by Jerry Ahern

Summary by Graphic Audio:

In an effort to rule 21st Century Earth, Vladmir Karamatsov and his followers used the nuclear option, nearly destroying Earth. Five centuries later, Karamatov's successors battle to use the same weapons and newer "ultimate" weapons in pursuit of 25th Century world "peace." From Pacific islands to the frozen foothills of the Himalaya's, John Rourke, The Survivalist, and his allies fight delusion and raw ambition to save the fragile planet from men and women bent on proving the American philosopher, George Santayana right, "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."

Approximate Run Time: 5 hours

On Graphic Audio: http://www.graphicaudio.net/p-601-18-the-struggle.aspx

On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1599506300?tag=dahuntsr&camp=213761&creative...

Starting (3224) Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston

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Finished/Comments: (3223) Galactic Convoy by Bill Baldwin

Excellent book. Made my keepers list. Dramatization not as good Graphic Audio's dramatizations.