Subtitled “The Last Known Adventure of The Mad Scientists’ Club,” this is the posthumously published novel by Bertrand R. Brinley that continues the escapades of the better-prank-playing-through-science-and-engineering youngsters told in the short story collections The Mad Scientists’ Club and The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists’ Club. I enjoyed it, but probably only because I’d …
Here are this week’s notes for the “Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law’s House” segment that will be on between 4:30 and 5 p.m. today on CBC Saskatchewan’s Afternoon Edition. In the radio version, the segment about the aluminum coffee pot got left out, so that’s your special blog bonus for the week! (And again, …
We are, alas, heading into winter, which is not only the cold (Brrr!) season, but also the cold (Ah-choo!) season. We all get colds. That’s not surprising, because, as the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University in the U.K. likes to point out, we breathe in some 15,000 litres of germ-laden air every day. Which …
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “That was fast!” But 210 pages of short stories written for young adults and set in fairly large type didn’t take me nearly as long to read as 900 pages of Neal Stephenson set in smaller type. I started yesterday, I finished today. By the fact that this …
From the very beginning of this blog I’ve wanted to use it to keep track of books I’ve read and give my reactions to them–brief reactions, because I have neither the time nor inclination to be a full-fledged book reviewer, I decided long ago–and yet somehow, I’ve almost never done it. But let me attempt …
A Santa Fe street at night through the window of the Coyote Cafe, where we enjoyed a fabulous meal: More photos here.
The first guitar Jimi Hendrix set alight on stage has sold at auction for $527,044. Which is a great excuse for an excerpt from the biography of Hendrix I wrote for Enslow Publishers, Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky: The Experience finished the album that spring, and called it Are You Experienced. Before it was released, …
…which I’ve long talked about turning into a book (and maybe a CD, and a stage show, and…) finally became a reality in one form today: I’ve started a new limited column series for CBC Saskatchewan’s Afternoon Edition, hosted by Colin Grewar, with that as its title. So here’s today’s entry, more or less (these …
Another musical Willett! From the Conlans Press website: Sue Willett is a wonderfully talented singer, songwriter, audio engineer, music editor, vocal coach, voiceover agent & director, and PR manager. She is the person you want on your team when canvassing an after-Oscar party with more than a 1000 guests (because nobody works a room like …
Michael Dickinson is a genius. At least, in 2001 the University of California, Berkeley, professor received one of the $500,000 “genius” grants given annually by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to creative individuals “who provide the imagination and fresh ideas that can improve people’s lives and bring about movement on important issues.” …
Patrick Willett is an artist in New York State whose work includes watercolors, pen and ink and photography. He started painting and sketching as a child, and was especially drawn to nature and portraiture. In an article at BuffaloRising.com he says, “Creating art is very therapeutic for me, my work involves the healing and renewing …
A Livejournaler who goes by the handle of queenlyzard lists Marseguro as a recent read and writes: I picked this up because I adored Willett’s last book, “Lost in Translation”…and this one certainly didn’t disappoint. It’s the tale of two worlds–a future Earth run by religious zealots who frown upon messing with nature… and a …
