Scientist Gone Wordy

There’s a profound insecurity at the heart of any agenda that presumes that if kids aren’t spoon fed a black and white fairy tale of our n...

T itle: C lose Range: Wyoming Stories (includes Brokeback Mountain) A uthor: Annie Proulx Publisher:  Fourth Estate (1999) I really ...

Everyday is for the thief, but one day is for the owner. English translation of Yoruba proverb included at the beginning of Every Day is f...

T itle: Breakfast at Tiffany's A uthor: Truman Capote Publisher:  Random House (1958) I 'm really excited to sta rt the y...

Watching this video this morning I felt a special glow of warmth for Marshawn Lynch: Watching this video this evening I knew it was love...

Because we come to the world fresh we foolishly suppose that with our new lives new possibilities are born. It isn't true. The short ra...

Favorite fiction: The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox Favorite non-fiction: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Mode...

T itle: Hell House A uthor: Richard Matheson Publisher:  Viking Press (1971) I think this final title of our year might be the thir...

T itle: The Earthsea Quartet*   A uthor: Ursula Le Guin Publisher:  See note As I recall, this month kicks off The Slide (made...

So happy to have internet changeover complete and good connectivity back. For many reasons obviously but also because I got to play swtor an...

Title: The Andromeda Strain Author: Michael Crichton Publisher:  Knopf (1969) I assume we'll all be glued to our televisions th...

I haven't exactly been reading (or posting!) up a storm lately but here are a few recommendations which will give an idea of what I have...

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

16. For the first time in his life, he found himself imagining a future together with someone. He was embarrassed to tell her this but he ...

I'm not picky about how I get my stories. I'll read on my computer, my phone, my tablet, in my books, in the books at the library, o...

(I'm the one in carbonite, not the one with his back facing the camera.)

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

Title: Hombre Author: Elmore Leonard Publisher: Ballantine (1961) I've heard some of the folks in Cali are enduring a hot, dry ...