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Book Review: “Andrew’s Brain” by E. L. Doctorow

4 Stars Andrew is a cognitive scientist and academic with a lifelong history of unintentional destruction. The narrative is a conversation between Andrew and — someone. He is — somewhere. At a time that is at —- some point in the future, after the events he relates. He talks about the death of his first […]

A Lurid End of Day and a Prizeless Contest

Every once in a while there is a dazzling treat of a sunset that makes me think the painter Maxfield Parrish was a realist. For all you competitors out there, a contest: guess where this photo was taken and win the satisfaction of being right! Hint to Dorothy: We’re not in Kansas. (This Weekly Photo […]

Wisdom From An Unexpected Corner

I’m moving like a pinball – behind as always getting ready for a week out of town – and thinking about chickens without heads. The last thing I need or intend today is an 11-minute video by some shock-talk comedian. Cut to: Sue finishes second viewing of the clip and thinks, I need to share this. […]

RAT is online! P.S. I Know Who Got the Design Genes

At last (yee haw!) I have finished retyping Was It A Rat I Saw, my psychological thriller involving split brain research, animal rights, and a love quadrangle. It is now available in serial on this blog and as an ebook in various formats at Smashwords. FREE FOR THE NEXT WEEK! For the first few hours of its e-publication, […]

Creepy-Sweet

A few millennia ago, by internet time – that is, earlier this year – there was social media hoopla about a great Reddit poll which collected the creepiest sayings of kids. I suppose every parent has contributions to that list. I know I do! When my son was oh, I dunno, maybe 4, he went […]

Experience, Strength, Hope as of 2013

A recent Daily Prompt asked for reactions about public speaking. Overall, I enjoy it – provided I get to think about what I will say, and test it aloud in advance. Recently I gave a short talk that was important to me. If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that last spring […]

New Music: China Rats - N.O.M.O.N.E.Y.

Reblogged from Backseat Mafia: I don't know about you, but I seem to have spent most of my life broke. My student days were a haze, it's true, but largely funded by the bank, who no doubt knew they had me for life as long as they kept lending. They probably miss-sold me various things […]

Graceful and Gorgeous

The Egyptian Theater is an old time movie palace and Art Deco masterpiece on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, currently the home of the American Cinematheque. When I’m there I always notice the spectacular ceiling: This time I discovered that even the stair railings and exit ways are special: (The Weekly Photo Challenge wants […]

Rock Rorschach

If you read this blog much, you know I like to see stuff in other stuff. Here is a rock that sits right in the surf on a Santa Barbara beach. It’s got a big hollow with ever-changing sand deposits.  Last time I was at this beach, the rock looked like a fossil shark tooth […]

Not Entirely Shameless Self-Promotion

So. I want people to read my books, and that means they need to know the books exist. Understanding this, I can’t believe how difficult it is for me to broadcast the news. It shouldn’t be such a big deal! Let’s be kindly and say that self-promotion is not one of my strengths. As always, […]