Busy morning. I like it when I find myself working in a groove that doesn’t give me time to think about what isn’t working. Not today. Over a foot of snow is now lying like a serene comforter over everything … Continue reading
I’ve been wasting time over my Shelfari page. I opened it quite some time ago,posted a few titles, gathered a few friends, and then forgot about it till recently. Since high school I’ve kept lists of the books I read. … Continue reading
You wonder where they go sometimes, and then you stumble on a recording on an obscure label (of course, all labels seem obscure these days) and you think, “Damn!” I treated myself to a new album this week. Peter Banks, … Continue reading
It’s like Clint Eastwood has come to town and all the bad guys are hiding under the tables or in closets. President Obama is striking down one stupid rule after another his predecessor left behind. It’s a martial arts level … Continue reading
Pat Cadigan is a masterful storyteller. One of her strengths is background nuance. You know, filling in the bits and pieces of a world so that it stands up on its own and walks convincingly? Layered on top of that … Continue reading
The obsession the Right has had for lo these many years with people’s sexuality has received a final “gift” from the Bush Administration. This is like grade school stuff. It’s classic “If we don’t tell them about it, they won’t … Continue reading
I watched a good portion of Bush’s last press conference and couldn’t help thinking it was an audition for the part of a recovering junkie recently fallen off the wagon. It wasn’t the words so much as the body language … Continue reading
There is a very interesting piece over on Deep Genre about girls and reading. Check it out and the comments. I’m still turning it over in my head, but I’ll have something more to say about it in a few … Continue reading
Recently I engaged in yet another cycle of debate with someone who insists that science is a religion. This is a tiresome argument on one level because it is one with all sorts of things that fall under the category … Continue reading
Yesterday, our reading group did the last canto of Dante’s Inferno. We reached the center, climbed the hairy haunch of Satan, and emerged to a place where above could be seen stars. I’m told each volume of the Commedia ends … Continue reading