Lady plays the blues
I’m learning to play this piece right now, thanks to this clip and a gentleman who has provided the transcription — fo’ free! — on YouTube. I can’t stop looking … Continue reading
Have I mentioned lately that I have a book to peddle?
Every now and then I feel like I should shake the tree a little bit. Occasional Soulmates is only $3.99, and it’s sittin’ pretty with 4.6 stars on Amazon. Says … Continue reading
Hunter S. Thompson & Ayn Rand: BFFs?
Apparently Hunter S. Thompson really liked The Fountainhead. Who knew? But he also liked The Great Gatsby, along with an interesting array of other titles that you can see here. … Continue reading
An Open Letter To WordPress
Originally posted on Fish Of Gold:
Dear WordPress.com, I am loath to write yet another letter to you, since I typically prefer to spend my time writing actual blog posts,…
Change for change’s sake: phooey!
Is anyone else annoyed by the new WordPress stats page? To my eye, it doesn’t give me enough of a one-glimpse snapshot. I have to scroll down and down and … Continue reading
Haiku for the hell of it
What’s this “Deflate-gate” That I keep hearing about? Nothing but hot air.
These blues all-stars all have the blues
Boy, I never get tired of seeing giants of American blues on German TV. I don’t know what our networks were showing at the time — probably Pat Boone and … Continue reading
Today I think I’ll use… Polysyndeton
It’s fun to use obscure literary and rhetorical terms that nobody knows for techniques that we use all the time. All polysyndeton really is is using a shitload of conjunctions … Continue reading
Easy in the islands
Check it out! I sent the irrepressible Susan Toy, who lives on the Caribbean island of Bequia, signed copies of my books, and they’re already loungin’ on a hammock. Nice … Continue reading
Food travesty #374
This is precisely what’s wrong with our culture. Just because a few f’wads in a focus group say a product is “cool to awesome” doesn’t mean you should impose that … Continue reading
WHAT THE HELL 