First, for those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It begins November 1 and ends November 30 and the goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days. My first attempt at NaNoWriMo was in November 2007. During that 30 days I managed to write 22,000 words, which…
…is that it is hard to decide what to read next. I finished Stephen King’s It yesterday (here’ s my brief review) and I am having trouble deciding what to read next that will captivate me as much as that book did. On Tuesday, Jack McDevitt’s new novel, Time Traveler’s Never Die will be automatically delivered…
Wow, what a book! There’s a lot to condense down into a brief review, but more than anything else, the characters made this book. The story was an interesting one, but the characters are what brought it to life. The book was not at all what I expected it to be: a book about an…
So here’s the deal: We moved. This move culminates a series of (wonderful) events that have taken up the better part of the last two years. Now that the move is over the unpacking has begun and this takes time and meanwhile, the house is in a fair amount of disarray. I don’t work too…
I mean, really, who doesn’t right? What about cooking? And funny? Do you like funny? Well then, forget Julie and Julia and take short link hop over to the Mouse House Kitchen where gives you food and funny all in one heaping helping. Think of it as George Carlin meets Rachel Ray: you know, like the…
I have recently completed my first year as a subscriber to NEW SCIENTIST. I read every single one of the 51 issues cover-to-cover. Sometimes I got behind a few issues, but I would always manage to catch up, and I always enjoyed every single issue. At the same time, I have been a subscriber of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN for…
I’m listening to my "autobiography" playlist this morning, and Patrick Swayze’s song, "She’s Like the Wind" came on. It was a little more poignant, knowing he’s dead now. Now, some people may wonder why this song would be on the play list in the first place. First, let me state here (as I have stated elsewhere)…