How to fix Blogger’s “popular posts” widget
I thought when Blogger came out with their official widget to display popular posts it would be a great addition to my blog. Like for many other people though, the…
Deadlines
Our writing group meets for the first time in two weeks. Before we meet, I need to email a story to the members. Goal for the week: write a rough…
Walking Dead: Volume 2 & 3 (Hardcovers)
The first one was so good, (thanks for the birthday present) that I've ordered two more off Amazon. Shipped today; can't wait to read them.
Something Pretty, Something Beautiful – Eric Barnes – Maturity and Time
"Something Pretty, Something Beautiful" by Eric Barnes reads like A Clockwork Orange set in Tacoma, Washington minus Burgess' style. The story is full of teenage violence, angst, and a desire…
Movies: La Jetée
Just watched La Jetée and loved it. If you've seen Twelve Monkeys, (and maybe read The Time Traveler's Wife) this film is where ideas were borrowed.
Emergency Response: Zombies and Risks to Repositories
Librarians face an awesome task in preserving human knowledge. As defenders of our collective cultural heritage, we have come up with disaster response plans for situations like floods and fires.…
Always Raining Somewhere, Said Jim Johnson – John Edgar Wideman – Setting and Sentimentality
"Always Raining Somewhere, Said Jim Johnson" by John Edgar Wideman is a story that revisits a writer's experience at the Iowa Writing Workshop. Fiction? Nonfiction? It doesn't matter. While Wideman…
Review: The Walking Dead, Book One – Robert Kirkman
I'd heard of The Walking Dead, but haven't read any comics for quite a few years. My source for comic books had always been my childhood friend who now co-owns…
Review: Point Omega – Don DeLillo
If you're a reader who likes plot points neatly tied and convention followed, this book is not for you. Point Omega by Don DeLillo revolves around a character named Elster,…
Review: City of Glass – Paul Auster
I picked City of Glass off the bookcase because I heard Paul Auster interviewed on Radiolab. In the interview he described getting a phone call, after the novel was published,…