So Donald Trump tweeted this picture today in response to Nancy Pelosi’s press conference after their meeting in which she said that the President of the United States essentially had a meltdown and a temper tantrum. And, really, if you look at any of the reporting on this issue you’ll see that she seems to […]
I’m happy to get back in the swing of things with my blog by writing another book review. This particular book, yesterday i was the moon by Noor Unnahar. is a departure from the other books that I’ve reviewed in the past. It is, first and foremost, a book of poetry. But it is also so […]
It’s cliched to say that life takes you places that you don’t expect. Douglas Adams had a better way of saying it, through his character Dirk Gently in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I needed to be.” […]
Last Tuesday, on December 12, I attending a reading called Galactic Philadelphia and wrote some reflections on it while the reading was happening. Reading that evening were authors Tom Doyle and Fran Wilde, and I can say that they both did fantastic jobs and I recommend buying and reading their books. Anyway, on with my […]
Do you know what I like best about National Novel Writing Month? It really forces me to take the time to sit down and get a new idea out of my head and on paper. Well, not really paper but you get the idea. So far I’ve managed to get out four novels of at […]
I have to start this book review with a confession: I almost missed a typo in the title. I wrote “Andy Weird” instead of “Andy Weir,” and it never even crossed my mind that “Weird” was wrong. Artemis by Andy Weir had a lot of expectations to live up to. Weir’s first book, The Martian, was something […]
Hello, dear readers! I have a somewhat special treat today, and I’m excited to talk about it. Last night, Anastasia and I went to the Chemical Heritage Foundation to see a performance of an old-timey radio production of “The Veldt,” a famous short story by Ray Bradbury. The production was staged by the Hear Again […]
So this year, my fiancee Anastasia and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house in Philadelphia. It’s the first time that we’ve hosted a holiday at our house as a couple, and the first time we’ve had guests stay at our house for a few days. Her parents came in to the city from Michigan, and stayed from […]
Hello, all! If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I’m a creature of politics. I don’t often write about it here on this blog, but when I do I try to explore subjects deeply. Some of you may know that I ran for State Representative in Michigan in 2014, and in 2016. I […]
A Rushed Joke 