John: "Okay, it’s bedtime. Time to quiet down and read our bedtime book. You must put away the horse-weapon and the box-weapon." Juss to Orville, one tenth of a second later: "Okay. We pretend I have the box-weapon and you have the horse-weapon." So, what about you guys? What have your kids been saying lately (or your…
As often happens with such things, a friend sent me his choice for the good Doctor, and now I can’t picture anyone else in the role. So, whomever they pick, I’ll probably be vaguely disappointed. The Talented Peter Wingfield As my friend said: "After all, we already know he can play a good quirky immortal wise-guy."
A friend sent the following joke: "HinJew leaders today conceded the merger of Hinduism and Judaism hasnot worked out as planned. Instead of forming a super-religion tofight off the common Islamic enemy, they have instead created a raceof 900 million people who, no matter how many times they arereincarnated, can never please their mothers." This…
This amused me so much, I had to post it…after a weekend of watching Guys and Dolls with the boys and talking about horse races and the evils of gambling, I came across this: Who will replace David Tennant as Doctor Who? Click here and get a FREE £20 BET 3/1 Paterson Joseph5/1 David Morrissey6/1 James Nesbitt8/1 John Simm10/1 Russell…
Every now and then one stumbles upon something that is just bizarre — like discovering that the girl who played Door in Neverwhere also was the blacksmith girl in A Knight’s Tale. Can’t put into words why that is so weird…you’ll just have to take my word for it. I love IMDB,though, for that very…
Trying again on Chapter One… (This would come before the the scene with Victoria in the woods.) Chapter One: The Dreamers Whose Dreams Come True “The evil magician won’t help us. We have to save the world by ourselves,” Bernard announced. He breathed in the stew-laden air and rubbed his hands together. “But first…let’s…
Here’s an article from USA Today, of all places, on how Old Farmer’s Almanac, using the same methods they’ve always used (which are often reliable) are predicting cooling over the next 50 years. So, my question is this: assuming this should turn out to be true, can we use all these methods that everyone insists make the…
Here’s one: This edgy postmodern Secret History straddles urban fantasy and slipstream while effortlessly ringing the changes on classic SF tropes. Lamplighter is a writer to watch. –James Mallory This second one, from Wen Spencer, author of Tinker and A Brother’s Keeper came a while ago, but I didn’t post it: Lamplighter weaves a rich…
"An elegantly-written blend of Shakespearean delights, urban fantasy, and original mythology, with a dash of romance, too! L. Jagi Lamplight weaves a colorful tapestry of magic and adventure featuring an intelligent, resourceful heroine."–Laura Resnick, author of The White Dragon and The Destroyer Goddess
John wrote: My wife wrote this book. You should buy it so I can put shoes on my children. Okay, no. He actually wrote: If you want to read about a missing master-wizard, a virgin sorceress of unagingbeauty, an ethereal spirit who yearns for freedom, a gumshoe in a trench coatwhose trusty lead pipe is…