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Wizard World Comic Con - 2014...

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This weekend, I went to the Wizard World Comic Con in Philadelphia. It's been a while since I was last at Comic Con. This year, instead of travelling alone, I decided to take my nephew along. Also, since there was more publicity in advance of the event, I decided to order tickets online. Last week, I picked up an American Express gift card for slightly more than the amount I would need for two tickets. I knew from previous experience, that the gift card needed to be registered in order to use it online, so, I dialed the number on the back of the card and navigated through the maze of options until I found the one that would put me in touch with an actual person. The registration process took longer than expected because it wasn't immediately obvious that I had to select something I didn't really want in order to get to another menu in the navigation system that would give me the option to speak with a person. I don't know why American Express needs to make the process

Dog & Scissors...

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Not too long ago, Dog & Scissors came home with me... Harumi Kazuhito was the ultimate bookworm, spending days at a time with his head buried in his beloved books, and little could make him happier than perusing the pages of his favorite author, Kirihime Natsuno. Unfortunately, Harumi's life goes to the dogs - literally - when he gets himself killed while trying to stop a robber! Thanks to the power of a true bookworm, however, Harumi inexplicably finds himself reincarnated as a dog... which might not be so bad if dogs could read. Or if the woman who adopts him didn't have twin predilections for playing with scissors and tormenting her new pet! But what truly makes this strange reincarnation the worst of all possible worlds is that she's also his favorite author! The horror! Can Harumi find a way to live with this tantrum-throwing typist, or will her crazed clippings prove to be his undoing? Can he escape her constant hounding via the doggy door, or is he barking u