Scientist Gone Wordy

Title: The Haunting of Hill House Author: Shirley Jackson Publisher:  Penguin (2006) Originally published in 1959   Anyone keeping t...

Back before Breaking Bad was Breaking Bad (before even the pilot aired, actually) I had some interest in seeing the show. I admire Cransto...

Have real life to participate in... but how is one to sign off when completely overtaken by the giggles after seeing this Technical Support ...

An oldie but goodie from The Book Smugglers about book covers (with resources and links) and a little about book content.

Be a Human.

It's recently occurred to me that I shared my S/Paul-on-the-way-to-Damascus conversion experience with The Prince of Midnight audiobook...

Too good not to share. I've actually made a small habit of going to view illuminated manuscripts when possible but I've obviously ...

Title: Black Hawk Down: a story of modern war Author: Mark Bowden Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (1999)   Here we are at the end...

Title: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Author: Paul Torday Publisher: Harcourt, Inc (2008)    First published in GB in 2007   I picked ...

My fifth session (as the film slots are called) at the NZ Int'l Film Fest was Us and the Gaming Industry . This NZ documentary is abou...

I remember the original post but I had no idea it had spawned what can only be referred to as a series . I love these images and highly enc...

My fourth session (as the film slots are called) at the NZ Int'l Film Fest was Wadjda . This movie is about a young Saudi girl who cha...

My third session (as the film slots are called) at the NZ Int'l Film Fest was The Broken Circle Breakdown . This movie is about the re...

As an opponent of "stop and frisk" tactics and the US military as an occupying force, it was interesting to see this short piece ...

...witchcraft requires no potions, familiar spirits or magic wands. Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough. The Ench...

My second session (as the film slots are called) at the NZ Int'l Film Fest was Jappeloup . This movie depicts the real life events of s...

My first session (as the film slots are called) at the NZ Int'l Film Fest was Giselle . Reading the program notes tells me that this ba...

I was born in, and most of my family still live in, a dialect heavy region of the US. While most regions have dialects some are more noticea...