…over at the Authors On Tour Live site, the current podcast at the moment is Christopher Moore (previously mentioned), who’s touring A Dirty Job. (I read that the week it came out, and quite enjoyed it.) Check it out. Read more →
Month: September 2006
Overextended, and under-comprehending
I’ve been watching the housing boom–especially in the crazy U.S. markets like Boston and parts of California–with interest and a kind of schadenfreud-laden waiting for the bust to begin. This most recent Businessweek article just confirms all my basic notions: that people do remarkably stupid things, especially when they are motivated by greed, and that they are happily helped into… Read more →
I have never ridden a turtle.
While preparing a ficititious biography for a friend’s soon-to-be-published first book, I came across Louis De Rougemont, a.k.a. Henri Louis Grin His story is plenty weird enough to qualify for a blog post. Follow the link to see the long version at Wikipedia, but I have to quote a couple of bits here: In 1898 he began to write about… Read more →
I know a dude who’s 6′ 7″
I am either 6′ 2″ tall, or 6′ 3″ tall, depending on who you ask–it’s hard for me to say conclusively since I can’t actually measure myself, and reports differ. Trish is 5′ 10″. All indications are that Sarah will grow up to be at least a six footer. So, what I read in Slate today pleased me. Here’s a… Read more →
