Terry Brooks
When I was about 13 (1986ish), my father apparently got tired of me reading only comic books. He was (and probably still is) and avid library user, my dad. He reads junk, just like everyone else, Tom Clancy and James Michener and whatnot, but he definitely reads a lot, which is more than most […]

One good thing about being unemployed is the time to appreciate things that you tend to naturally cut out of your life when you are busy. Things like seeking out new music when the stuff you have has gotten stale, or reading those books in your “to read” pile that never seem to make the […]

I’m not a big believer in God, so I’ve taken to thanking Darwin for stuff. Sure, Darwin didn’t invent or create anything, but he pointed some important stuff out to the rest of us.
Thank Darwin for the iPod. This life-changing device has forced me to convert my hundreds of CDs to digital format, a monumental […]