Tag Archive: Short Takes

Writer's Guide To Places

A review of Writer’s Guide To Places, a 2003 writer’s reference book by Don Prues and Jack Heffron.

Merry Christmas, Curious George

Fans of the curious little money who lives with the never named Man With The Yellow Hat and whose curiosity inevitably leads him on all sorts of adventures  will undoubtedly love Merry Christmas,… Read More

Intern: A Doctor's Initiation

Perhaps it’s a matter of having watch ER for too long or having read too many other books about the rigors of becoming a doctor, but for me at least Sandeep Jahur’s Intern… Read More

Oh my, where did the week get away from me?

Yikes.   How did I manage to let a whole week pass without doing a single blog post?   It’s certainly not that I didn’t read any noteworthy books this past week.   But somehow or… Read More

cool coal fark muqtada nuclear nebraska terrorist

I had thought about doing another top ten droppers link love post this weekend, but given that I only have one book I consider at all suitable–  cool colors for modern living is… Read More

Great E-mail Disasters

Chas Newkey-Burden’s Great Email Disasters is a UK trade paperback book about e-mails that have come embarrassingly to light, leaving their senders to look like real schmucks.   While reading titillating e-mails is fun… Read More

Relentless Enemies Getting Stoned (in the) Eco Nest

I have to confess, right off, that there is no theme, no connection no rhyme or reason behind today’s book selections.   These are five that just caught my eye and found their way… Read More

Reading Day Wednesday

I’ve tried for some time now to keep to a regular Monday–Friday posting schedule on this blog,  though lately my off-line life has been quite eventful and even hectic and I genuinely regret… Read More

Hot Chocolate

This one is for Chelle, who lives where it’s cold and snowy, the sort of weather that makes a steaming mug of cocoa seem like the perfect idea.   Michael Turback has penned a… Read More

Stuff On My Cat

This one is for everyone who laughs at funny cat pictures.  Mario Garza, proprietor of the website stuffonmycat.com has put together a unique collection of pictures of, well, stuff on cats.   Most of… Read More

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