Scientist Gone Wordy

Title - The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice Author - Kathryn Bolkovac wit...

I've been busy with a demo saddle and Dr M had to leave the country (Don't worry, work related not crime related - ha!) so our Alan ...

My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we've decided to review his films from start to finish.    Using IMDb , that p...

Dr M is all about the gifs lately. Lucky us ! So tip o' the hat to Dr M for sending me the vid link. What's funny is that I'd ...

Good times and giggles here . (hat tip: Dr M)

This documentary is long but so worth the view. If you know me, you know that advertising will often make my blood boil. This documentary is...

 My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we've decided to review his films from start to finish. Using IMDb , that puts us...

Title: Drive Studio: Bold Films (2011) Michael and I did a little something different for our joint post series last April a...

 My household are big fans of Alan Rickman. As such, we've decided to review his films from start to finish. Using IMDb , that puts ...

Title: The Big Sleep Author: Raymond Chandler Publisher: Knopf (1939)  There are many releases/publishers for this novel. Mine wa...

Back when I used to watch every movie that came out rather than just every movie trailer, back when I worked in a video store (pre-DVDs and ...

Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Penguin Classics (2003) Originally published in 1817 My love of Austen is no big...

Teleflora* makes a commercial equating women to prostitutes** (and NBC willingly broadcasts it) but it's M.I.A. making an immature and ...

Need a laugh? Click here . (hat tip: Sum of Me )

Title: The Maltese Falcon Author: Dashiell Hammett Publisher: Various, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask (1930) M...

(review format shamelessly ripped off from Apprentice Writer ) Title: Powder of Love Author: Summer Devon Publisher: Loose Id (201...

ETA: More on this topic. Shannon Hale makes a very good point in this post . To it, I would add that another limitation of only teaching...

Favorite fiction : Three-way tie! The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz The Known World by Edward P. Jones Shibumi by Tre...

This is a great interview of Rebecca Skloot with its main topic being structure. Very interesting stuff.

IF by Rudyard Kipling IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself whe...