I have fond memories of reading Robert Heinlein’s juvenile Science Fiction novels, back when I was juvenile in age, rather than taste. I occasionally give in and reread one, just for nostalgia’s sake. As with most nostalgia, it’s generally a…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. We really are nearly done here. I have been thinking about giving up, simply because we are past the point in the book where I…
The Case of the Careless Cupid may be one of the last Erle Stanley Gardner books, but not so’s you’d notice. I mean, it doesn’t show signs of being a rote paint-by-numbers drag through the Perry Mason formula. Well, no…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. Chapter Five: “Jolts Per Minute” Yes, this is the one where the author complains about bear-baiting and cock-fighting, which are … wait a minute, no,…
I wasn’t one of the people who fell in love with Good Omens on first reading and thought it was the Best Thing Ever. I mean, I liked it and all, but it wasn’t that big a deal. For some…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. Chapter Four: Flatland The idea of this chapter, I think is that The Market flattens out the natural, Platonic hierarchy of character, and pushes as…
So. It seems to Your Humble Blogger that there are four categories of Christmas music. First, there’s the category I’ll call Lessons and Carols. Sacred music, Church music. I tend to call this stuff “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” for…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. Chapter Three: The Bubble Mr. Stiles talks about The Bubble as being the artificial environment created, essentially by advertising. We are, he says, surrounded by…
Another note in a series on Is the American Dream Killing You? by Paul Stiles. The next chapter is really got up Your Humble Bloggers nose. It’s called “Meltdown”, and just give you a clue, Gentle Reader, it begins with…
Your Humble Blogger has kept his pixels shut about the latest report of illegal activity by Our Only President and his cronies. I can’t say I am surprised that Our Only President authorized warrantless wiretapping. After all, aren’t warrants a…