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BOOK REVIEW: Supreme Courtship
Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley All the best satire is just a little bit too true. I read Supreme Courtship years ago. Now that Justice Antonin Scalia has died unexpectedly and,…
Nap Time for Grownups
A friend of mine who knows me rather well sent me a link to a product called the Ostrich Pillow. Seriously: look at this: Studio Banana Things The Original Authentic Ostrich…
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: New York Night
New York Night: The 7th Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller New York Night by Stephen Leather is a detective story, of sorts. Jack Nightingale is on loan from England to investigate…
Grilled Cheese and Snuggles
The other day, my daughter was sad for reasons only truly understood by another 12 year old girl. It was a Saturday, one of the few days in which I…
VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR: The Forging of a Knight
Forging of a Knight: The Stolen Thief Forging of a Knight: The Stolen Thief, by Hugo V. Negron, is the fourth in the Forging of a Knight series, and the…
My Funeral
Right about the time I graduated from college, my friends started getting engaged. It got to the point where every week there was either an engagement, a shower,…
BOOK REVIEW: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children) Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is, as I type this, being made into a movie by…
Small Talk
My Dad, who, left to his own devices, which he never is, would go days without speaking, and who has never once in his life engaged in small talk, will…
BOOK REVIEW: Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman: A Novel So, after much consideration, I decided to read Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman.” I had a little bit of a moral conundrum…
The Latest Trend in . . . Armpit Hair?
Since we all know how hip and happening I am, as evidenced by the fact that all the cool kids refer to themselves as ‘hip’ and ‘happening,’ I would like…
