Hit the movie this morning. I’d give it a 6.5 out of 10. There’s a lot of nice wand work 😛 and interesting creatures. Fun: definitely worth shelling out to see it. I was used to the telegraphic nature of…
Category: Reviews
Google “Games” with Words: Spell Up
I really like a lot of what Google is doing. Really. Cars without pedals, glasses except for people who need them… Okay, fine: much of my online presence is Googlish. One of their pastimes has been games. There was a great…
On Slash as a
Professor Anne Curzan, in her blog piece entitled “Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark Anymore,” Â hails the use of “slash” in a sentence as an “innovative conjunction” or “conjunctive adverb.” She sites examples such as “Does anyone care if my…
On Writing
Listening to NPR, where Jonathan Gotchall reviews lists three of his top books. On Writing, by Stephen King is at the top of his list. I’ve bought and given away three copies so far. It’s a brilliant book: it helped…
Consent: New Short Story Out!
This story has been stewing in the back, the standard 95.43% ready but not quite there. Now it is, complete with correct formatting as an e-book, a pretty cover and all that jazz. Consent is about Jesse Munoz, a Medecins…
“Hunger Games,” Transitions from Book to Screen and ScriptFrenzy
While I disagree with the YA genre for the Hunger Games, on the basis of graphic violence rather than the usual idiocy about what kids know about sex and relationships by their early teens, it is a great series. The…
Review: Torchy’s, Rudy’s and TacoDeli
Tweetreview: Pretentious meets bad customer service meets… who cares. You can do better in Austin! I’ve eaten here. A few times, in time for the morning rush and between breakfast and lunch. I’m a bit… geezer… as my kids put…
I’ll be doing reviews as well as recipes, starting this date. I’ve got such a backlog of recipes I figure it’ll be better to give a few reviews sprinkled in. I’m pushing the dates around so they’re salted throughout the…