Nobody puts thunderchikin in a corner
This thunderchikin attracts Those We Do Not Speak Of. You must bury it. I defy you! Come and kneel before Thunderchikin! Keep your friends close, but your thunderchikin...
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Now, I’m a guy who prides himself on not be a cliche “guy.” For instance, I’ve never bought my wife a household appliance for Christmas or birthday, especially one that requires her to do work. Until now. I couldn’t resist. I’ve been reading about these things for years, and finally, I gave in. I bought my wife a vacuum. But it’s not just any old...
Read MoreNollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath’r
Whichever way you say it, enjoy the day! Afrikaans: Ges’ende Kersfees Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden Arabic: Milad Majid Argentine: Feliz Navidad Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! Bengali: Shuvo...
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We interrupt the celebration of the holiday season with a message from a book-reviewing Scrooge. This moring, I was reading a review of Kelly Easton’s Aftershock in the online version of a North Carolina newspaper, the Star-News. While the review of the novel was positive, I could help but notice the elbow-sharp digs the reviewer, Ben Steelman, kept making about that “peculiar genre known...
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