Category: Reviews
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Happy Birthday E. A. Poe
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I’d been thinking about a lot of different things to write about and then I heard it was Edgar Alan Poe’s(1809 – 1849) 197th birthday today (1/19/06). I am a big fan of Poe. A lot of people only know what they were forced to read in High School English class. They think that…
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Google Yourself
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I read a good article in the new “Writer’s Digest” the other day. It is the July 2005 issue with the girl on the cover who is holding her laptop as though she just won the $3000 prize in their contest. Anyway, on page 50 there is an article by…
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Star Wars – Walmart – Adults
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I just finished reading Star Wars: the Revenge of the Sith. This is the novelization of the movie. I didn’t buy it and I’m glad, because it wouldn’t be worth the hardback price for it. Oh, stop, I didn’t steal it either. I was listening to a guy on the…
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More Alien News
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Now, I do not know what newspapers you have in your town or area, Here we have 3, 4 if you count The Independent, the free liberal paper (the Denver liberal paper you have to pay for.) but I have discovered a journalistic source of news that is definitely “The…
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The Kents
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Ten pounds, twelve ounces! That’s 9 pounds over birth weight! She spent most of the day off of oxygen until her exercises, then she had to have it. Since my parents were here she has been able to get out more. As I get more pix I will, of course,…
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Salmon of Doubt
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One of the books I have read recently is The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams. This book is, I think, intended for diehard Adams fans that have read most of his other work. If you have read at least three of the five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide To…
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Which Books Should Be Banned?
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I just finished re-reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for the unknownth time again. I like Bradbury. If you have never read any of his stuff, pick it up. He has many great books; Dandelion Wine is a magical book, The Martial Chronicles, The Golden Apples of the Sun, The…
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Hodge Podge
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The pix are up of Margaret and I holding baby Savannah. http://herbthiel.blogdrive.com/galleries You can see where she is touching the snap on my western shirt. It won’t be long and we’ll be able to put a little pair of boots on her and a little hat…yeehaw! She looks more and…