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WhaleSnark Went to The Cheesecake Factory and Wrote a Song About It

So, I bet you're wondering, why would a whale shark go to The Cheesecake Factory, and why didn't they get every kind and bring some for me? Well, cheesecake is really heavy, and while I COULD have swallowed it all and brought it home for you, nobody likes re-purposed cheesecake. Sorry, maybe next time! HA! So instead, have this great song I wrote about the experience. It's not my best recording, but I'm still learning. Please remember I have flippers, not hands, and it was made on an app on a phone. The song talks about the decor, which was not all that uh, cohesive. Sorry Cheesecake Factory, you are trying to be too many things. It's looks like a casino from one angle, but an Italian bistro from another. It can't make up its mind and the person who decorated it apparently couldn't either. As my fabulous song asks "Is it a casino, or is it a restaurant?" Well?!?! One moment it's an Olive Garden for cake, then a GLAM-burger joint, then a ...

Book Review: Kill the Farm Boy

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Kill The Farm Boy Author:  Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson Genre:  fantasy, humor Publisher:  Del Rey Publication Date:  July 24, 2018 Rating:  5 stars Summary:  Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told. This is not that fairy tale. There  is  a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened. And there  is  a faraway kingdom, but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell. There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he's bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there's the Dark Lord who wishes for the boy's untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then there's a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her swor...