I have reason to believe that a New York Times Op Ed columnist read my name while he was pooping. I think I deserve a Poo-litzer for that. ...
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Book Report: The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax
This book is the first in a series of spy thrillers. And you're thinking, "But Larry, you never like thrillers. Why did you read this book?" One of my relatives mentioned these books at some family ...
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Gadget Update
A few months ago, I snidely pointed out that Motorola Droid marketing was aimed at men who were trying to compensate for something. And yet, that's the kind of phone I bought last week. I figured tha...
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Book Report: Trick or Treatment
It's a book about alternative medicine. Going in, I had some idea of what I wanted to learn. I figured that some alternative medicines are probably good for curing some things... but probably not g...
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Comic Report: The Question: The Five Books of Blood
I picked up this comic book collection "The Five Books of Blood" because it was written by Greg Rucka, who has written some good stuff. So, he's written some good stuff. But he also wrote "The Five...
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Book Report: Assassination Vacation
Pre-book-report non sequiturs can be fun: Darcy Krasne. We now return you to today's Book Report, already in progress. ...ever get published? Though this book is by Sarah Vowell, I blame its widesp...
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Science Fiction Book Club Meme
I plagiarized the following explanation from someone else who was passing along this meme: This is a list of the 50 "most significant" science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Scie...
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