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, …
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 …
Yesterday afternoon, as we drove home from Boston, I was complaining to Danielle that I hadn’t been getting any writing done. I said, I think I need to set aside an hour every day. At least. We could set the alarm and actually drag our butts out of bed in the morning, she said. Ah …
Back at the end of September (!) I posted about my trip to Norfolk to find housing for our February move. I also hinted at another story at the end of the post. I think I’ve teased you long enough. Sean and I stayed with friends from the old neighborhood while we conducted our search. …
I’m looking for home brewers (who are also military husbands or boyfriends) to interview for a piece in Military Spouse magazine. If I can get in touch with enough guys, I’d have enough material to do a feature on the topic, photo spread and all. I know a good number of military husbands are into …
In my last post I wrote that I was considering applying for and potentially leasing an apartment in a building I’d never visited. I was so lovestruck by the idea of living in the Ghent neighborhood in Norfolk and by the idea of a nice new shiny building, that I was very close to throwing …
Ringworld by Larry Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars Science fiction fun of the highest order. Ringworld is a great “what if?” concept novel about a group of characters on a mission to explore a massive ring-shaped world around a distant star. The ideas present here are lots of fun, and the characters are …
The toll to cross the Pell Bridge out of Newport just went up to $4, double what it was before if you paid cash. The only folks getting a break are the ones with a Rhode Island E-ZPass transponder. They still pay only 83 cents. Those of us who got our E-ZPasses elsewhere pay…$4. So, …
Wow. I was cleaning my Thermos brand pump pot this morning with hot soapy water and a brush when the glass lining literally exploded inside the thermos. I almost pooped.
