So Stephen King has a new book out that I'm very excited about, it combines King-esque timey-wimey time travel and the Kennedy assassination. I got thinking, Imma go buy it IN HARDCOVER. Because Steve is my man ( Read more... )

I often listen to documentaries on Netflix streaming while I work; it provides a nice change from podcasts. Right now I'm working my way through "Is It Real?" which is a National Geographic series of one-hour shows about various supernatural things (Sasquatch, crop circles, etc) and the evidence for and against and how the sightings can be ( Read more... )

I once heard the author Walter Moseley speak. He is awesome. He is commonly referred to as a mystery/thriller writer (he writes the Easy Rawlins mysteries, one of which was made into a film starring Denzel) but he has also written straight-up fiction. He himself identifies as a writer in the “black heroes” genre ( Read more... )

So status update on The Roth Project, also known as my "Read 100 Books in 2011" Project.

I am well on track...ahead, in fact...of my 100 books goal. I've read 35 books so far this year, which according to GoodReads' reading-goal widget, puts me two books ahead of schedule (plus I have one more that I could finish tonight if I decided to ( Read more... )

I had a moment today. It's one of those things that's almost impossible to write about without sounding pretentious or like I'm trying to manufacture a deep pithy moment so I seem like someone who has moments like that instead of what I am, which is a regular person who yells at the screen during Project Runway and obsesses over finding the ( Read more... )

Sooooo...yeah. I've been pretty quiet this week, huh? Haven't posted since Monday ( Read more... )

Check out my super speshul precognitive abilities ( Read more... )

I watched a bad movie last night. I can't really bitch about it because I knew it'd be bad going in ( Read more... )

Good morning, all. It finally feels like January here in Ohio, what with the cold and snow flurries and all. At least it isn't raining anymore ( Read more... )

GIP. Heh ( Read more... )