Les Mis–Oui ou Non?

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  I want to preface this review by saying that I am a die-hard, life-long Les Miserables fan. I've seen the play six times in three different countries and I was one of those disastrously annoying teenagers who blasted the cassette soundtrack 24/7. I know all the words to every song as does my entire family. It's been our favorite musical for about 20 years so I was more than excited for this movie to blow my mind.   I was not blown.  That came out wrong. I was disappointed. Majorly. Let's start with the pros. The PROS 1) Anne Hathaway. Man, I thought I hated you. I thought you were SO annoying and SO blah and disgustingly righteous about…
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The Secret-Sauce to Survival

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    As most of you know, I'm not a the adventuresome sort. In fact, I am a bit of a homebody. Or as my friends and family sometimes call me--a sad, sad, reclusive hermit. However, I do enjoy the idea of adventure and I find myself absorbing any kind of extreme survival stories, books, TV shows or documentaries I can get my hands on. My latest read was a terrific book called "Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why" by Laurence Gonzalez. I highly recommend it. Gonzalez takes you through a myriad of AMAZING survival stories and explains why certain people live and certain people die.  Turns out, it has nothing to do with age or gender or…
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