For years, I have not liked dark, gritty, ‘realistic’ stories, but for the longest time I could not put my finger on why. I mean the kind of thing where there’s no hope, everything is covered in dirt, and terrible things are happening one on top of another like a stack of pancakes. Sometimes, these…
Here’s another article from my Mania days. It’s a bit out of date, but…Dark and lithesome ponytailed hunks, dashing redheads with long transparent hair, subtle smiles, and open shirts, blond Adonises as evil as they are handsome; when it really comes down to it, the heart of shojo anime is the bishonen. All anime fans…
Recently, a friend sent around a feel-good story that is recorded on snopes in a slightly altered form at http://www.snopes.com/glurge/chush.asp The story is cute; the version I read was even more poignant, with the little boy dying at the end, having until his last day recalled the one time he had been a hero…
Yesterday Juss told me: “A cheese’tick. It’s like a ‘tick. No. It’s like a finger. No, it’s like a thumb….I don’t know what it’s like! Oh, it’s like a ‘tick only made of cheese!” Today, he put on my purse and declared, “I look just like a mommy! I look like a cute mommy!” The…
I came at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449088/faq “The first assembly cut of At World’s End was three hours. Twenty minutes were removed, not including end credits, though producer Jerry Bruckheimer maintained that the long running time was needed to make the final battle work in terms of build-up. One scene cut explained that if Calypso had greetedDavy Jones…
In my youth, I was a Liberal of the fiercest sort. I never went so far as declaring myself a communist, because it was clear to me, even at a young age, that communism would not work. However, I was for every other Liberal policy one can imagine. When John and I got together, we had…
Many years ago I read some books by Georgette Heyer (all that were in the local library, I believe) and came away with the impression that she was enjoyable but not particularly noteworthy. A few months ago, however, I picked up a copy of BATH TANGLE on sale somewhere and had it lying around unread.…
Yesterday, the cherubim’s human coil turned seven. For his birthday, we did something very different from our normal wont. A friend of ours from college drives a race car and had been inviting John to come up to the track to see him. One of the days available happened to be Ro’s birthday, and since…
Our new Anthology is out! “Our” being Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeff Lyman, Lee Hillman and myself. This is the second anthology we’ve done, and they have both been great fun. We held a launch for this book at Balticon and sold out every copy Danielle brought. I’m too embarrassed to say the name, so you’ll have…
Arko’s Ten Commandments, as dictated to Arco’s “visible” brother, Juss, who shared them with me as we drove home today. 1) Don’t drive with the car door unlocked 2) Don’t step in the road 3) Don’t covet 4) Don’t steal from people 5) Don’t stomp in church 6) Don’t…