by xerkdqmy | Jan 8, 2016 | General, Weekend Read
It took me a few tries to get that “16” written correctly atop this post. That always happens after the turn of the new year, but like, mostly when I was in school. A long time ago. Anyway, here’s the WEEKEND READ for this weekend. Two excellent...
by xerkdqmy | Jan 7, 2016 | General, Thriller Thursday
Marathon Man is a subversive, incredibly twisty, international espionage film written by William Goldman (from his own novel) and directed by John Schlesinger. The film sets up an anonymous U.S. intelligence service against a Nazi war criminal hell-bent on moving hot...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 18, 2015 | General, Weekend Read
A Chinese Hacker’s Identity Unmasked (from Bloomberg Business, written by Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley) – goo.gl/YS3pLU In March 2011, Stewart was examining a piece of malware that looked different from the typical handiwork of Russian or Eastern...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 17, 2015 | General, Thriller Thursday
Sicario makes you believe that you’re right there on the job with the United States’ top counter-narcotics operatives. But what you’ll eventually learn is that the world they occupy is not necessarily one you want to live in. That’s what makes the veiwer’s nerves...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 11, 2015 | General, Weekend Read
Boom! Inside a British Bank-Bombing Spree by Nick Summers – goo.gl/XVRsPN No American ATM has ever been robbed with explosive gas. The same WAS true in Britian – Until 2013. Now there have been more than 90. The Lost Man by Graeme Wood – goo.gl/AaduRb In...
