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My Own Personal Summer
There is a joke we tell in these parts so often that it couldn’t possibly be funny anymore: if you don’t like the weather, you should just wait 15 minutes. Such…
BOOK REVIEW: A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard
A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard Jonathan L. Howard, that is to say, Johannes Cabal, is at his best when in Hell. The literal Hell, not the figurative one.…
The Inherent Value of Suffering
Recently, my family took a road trip to visit my parents in Ft. Myers, Florida. We’ve taken this trip many times. It is about six hundred miles, door to door, mostly…
BOOK REVIEW: The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Much of my career as a lawyer has been dedicated to issues related to children. So often; children get lost in…
Introverts Unite — Alone
I am not delusional. I know that I have “angry resting face.” When I’m thinking, or submerged deep inside of my head, the (lack of) expression on my face looks…
BOOK REVIEW: My Fair Lazy
My Fair Lazy by: Jen Lancaster I picked this book up because a) it was on sale at Barnes & Noble, and b) because many people had asked me if I’d…
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
If you’ve read my book, Mismatched Shoes and Upside Down Pizza, you know how much I loved the Sky Mall catalog, with its can’t-live-without merchandise like the fake grass and miniature-plastic…
BOOK REVIEW: Food: A Love Story
Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan. Comedian Jim Gaffigan loves food. By his words, he’s not so much a foodie as an ‘eatie.’ This means that he doesn’t so…
The Great Guitar Saga
My mother’s mother’s sister, Aunt Pearl, had an old guitar that used to belong to her son, Jeffrey, that she wanted to give my daughter. Aunt Pearl, an admirably independent…
BOOK REVIEW: Unwind
Unwind by Neal Shusterman As you can probably tell if you’ve read more than one of my reviews, I like books that are different. Formulaic books (girl meets boy, they…
