Oh the horrors….a grim kind of horror that causes one to bear down and launch out with new resolve…a kind of urgent resolve to regain that which can never be regained. I’m speaking of those books that lure you in with their gripping titles. You know what I’m talking about; they’re usually short, pointed yet pointless, and eye catching. Titles like: “Cheese Problems Solved,” “The Encounter,” “God Has Feelings,” “Adams and Atoms,” “The Killing Gift,” and “Mucho Ado about Nothing.” Unlike these titles, which I have either never cracked or simply made up on the spur of the moment, there is another real, “on the shelf,” title that ought to be included in such a list……“23 Minutes in Hell”….oh the horrors. (Continue reading
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