Nothing is real …
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book. Kurt Andersen, creator of Spy magazine in the ’80s … Continue reading
Family Histories: It isn’t even past
Originally posted on Author Adrienne Morris:
Welcome to another installment of Family Histories. Today my featured guest is KEVIN BRENNAN, an accomplished novelist and editor. Kevin discusses how other people’s…
Here it is: the ur-primate grooming video!
I’ll use this joyous occasion (I’m sure you’ll want to bookmark this page for repeat viewings of the video) to announce that In No Particular Order is now perma-free in … Continue reading
I tawt I taw a purdy tat!
I wouldn’t have thought I’d ever take the plunge. A tattoo? At this late date? My wife and I always said we’d get identical tattoos one day, if we ever … Continue reading
Thumbs the word
I’ve never had very good luck as a hitchhiker. Does anybody still hitchhike, besides serial killers? All my hitchhiking attempts were in Britain in the ’70s, when trying to snag … Continue reading
Another of my semi-occasional anti-Trump posts
Just a year ago it wasn’t yet apparent that Donald Trump was going to be elected president. I long for those days of tentative hope. Back when what should have … Continue reading
Bean there, done that
I keep seeing tweets like the one above from writers, celebrating coffee. They drive me nuts. It’s like all you have to do is get some caffeine in you and … Continue reading
My Camino Walk – a Goodreads Giveaway!
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Last year, IslandCatEditions published Timothy L. Phillips travel memoir, My Camino Walk, A Way to Healing in eBook format. Now it will soon…
It’s our 23rd wedding anniversary, so I wrote my wife a love song
Forget flowers and chocolate, gentlemen. When your anniversary rolls around, nothing warms the lady cockles like a heartfelt love song. Since we walk along a river almost every day, this … Continue reading
I’m not obsessed with monkeys … I’m not.
In which a frog plays a video game.
WHAT THE HELL 