I came across this book while browsing Locus Online this morning. The name of the book is called It’s Superman: A Novel by Tom DeHaven. Being a Superman fan, I couldn’t resist. The great thing about this book is that it is not any kind of media tie-in. It’s not a Smallville book or anything…
No snow so far. At least, none that has stuck to the ground. The weather reports are still calling for heavy snow warnings, with threat of up to a foot of snow over the next 24 hours. I’m still somewhat skeptical. I think we’ll probably get snow, but I’ll be surprised if it turned out…
I spent the last two hours doing nothing but sitting on the couch, listening to music and playing solitaire. I felt like I wanted to do some writing earlier, but just couln’t get into it. So I literally killed time playing solitaire. I am terrible at solitaire. I’ve been trying to decide if there is…
I just checked the weather for the weekend to discover that snow is expected. “Heavy” snow according to the reports. 4-8 inches in most areas with up to 10 inches in some areas by tomorrow night. Now, these things are usually exagerated. On the other hand, President’s Day (which is a week from Monday) is…
I have passed my previous record of number of days without having to put gas in my car. Since moving out to the DC area 3-1/2 years ago, I went from driving 16,000 miles/year in L.A. to under 4,000 miles a year in the metro DC area. That number is also slowly shrinking. Today is…
35 pushups? I blew past that and kept on going. I did 39-1/2 pushups tonight. That last one I couldn’t lock my arms completely and so I call it 39-1/2 instead of 40. But if I can hit 40 tomorrow night then I’ll start on the second set which will eventually go up to 30.…
I don’t know what it was, but I was in a mood today. I can’t quite describe it. I was on some kind of roll that I just can’t explain. I was, in fact, hilarious. I had myself in stitches. Some of it was work-related. On the other hand, I felt rather productive today as…
Minor rant follows: How do people decide how many elipses to use, in particular when composing an email or instant message? Is there a different set of rules of which I am unaware? I often see people write things like: You’ll never guess what happened……….. Now, what made that person decide it was okay to…
Switching to The Passage of the Light was a good move because I haven’t stopped laughing since I’ve started reading it. During my late lunch today, I was chuckling so loud I thought I might be disturbing my neighbors. Barry Malzberg is just about the most brilliant writer I have ever read, in or out…
I’ve never really been gaga over beautiful actresses; often because I am too self-absorbed and dense to notice. However, two stand out in my mind: Grace Kelly, in “High Society”, circa 1956. And Scarlett Johansson. Something about her in “Lost in Translation”, but I don’t know exactly what it was. In any event, all of…