So, yeah, I’m on Goodreads, have been for a few years. I’m not entirely sure why—I’m not a big participator there. If I’m going to write a book review, I’d rather do it here on my blog, or in some forum with an actual editor. But I like to see…
Read MoreIt’s been a long time since I had a book out. This saddens me, but is also freeing. For one thing, when you don’t have a new book out, you don’t obsessively auto-Google for new reviews. And then if you hit a bad review, you get briefly depressed and angry…
Read MoreIt had been a long time since I had really spent time with writers. Sure, I have my local people whom I see at literary and social events, but I just don't get out to those things (or anything) much in my state of advanced decrepitude. Mostly, my interaction with…
Read MoreSince I’m now actually forgetting what other books I’ve read for “fun” in the past year, I’m going to move on to what I read last summer for not exactly fun, but not exactly work: many, many magazines. Now, mostly, reading magazines falls into the category of fun. Lately, my…
Read MoreA New Year! Time to update the world about my sporadic media consumption via one of my less-than-even-sporadic blog posts.To sum up what I did for amusement over last spring (which is far as I’ve gotten with this tale): after my Game of Thrones marathon, I felt the need for…
Read MoreIt's been a while since I posted about my experience reading the first Song of Ice and Fire book. So what stories have I been reading and watching since then? This post is Part 1 of about eight or nine months' worth of books and "TV," but maybe that's a…
Read MoreI was sitting in my History of Publishing class while a woman gave a presentation on the history of literacy. The class was restless and confused. The presenter's visual aid--likely an overhead transparency--made no sense. The chart clearly depicted literacy steadily, and sometimes dramatically, decreasing over the ages. Finally, someone…
Read MoreSo, a little over a week ago, we ordered Chinese food. My fortune read thusly: [caption id="attachment_368" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="My fortune"][/caption] In case you can’t read that terrible photo, it says, “Something interesting will happen soon at work.” Or, on the French side of the fortune, “Il se produira bientôt…
Read MoreA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is so terribly written and full of cliches that it makes my brain drip out my ear as I read it. AND YET I CAN'T STOP. I might even start the next book. That's why…
Read MoreOkay, so, finally, some more thoughts on iPad, because we all know the world needs more blog posts about that. If I were to write a post about the apps I most frequently use, it would be embarrassingly full of simulation games and a creaky progression of inadequate Facebook apps…
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