Johnny Carson to Art Garfunkel, circa 1981: “What would it take for you to work with Paul Simon again?” Art Garfunkel: [thinks for a moment] “Hmmm. Yaknow… All it would probably take is a deep and abiding need for more pain in my life.”   It’s no secret that I’ve been hobbling along in a […]

Writers live for the Pub Cred. The Pub Cred is the way you know you’re a real writer. The Pub Cred is The Blue Fairy to wannabe writers. A Pub Cred (publication credit) is any writing that appears in ink and/or pixelated inert gas that somebody paid you for writing. I would go a bit […]

Once again, I’m late to post today and Game 5 of the NLCS is starting as I write this. So today’s blogfodder will be a shorty. On one hand, I’m growing tired of our new Internet List Culture (ILC). 10 Greatest Tonight Show Bloopers! Click Here! 18 Sexiest Lesbians! Click Here! 22 Household Items that […]

I’m prone to motion sickness. I come from a long line of backseat booters. Anymore, the only time I get motion sickness is on a plane or on an ocean-going vessel. I don’t worry so much about the boats because I’ve only been on an ocean-going vessel in choppy seas four times in my life.  […]

Garg. Another great author passed.  Tom Clancy has died at the age of 66. Wow. When did 66 become “young,” anyway?  Just… Wow. First a quick recap of who we lost this year. Tom Clancy – 66 Elmore Leonard – 87 Richard Matheson (I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come)- 87 Ray Vance (Sci […]