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Uncommon Courtesy

I think as a public service, I am going to use this space to review a little bit of basic math: the shortest distance between two points is a straight…

BOOK REVIEW: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman I’ve always been a Neal Shusterman fan. One of the reasons is because his books (usually in a series) are different from one another. Scorpion…

Zero Dark Thirty

I went to sixth grade orientation last week.  My actual sixth grader didn’t go and wasn’t oriented because she was still at camp.  I admit that I did a pretty poor job…

The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy

The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy: A Novel by Jacopo della Quercia If you’ve read more than one or two of my reviews before, you know that there is…

Too Many Balls In The Air

If you believe the little number next to the word “Inbox,” as of this writing, I have 3,982 unread emails in my inbox. In one of my accounts. One of…

BOOK REVIEW: Super Sad True Love Story

Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel by Gary Shteyngart Don’t let the title of this book fool you. You should not read it because it is super sad, or…

Personal Space

I’ve been married now for 3,129.285 years. So it seems. Things that happened before I got married seem somewhat unreal, almost like they are memories of a movie I once…

BOOK REVIEW: You Shall Know Our Velocity!

You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers This book has an odd title, which is ok, since it is kind of an odd book. It’s a profound one, though…

Grass is Stupid

I don’t know why anyone bothers watching the weather this time of year.  This is Atlanta.  This is mid-July.   I can say without any sort of doubt whatsoever, that it…

Review: Fowl Language Comics

Usually I use this space to tell you about books I think you’ll like. This time, however, I am going to tell you about a comic strip you should read.…

Camp Grandma

My Mom is not that old, considering how old I am and how old her grandchildren are. I won’t tell you how old she is, for fear that she reads…

BOOK REVIEW: Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline

Killer Smile (Rosato & Associates Series) by Lisa Scottoline In this book, the protagonist, Mary DiNunzio, is a lawyer who was hired to get reparations for an Italian man who…