Can we all agree before I start that Kevin Brockmeier is a beautiful and inventive writer? His novel The Brief History of the Dead still haunts me even thought it’s been years since I’ve read…
Date Archives 2011
The lazy reader takes pictures
When I’m in bed reading and a happen across something that resonates with me, I’m much too lazy to write it down and much to fastidious to write in a book. However, I do have…
These two things happened today: on wasps & gum chewers
I. While making my bed this morning I found a dead wasp or hornet under the covers. This is disturbing for a few reasons, not the least of which I spent the night with a…
I see a little light
Most nights when I roll over to go to sleep I look out my window and talk to the Gatsby Lights. It’s like praying without the deity and the asking for help. If I could…
The charming tale of Robot Girl & Ghost Boy
Don’t let the bright pink cover and the telephone fool you, How To Say Goodbye In Robot by Natalie Standiford is not the type of YA romance novel you might expect. In fact there were…
Attempts made on Jem and/or The Holograms’ lives during the first six episodes
The Hub is showing Jem & The Holograms, and you can bet your sweet ass I’m Tivoing the shit out of it. In fact, I happened to catch a mini-marathon yesterday morning. It’s been decades…