Archive for July 7, 2007

President Trump on Tuesday mourned the death of Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, who passed away suddenly a day earlier. Trump said he was [...]

The facts of the matter are that we’re wittiness to a “color revolt ” in our own country. It’s a kind of soft Coup d’état [...]

First of all we (in the USA) live in a rather protected environment, largely the product of Madison Avenue consumer paradise. Our concerns rest with [...]

It turns out I’m very easily irritated. By no means all-inclusive, please peruse the following list and attempt to limit my exposure to the said items unless you would like to a) see my squinty-eyed look of mild outrage (best case) or b) hear all about it in virulent, hyperbolic terms (worst). 1. The expression [...]

2014. Year of the… (wait while I google this) DAMMIT. Now I wish I’d never even looked that up. Guess who is universally expected to have the worst year next year, a.k.a. the year of the Fire Horse? Me. The Water Rat (I know, I  know. The irony is not lost on me.) who admittedly [...]

(a.k.a. the species that infiltrated my now ex-home. BTW, for those wondering how that little slice of hell was “resolved”: let’s just say if there really is such a thing as instant karma, my former landlord is due to burst into a ball of flames at any moment.) Anyway, when not pondering the symptoms of [...]

Headshot by John G. Hartness My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m reviewing the audio book version of Headshot by John G. Hartness. At 2.5 hours, it’s a nice afternoon of action, bloodshed, and teenage longing for love and acceptance between classes and killing people. It all fits into the backstory that we begin to […]

This Old World: A Novel of Utopian Dreams and Civil War by Steve Wiegenstein My rating: 4 of 5 stars Weigenstein develops the story by showing how the people try to heal the scars from the war and the old conflicts before the war that have not been resolved. It is textured plot with well-developed […]

Shifter by Alma Alexander My rating: 4 of 5 stars Being one of a kind is a difficult proposition at any point in one’s life, but in this story, it is dangerous for him even to exist, and from his birth, people are looking for him. In a world where Were and Not-Were live in […]