Category: General

Step 1. I go to the dentist. I think I have an abscessed tooth. “No, you have a sinus infection. See your physician.” Step 2. I tell the doctor I… Read more »

Enjoying this book very much. Subject: How easy it is to manipulate the media and public opinion. Highly recommend. But evil. Author Ryan Holiday’s pitch on Amazon: “You’ve seen it… Read more »

Every year a new crop of “summer beach read” lists springs into being. Most, like the essential summer book list I just glanced at on The Huffington Post, look as… Read more »

I signed up for Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting class on a whim. It looks interesting and well produced, and Sorkin definitely knows the business. I’ll have to be careful not to… Read more »

Does “Neverwhere” really need a 1,753rd review on Amazon? Probably not, but that is not going to stop me from writing one. Neil Gaiman is a creative virtuoso. In “Neverwhere,”… Read more »

Addictions tend to be bad things. Smack, vodka, pornography, even food; you get addicted to any of these, and it is safe to hazard you have a problem. Or problems, more… Read more »

Here are 16 problems I’ve spotted with indie Kindle books I’ve seen promoted on Twitter in the past couple of days. And by problems with “books,” what I really mean… Read more »

We spent a long weekend in Alachua County, Florida, in an area known as Haile Plantation. Thomas Evans Haile was a South Carolina cotton grower who established a plantation near Gainesville in the… Read more »

Found several in a bar after dusk. Followed a woman in a scarlet cape to this narrow alley. She looked back at us, smiled, and went in. We realized she… Read more »

I’ve found a few good prospects near the plantation. Will check back in the evening. http://amzn.to/1NE15tk I love The South: Lush vegetation, afternoon thunderstorms, and a lingering sense of aristocracy defiant… Read more »