Jan 11, 2018 | Entertainment
January 3rd marked Tolkien’s twelfty-sixth (126th) birthday. I apologize for not being here to celebrate and raise the customary toast to the Professor. To make it up to you, I’m sharing here some Tolkien-inspired memes that never fail to crack me up....
Dec 31, 2017 | Entertainment
I know I said I’d abstain from posting for a couple of weeks, but I found this lovely video and I had to share. As another year is upon us, I find myself pondering that classic wish, “Happy New Year.” It’s not years that are happy, though,...
Dec 23, 2017 | Entertainment
I first shared this back in 2014, but I came across it the other day and I had to repost. Apologies if you’ve seen it twice! As you seemed to enjoy last week’s post, Are you in a Regency Romance Novel?, I’ve got another one for you, also by The...
Nov 11, 2017 | Entertainment
A few days ago, I was contacted by the good people over at The Salty Pun, who asked me to share some of their puns. Since you all seemed to enjoy the previous batch, I’m happy to oblige. My personal favorite? The pineapple one. It makes so much sense… For...
Oct 27, 2017 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts
Seeing how much you all enjoy archaic insults, here are some more, courtesy of Dictionary.com. Gobermouch: an old Irish term for someone who meddles in other people’s business. That classic Friends scene would be quite something with goubermouch instead of...
Oct 17, 2017 | Entertainment
In my search for reading material for the wee one, I came across a post by Sarah Laskow of Atlas Obscura on “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. These can feel like being lost in a maze and running through twists and turns only to find dead ends, switchbacks, and...
Sep 10, 2017 | Entertainment
I recently followed Rough Bandit’s Fun Pun Blog. Here’s a selection of some puns that made me chuckle: My ex-girlfriend just found out that I’ve replaced her bed with a trampoline. She hit the roof. I bought a pair of shoes off a drug dealer. Dunno what...
Jul 31, 2017 | Entertainment, My friends' Guest Posts, Random Musings
You may remember my dear wife, Electra, from her guest posts, The Art of Forgetting: Are all Authors Forgetful? and The life of an author as lived by his wife. She has finally decided to write an update with another behind-the-scenes peek at our life. As...
Apr 3, 2017 | Entertainment
When we lived in Edinburgh, we paid our local Tesco supermarket weekly visits. So, I can easily imagine how surprised I’d feel if I chanced upon one of the mystery poems that Metro UK recently shared. In the bakery aisle of a Coventry Tesco, a vigilante...
Apr 1, 2017 | Entertainment
To celebrate April Fools’ Day, I’ve dug up my favorite literary hoaxes of all time, courtesy of Huffington Post and Atlas Obscura. 1. Jean-Baptiste Botul In February 2010, the famous French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy was duped by a fake 20th-century...
