Biking in Thunderstorms
Purposely aiming for mud puddles while biking through thunderstorms makes me happy
Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Obnoxious Cover – Good Fantasy Novel “Fablehaven”
Were I only to go off of the cover art on the Fablehaven book series, I’d think a publisher, needing to beef-up the YA Fiction catalog, called down to the marketing department & ordered mock cover designs, then hired a writer to write stories to match.But I’d be wrong. The series is great and I …
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4 Artist Renditions of My Mug
Artist Suzann Beck has me sitting for her and three of her painting friends. For the next 8 hours, I am stared at constantly from their four different perspectives set semi-circle around my chair. (How awkward posing nude must be?!) At first, there’s lively discussion amongst them, but as the hours tick by, there’s an …
Makes Me Smile…
Winter weather that’s warm enough to carry roses around in without covering them, yet cool enough to keep them fresh, all while biking through the snow.
Winners of Zombie Repellent Soap
Here they are. The 2 winners of the Zombie repellent soap bars.
Working in a New Oil – Soapmaking Adventures
It’s too late to stop as planned. The boiling oil begins writhing upon itself surging towards the lip of the pot. Double double toil and trouble and all that. I’ve had a pot overflow before. The caustic (flesh-burning) sludge overflowing onto the counter & floor. I don’t let that happen this time. Something unrelated to …
Look Alikes & Doppelgangers
1. Tobin Bell After an online interview, Paul was mentioned in a comment on a message board for horror films, “Paul ought to play Tobin Bell’s son in a movie.” (For those that don’t follow horror flicks, Tobin Bell is the leading actor in the series of horror genre films “Saw.”) What do you think? …
Noir Style Fiction – Book Report
Adual citizenship pen pal answers my request for a book suggestion on Twitter. Having just finished the final eight-hundredth page of horror novel “The Passage,” I asked if anyone knew of another good book for me to read. In less time than it takes to crack the knuckles of your left hand, the American/Israelite pen …
Way to Deal With Tragedy on the News
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are …
Horror Novel The Passage – Book Report
Hefting the 800 page horror novel up from the librarian’s desk, I notice that the book is not only thick, but also the pages are much larger than a standard novel. The cover art is interesting, but it was the creepy photo of the author, Justin Cronin, in the New York Times Magazine interview, that …