My son is named after Ian Fleming, who died 50 years ago yesterday. They both were lousy high school students. For that matter, so was I. Fleming dropped out of Eaton College before they could kick him out and moved on to military officers’ training at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, southwest of London. He had […]
Weirdness on my current job front. Our building is getting a much needed makeover: Carpet and paint. They ordered us to work from home for a month while the place undergoes renno. First they told us that we had to be out of the office no later than close of business Friday. I warned my boss that […]
J.D. Salinger got wood from shutting down efforts to republish his early New Yorker and Story magazine shorts. He loved fucking with small publishers. He famously pulled the rug out from under a number of small presses for hair splitting reasons after arduous negotiations to republish his early work. Books were printed and waiting to […]
Noting that I posted the uncensored video for “Blurred Lines” some months ago, I beg you… BEG YOU to watch the Weird Al parody. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Half Pop-Culture Tuesday and half Wordcraft Wednesday. Enjoy!
I’d like to tell you that Under the Dome was my last straw with Stephen King. I’d like to tell you that King’s admission that the villain of UtD was supposed to be Dick Cheney was the point where I’d finally had enough of King shoving his political cock down my throat at least once […]
