Phil Kloer is soldiering on. Though they’ve taken away his book-specific blog, he’s still making mostly regular posts about book-related topics in the AJC’s far more general ATLarts group blog. Today’s post is particularly good, all about American Book Review‘s listing of their top 100 last lines from novels — the list is a PDF, …
16th Birthday, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I wonder what those wishes were. A car, probably. More accurately, a better car than the 1976 Ford Grenada I had. The “Grenade” wasn’t a bad car, particularly for a rookie driver, because it was built like a Sherman tank only less aero-dynamic. At least it wasn’t a Pinto, …
We love books. Too much. This is probably no secret, particularly if you’ve seen our office. And our spare bedroom. And the living room. And the foyer. But trust me when I say that the current volume of books is a major improvement over the even greater number we had when we moved into the …
Geek Rock, originally uploaded by grabbingsand.
Another Caturday, originally uploaded by grabbingsand.
I shouldn’t be so surprised to see so many who wish to graft the opinions of Rev Wright onto most famous member of his congregation. After all, there has been so little opportunity for scandal throughout the Obama campaign. But the accusations of associative racism (or worse, sedition) are manifestly ignorant, not to mention more …
As I rounded out my lunch, I pulled an apple from my bag. I turned it over in my hand until I found the inevitable sticker. Even organic fruit gets stickers. This one proclaimed an origin of Yakima, Washington. Cameo apples aren’t my favorite, but then, my favorite local apples have been curtailed by drought …
Cerberus Just Needed More Playtime Sunday afternoon, Nikki and I hopped in the car and headed to Ikea. Storage needs, let us show you them? Along the way, I needed two things: gas for the car and an ice cold Coke Zero* for me. So I stopped at the corner BP, one of about twenty …
Berry College Theatre Company Tickets, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I found tickets for most of the shows I did while at Berry College. So naturally, I scanned them and put them on Flickr.
Gary Gygax is dead. He created Dungeons & Dragons in 1974. I never met him. But I owe him a debt of gratitude that requires some explanation. When I was a teenager, I was into Christian Rock up to my elbows. The genre seemed a reasonable compromise between the music I wanted to hear and …
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