My first entry. This is definitely a sign of the times. But what times? – – – Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: (the sign says) (brettfish.wordpress.com) Blizzard | Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says… Read More ›
Month: May 2013
NO SAFE PLACE?
It was an ordinary day in the suburb of Jerusalem where I managed a weekly English-language newspaper. I had fallen into the job when the previous editor quit — after his paycheck bounced. Twice. Me too, but I wanted the paper to succeed, and… Read More ›
A Nifty 10″ Tablet: The XPS 10 is a sweet machine
Last week, in the wee hours of the morning … the darkest hours before the dawn … I ordered a Dell XPS 10 tablet that runs on Windows RT. Windows RT is not Windows 8, though they certainly belong to… Read More ›
Too much of a good thing? Richelle Mead’s Storm Born
Eugenie Markham — AKA Odile Dark Swan — fights creatures from the Otherworld for a living. She a shaman and she’s at the top of her game. It’s one Hell of a game she plays. Even so, she find it slightly… Read More ›
RACISM AND REVISIONIST HISTORY — THREE BAD MEN: JOHN FORD, JOHN WAYNE, WARD BOND
Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond by Scott Allen Nollen As big a fan of these three men as I am, there is a level of revisionist history that is impossible to simply accept. I actually had… Read More ›
7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider’s Perspective)
See on Scoop.it – Books, Writing, and Reviews See on Cracked.Com When I was a kid, I acted in a few movies. It was generally a good experience, but every day I’m glad I wasn’t Olsen twins famous. Not many… Read More ›
Prompts for the Promptless: Episode 3 : Catch That Running Gag!
Ball Gag lay in the dark at the bottom of the closet amidst the rubble of discarded sex toys. He fondly remembered the good old days when The Master and Mistress used him and all his friends to play exciting… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Freedom of Facebook – Serendipity’s my little world
I believe in freedom. I don’t just say that. I mean it. I believe everyone has the right to express his or her opinion, no matter how uninformed or stupid. I do not believe our society should allow — or… Read More ›