The woman who provides the voice for the GPS on my cellphone is named Noreen. I’m not sure how I know this, I just do. I also know she wears her hair in a beehive and wears eyeglasses with severe 1950s schoolteacher frames. But she’s not a schoolteacher. She used to sit at a steel …
I’ve got a new post at milhusbands.com about our recent car-buying experience. Then Danielle had to sit down with the business manager and hear her pitch. And, finally, when everything was signed, when I was off playing with Sean, the manager (a great beast of a woman with terrifying hair) told Danielle she also lived …
The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Zenith Angle was disappointing. I ignored other reviews that said as much because I’m a fan of Bruce Sterling’s work. Ah, well. The ingredients of a good Sterling novel are here, but he over-seasoned the dish. Perhaps in an attempt at satire, …
In theory. It would be great if you could get these two softwares to work all the time in predictable ways. I shouldn’t complain: both are free programs, and, thus, one expects to have to do a little tinkering to make them work. If I can do that, I will be very happy indeed. For, …
The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a virtuoso performance. John Barth is a born storyteller, and The Sot-Weed Factor makes full use of his talents. There are tales within tales, here, and they’re all told with a seductive sense of humor. The story follows a woefully innocent …
Is Calibre the take-down move I’ve been looking for? I love my Kindle. I love it, but I want to love it more. Right now I read the occasional book on my Kindle (although I’m finding myself buying more and more books for it) but primarily I read the New York Times. The one thing …
