I got my grubby, man hands on a copy of Men on Strike (or rather, on the Kindle, which contains a copy…), and I finished it in about two sittings. This is a relatively short, stream of consciousness kind of review; I don’t have a system for reviewing stuff or a fun star/number scale… I’ve not really talked much, here,… Read more »
I’ve been playing with hot cocoa as a drink (sans alcohol) for a while. This is what I’ve come up with, as a great drink with few calories (because there’s no sugar): – A LOT of cocoa powder. Two big heaping table spoons or so. This drink is all about the cocoa and not about sweetness. – A TOUCH of… Read more »
Most of the Cigars and Legs series has been written in one of four places: A small notepad I carry with me, a larger notepad I keep in my bag, and the desktop and laptop computers where the works get rendered digitally and most of the actual writing takes place. The computer, a desktop I built for under $600 (shipped!)… Read more »
It has been raining pretty much daily over the last week. In fact, every day up until today was wet. Not hot and wet or cold and wet, though — a nice enough temperature between those two that made it tolerable. This summer so far has been the summer of the hat, and now it’s turning in to the summer… Read more »
Unedited: Chapter One I stood under an oak tree in the cemetary, the smoke of my cigar rising up all around me. Everyone else had left, going to the dinner at my parents, or to go about their Saturday. But I stayed, with my brother, smoking one last cigar with him. I looked over at his headstone. Twenty-two, top of… Read more »