I just finished reading "The First Hundred Days" compilation of Ex Machina. I actually put it down three or four times with weeks in between readings, thinking, "This is really good; I've gotta get back to this." I can't believe I set it down so often; that is no reflection on the quality of this graphic serial ( Read more... )

I'm trying to learn more about comic books as a storytelling method. I have read only one comic book series, Sandman by Neil Gaiman, long ago and which I loved. But honestly, none of the other comic book series to which I have been introduced (which are few) have interested me ( Read more... )

"Complete loose-stool-water. Arse-gravy of the very worst kind."

Stephen Fray speaking about Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code.

zordac got me a Creative Zen Vision: M for Christmas, which so far I have used only for NPR Podcasts like This American Life, Fresh Air, the Car Talk Call of the Week, and Marketplace.

In addition to the mp3 player, zordac also got me a year's subscription to Audible.com. I have now banked five (5) credits and will start to lose my credits if I don't spend ( Read more... )

I loaned my mother my copy of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent many months ago. She just called to ask if it was me who had loaned it to her and wanted my permission to loan it to a friend.

She loved it and that fills me with such...contentedness.

My mother and I had opposing tastes in reading when I was growing up. We both read a lot, but she read ( Read more... )