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Until last night, I’d never seen a single episode of The Sopranos. Last fall I bought the Season 1 DVD set and we just got around to sampling it now. We watched the first two episodes. Interesting. Tony’s mother is … Continue reading →

I have today off from the day job. In addition to my usual writing duties, I’m doing some domestic chores: I prepared a batch of dough for the breadmaker and I’m making chicken soup from the carcass (love that word–it’s … Continue reading →

Part 2 of my interview with Mick Garris about Bag of Bones just went up at FEARNet. Check it out, along with another batch of never-before-seen photos from the miniseries and production.

My favorite character from Bloom County was Oliver Wendell Jones. He was the computer hacker who was always taking over corporate websites. He often dressed up like a pirate when he embarked on one of his missions. The predecessor to … Continue reading →

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, they say. I don’t know why I repeat that old adage. It has nothing to do with today’s post. Not much, anyway. I realized this week that I seem to have … Continue reading →

The youngsters started arriving at around 6:45 last night and were all done by 8:00. We had maybe forty visitors or so in total, mostly in groups of four or five at a time. A fairly typical Halloween. Got rid … Continue reading →

One of the last things I did before shutting down my computer before we headed to the airport to go to Paris a couple of weeks ago was submit a short story to the anthology The Spirit of Poe, which … Continue reading →

Vignettes from Paris #4 While in Paris last week and the week before we walked. A lot. Occasionally we took the Metro. We never took a single taxi the whole time. We used the Air France airbus to get into … Continue reading →

Vignettes from Paris #3 We had a great time on our recent 10-day trip to Paris, make no mistake about it. It was relaxing, adventurous, rejuvenating, invigorating, educational and fun. We did have a couple of quibbles, though. The first … Continue reading →

Vignette from Paris #2 One of the best things we did shortly after arriving in Paris was to buy a Paris Museum Pass. These cards are good for admission for about 60 venues in and around the city (including Versailles), … Continue reading →