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Final Post

I’m no longer going to post the “Of the Week” blog

I have recently suffered a loss and I no longer feel like this is worth what time I spend on it compared to what time I have with the people in my life.

Therefore, I am trimming what I find stressful, and this blog has become stressful to maintain. I’m leaving it up so people can re-post and so forth but there will be no new posts

Thank you for your time and have a great day/night

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Clip of the Week

Ray Stevens - "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"

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Song of the Week

still feel. · half•alive

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Manga/Anime of the Week

Mitsuru Bocchan wa Bocchi

A Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Slice of Life By AYASE Retsu

“ As the eldest son of a rich family as well as a top A student, Natori Mitsuru is acknowledged as a superior existence. However, he is actually a loner with no friends. One day, Mitsuru is placed in a group made up of leftover students for a school function, however, with their personalities being so overly peculiar, will he ever be able to escape his status as a loner? “

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Movie of the Week

Robin and Marian

Staring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw Directed by  Richard Lester

“ It is twenty years after Robin Hood's heroics against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Since then, Robin (Sir Sean Connery) has spent all his time outside of England, fighting as Richard the Lionheart's right-hand man in the Crusades and in France. His only connection to his past life in Sherwood Forest is his faithful companion, Little John (Nicol Williamson). However, Richard the Lionheart is now dead and a war-weary, middle-aged Robin decides to return to England. His first priority: rekindle his relationship with Maid Marian (Audrey Hepburn). However, if he figured on a peaceful life, he didn't bargain on the machinations of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw) and King John (Sir Ian Holm). “

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Book of the Week

Finding Sky by Susan O'Brien

She’s a parent. She’s (almost) a P.I. No one gets on your case like mom.

Suburban widow and P.I. in training Nicki Valentine can barely keep track of her two kids, never mind anyone else. But when her best friend’s adoption plan is jeopardized by the young birth mother’s disappearance, Nicki is persuaded to help. Nearly everyone else believes the teenager ran away, but Nicki trusts her BFF’s judgment, and the feeling is mutual.

The case leads where few moms go (teen parties, gang shootings) and places they can’t avoid (preschool parties, OB-GYNs’ offices). Nicki has everything to lose and much to gain — including the attention of her unnervingly hot P.I. instructor. Thankfully, Nicki is armed with her pesky conscience, occasional babysitters, a fully stocked minivan, and nature’s best defense system: women’s intuition.

Book One of the Nicki Valentine Mystery Series P.I.

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Clip of the Week

SAINT MOTEL - "My Type" (Unofficial Video)

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Song of the Week

Chaka Khan - Like Sugar (Official Video)

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Manga/Anime of the Week

Neko to Kiss

A Comedy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural By SENRI Miko

“ A fun romantic comedy revolving around Wada Erina, a high school girl who absolutely adores cats, and her classmate, Nekoyama Akira, who is unsociable and always wears a mask. Erina is usually nicknamed "Queen" by her classmates due to her cool appearance but when she talks about cats, she gets extremely excited. One day, a cat visits her yard. Lured by it’s cuteness, she gets excited and kisses the cat, and then...?! “

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Movie of the Week

The Gay Divorcee

Staring:  Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady Directed by  Mark Sandrich

“ A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce. “

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Book of the Week

Fixin' to Die by Tonya Kappes

“Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in Cottonwood, Kentucky, is due to her being sheriff, but she quickly discovers the ghost of her grandfather, the town's previous sheriff, has been scaring off any would-be criminals since she was elected.

When the town's most beloved doctor is found murdered on the very same day as a jewelry store robbery, and a mysterious symbol ties the crime scenes together, Kenni must satisfy her hankerin' for justice by nabbing the culprits.

With the help of her poppa, a lone deputy, and an annoyingly cute, too-big-for-his-britches state reserve officer, Kenni must solve both cases and prove to the whole town, and herself, that she's worth her salt before time runs out.”

Boo One of the Kenni Lowry Series

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Clip of the Week

Voctave - Anything You Can Do [from Annie Get Your Gun]

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Song of the Week

Tessellated - I Learnt Some Jazz Today (Extended Apple Version)

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Manga/Anime of the Week

Natsume to Natsume

A Comedy, Josei, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life  By SORATO Shunsuke

“ Natsume Shiranui is a high school sophomore who has the face of a thug. Intimidating, yet wholesome, he holds affections for Natsume Minadzuki, his beautiful and popular classmate, as he admires her because she's always been there for him, himself aiming to become, for her, every bit the hero she already is for him. “

Alternate Story Available 

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Movie of the Week

Gold Diggers of 1935

Staring:  Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart Directed by Busby Berkeley

“ In a luxury hotel, stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss, who is backing the show wants her daughter Ann to marry the millionaire T. Mosely Thorpe, but Ann falls in love with Dick Curtis, while Dick's girl friend marries Ann's brother Humbolt. But the hotel secretary Betty knows a way to avoid difficulties with old Mrs. Prentiss. “

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Book of the Week

MacDeath by Cindy Brown

“Like every actor, Ivy Meadows knows that Macbeth is cursed. But she’s finally scored her big break, cast as an acrobatic witch in a circus-themed production of Macbeth in Phoenix, Arizona. And though it may not be Broadway, nothing can dampen her enthusiasm—not her flying cauldron, too-tight leotard, or carrot-wielding dictator of a director.

But when one of the cast dies on opening night, Ivy is sure the seeming accident is “murder most foul” and that she’s the perfect person to solve the crime (after all, she does work part-time in her uncle’s detective agency). Undeterred by a poisoned Big Gulp, the threat of being blackballed, and the suddenly too-real curse, Ivy pursues the truth at the risk of her hard-won career — and her life.”

Book One of the An Ivy Meadows Mystery Series

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Clip of the Week

Jungle - Casio