Mar 26, 2017 | Entertainment, Writing
I’m dedicating this post to Lorelei Logsdon, my dear editor, whose love of the Oxford comma made her send me the meme on the right. I came across it on The Passive Voice, whose newsletter includes all the latest in regards to publishing, but its origin was no...
Feb 18, 2017 | Entertainment, My Publications
Who is Eddie, you might ask? Truth be told, I have no idea. Mary Natalie has been babbling away for a couple of months now, but these past days has been fixated on a single word: Eddie. Which is a bit disappointing, as her very first word was Daddy. You can imagine my...
Dec 25, 2016 | Entertainment
Once again, Christmas is upon us, and I realize this is the third time I celebrate it with you, my online friends. As a small thank-you, I’ll offer you three nuggets of wisdom. No, not from three wise men, but from yours truly, to put you in the...
Dec 14, 2016 | Entertainment
Distractify.com recently published a list of reasons why reading a book is a life-changing experience. Here are my favorite ones! 1 . Reading a novel increases brain function for days. Research from Emory University has found that reading a book can increase...
May 19, 2016 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts
In 1801, Britain’s first census was begun. A subsequent survey, conducted in 1881, asked residents to declare their “rank, profession or occupation.” Here are some of the more puzzling responses, as preserved by the London Genealogical Society and...
May 13, 2016 | Entertainment, Writing
According to a meme that’s been going around, the Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its annual neologisms contests, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Seeing how much you all enjoyed my post...
May 11, 2016 | Entertainment, Writing
The Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2015 is… That’s right – for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year is a pictograph: ?, officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names. There were...
Apr 5, 2016 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts
These days, The Big Bang Theory presents Dungeons & Dragons – one of modern Fantasy’s origins – as an innocent pastime. However, Eric Grundhauser of Atlas Obscura reminded me recently of the media panic over the game when it had first appeared....
Apr 1, 2016 | Entertainment, My Publications
I have some great news: my third collection of short stories is now ready, and waiting for my cover wizard friend, Alex Saskalides, to work his magic. The title is Honest Fibs, since the stories are narrated as an exchange of tall tales between two fishermen. To...
Mar 20, 2016 | Entertainment
You may remember the recent spam I’d been getting from some persons offering to off anyone annoying me – or, at least, teach them a lesson. Mercifully, this sort of spam has stopped. In its place, I started receiving spam from lawyers. Kinda makes sense, I...
