The suicide lane is the quaint name for the turn lane. It’s a pretty clever device. Instead of dozens of dedicated turn pockets in the middle of the road, there’s a central lane, which can be used by vehicles in either direction […]
This weeks’s forgotten Book of the Month is Terminated. The book came out paperback in 2010 just as the publisher hit financial troubles. I was on tour promoting the book when the book was pulled from the bookshelves, so it never really […]
Do you have friends as good as this? “Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”~Sicilian Proverb
I don’t consider myself a sports snob, but I’m sorry some sports aren’t just sports–like cheerleading. There are cheerleading competitions in the US. There’s even a push for it to become an Olympic sport. Now I don’t mean any disrespect to cheerleaders, […]
I’m doing something a little different for the December Book of the Month feature. I’m shining a light on a couple of books that readers have yet to discover. Today’s spotlight title is Paying the Piper. PLOTLINE: The Piper is the Bay […]
This applies to the ladies in the house too. 🙂 “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Movies and books have kicked up so many iconic lines over the years. Some I really love and I wish I’d said them. Not one to be deterred, I’ve made it my aim shoehorn in some of my favorite movie lines in […]
I have a thing about indiscretions, white lies, small crimes, because no matter how much we think those mistakes will remain hidden, they have a habit of coming back to haunt us. I’m sure Anthony Wiener, John Edwards and many others have […]
One we can all agree on. Happy Black Friday to everyone. “Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?” ~John Barrymore
I despise Big Bird. I don’t care that he’s an employee of the Children’s Television Workshop. The second I see that long-limbed, yellow freak, I develop a sudden bout of Tourette’s syndrome and I want to go Bobby De Niro on that […]