Rule #1,092 (End of Spoilers Theme Week)

Spoilers Theme Rule #7:

Glen Matthews isn't going to tell you his name unless you ask him.

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Spoilers Theme Rule #6:

If you're going to pretend to live in the past to escape society, don't forget to pack some penicillin.

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Spoilers Theme Rule #5:

"Rosebud" is a stupid name for a sled.

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Spoilers Theme Rule #4:

When you buy a crappy sled, you're not going to win in Olympic bobsledding. 

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Spoiler Theme Rule #3:

If a dad names his son Sue, the son will not name his son Sue.

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Spoiler Theme Rule #2:

You can't not love Big Brother.

Rule #1,086 (Beginning of Spoilers Theme Week)

This week's rules are (SPOILER ALERT) based on spoilers in famous stories.  Tune out for a while if you haven't experience culture that's a decade or more old.

Spoiler Rule #1:

If your wife's been ignoring you for quite some time, you might be a ghost.

Rule #1,073 (End of What Makes Books Great Theme Week)

What Makes Books Great Rule #7:

Great books teach lessons without spelling them out.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #6:

Great books are entertaining.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #5:

Great books make you question what you believe in.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #4:

Great books show you a better way to understand the world.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #3:

Great books show you a future both terrifying and eerily realistic.

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What Makes Books Great Rule #2:

Great books have characters that feel so real that when they die it's like you've lost a friend.

Rule #1,067 (Beginning of What Makes Books Great Theme Week)

 I'm an avid reader, and some books just have a tendency to draw you and captivate you.  In honor of such wonderful books, I'm writing a week's worth of rules concerning things books do that make them equal to more than the sum of their parts.

What Makes Books Great Rule #1:

Great books have such an interesting world setting that the background itself becomes a character.

Rule #1,041 (End of Technology Tips for the Elderly Week)

Technology Tip for the Elderly #7:

They make TVs that don't weigh a metric ton.  Look into it.

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Technology Tip for the Elderly #6:

You don't have a work computer just for work email and a home computer just for home email.  It's the internet.  You can get to any email from any computer.

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Technology Tip for the Elderly #5:

Computers don't come with the internet automatically; you still have to pay for internet service.

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Technology Tip for the Elderly #4:

"password" is not a good password.

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Technology Tip for the Elderly #3:

If you don't have a gmail account for email, it's likely that young people are laughing behind your back.

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Technology Tip for the Elderly #2:

It's more than likely that email someone forwarded you is full of lies.