Hysterical Historical Film Adds To My TBR List

Hysterical Historical Film Adds To My TBR List

We watched the first two episodes in the “John Adams” miniseries on HBO last night, and we watched the “Making Of John Adams” earlier today. I’ve always been relatively indifferent to history—relative, at least, to H.E.’s deep love for the subject, as I do love certain time periods as settings when reading certain novels or watching certain series shows or feature films—but this production of John Adams is simply amazing. Just amazing. It’s produced by Tom Hanks, who was also…

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The Liver, The Package

The Liver, The Package

[Rant] Delivery services are a pain in the butt. I’ve ordered everything from hardware, software, books, and CDs to equipment, yarn, clothes, and chocolate … and yet my percentage for delivery problems tends to be very high. When I lived on a second floor condo, a DHL delivery guy hurled—HURLED!—a stock photo CD I’d ordered up the flight of stairs directly outside my door. It banged against my door, and the CD case within the lightly padded package cracked, which…

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Latest Work, 2008 Week 11

Latest Work, 2008 Week 11

I have several favorites this time around, with An Angel’s Blade at the very top of them. The larger version looks even better, which—to save space—I won’t post here. I will likely post a large version of it on my soon-to-be-in-progress portfolio site. Notes on The Accidental Lover: Original cover design by Jax Crane. Matching spine and back cover designed by me. Share this post:

Distaff Rodomontade

Distaff Rodomontade

Dictionary.com‘s Word of the Day today is rodomontade. Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day today is distaff. Naturally, I had to create a poem out of them. Here it is: The kid next door and his rodomontade Of his thriving business of lemonade Did nothing but irk me, the girl next door, And so I sold jerky to even the score. I also sold cookies and cupcakes galore And various sundries, and even more! This neighborhood distaff CEO Gave selling her…

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Me and My Hearing Problem Again

Me and My Hearing Problem Again

In a conversational tone, H.E. shares a statistic with me. “Can you believe this? 25% of teenage girls today have VD.” My audio channel spools up a little late. “ED?” “ED, right. Erectile dysfunction. Teenage girls are having trouble getting their dicks hard. VD. I said VD. You know, sexually transmitted diseases?” “Oh, yeah.” Share this post: