I hope everyone has a joyous and safe New Year’s Eve and a bright and prosperous New Year in 2005. I will be celebrating with friends and then gorging myself on an orgy of football. Thanks for all the visits in 2004 and I hope you will return and bring a friend in 2005.
I hope everyone has a joyous and safe New Year’s Eve and a bright and prosperous New Year in 2005. I will be celebrating with friends and then gorging myself on an orgy of football. Thanks for all the visits in 2004 and I hope you will return and bring a friend in 2005.
His Dark materials author Phillip Pullman has responded in length to accusations that the film version of his series are being watered down so as not to offend. Pullman comes to the shocking conclusion that reporters sometimes twist people’s words around! Say it ain’t so Phil! Anyway here it is straight from the author: To [...]
One thing you might not know about me is that I am actually a rather shallow person. I know I should be magnanimous and a good sport and all that, but I really, really, really wanted Ohio State to lose last night. It is like that old saw: it is not enough that dogs succeed, [...]
Many lit blogs have re-awakened from their holiday slumber to post links and thoughts on the passing of Susan Sontag. I am not really that familiar with Sontag’s writing, and her left-wing politics are the opposite of mine, but (or perhaps as a result) I found this Roger Kimball post interesting and so thought I [...]
A Ha-Ha is a sunken fence used to divide land without visibly altering the landscape. This tidbit from landscape architecture forms the central metaphor of Dave King’s debut novel THE HA-HA. Howard Kapostash can’t speak, read, or write, but he can communicate. Disfigured by a landmine in Vietnam, Howard is the novel’s first person narrator. [...]
Okay, that title is a little misleading. What I actually am is champion of a fantasy football league. Under the title of my book blog Collected Miscellany, I swept through the playoffs and won the championship of the Webloggers Fantasy Football Leauge. Here is the playoff bracket for proof. At the start of the season [...]
Much gripping has been heard across the blogosphere regarding the film version of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy. People are upset because the films are apparently being stripped of their anti-religion content for fear of offending the masses. Pullman is reportedly not concerned as he is set to make big bucks regardless. Comically, his [...]
Another Monday, another entry on the Steelers’ victory. Is this getting fun or what? I keep having to pinch myself to see if this is a dream. Are the Steelers really 14-1? Did they just clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs (to go with winning the division and a first round bye)? Have they [...]
Being a rather restless person, I often enjoy books whose plots are unconventional or whose stories center around something fantastic. This interest cuts across genres and subjects. I like to use literature and reading as a way to explore ideas not just as a way to kill time. It’s not that I don’t enjoy more [...]