Hunger Games the Movie – Excellent, but marred . . .

So is the movie as good as so many are saying? I liked the book a lot. You can see my review here: http://johndbrown.com/2010/09/amano-jasons-deli-and-the-hunger-games/ Yes, but is the movie as good as the book? Let’s start with the beginning of the movie. During the first 10 or 15 minutes I was so annoyed and angry that I

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The Story Behind “Amazing Grace”

John Newton writes the following about himself. “My father was a very sensible, and a moral man, as the world rates morality; but neither he, nor my step-mother, was under the impressions of religion: I was, therefore, much left to myself, to mingle with idle and wicked boys; and soon learnt their ways.” And learn them

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