The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Hammett is a big deal for me. Back in 1999 I went on a whirlwind tour through modern hard-boiled literature in an attempt to learn about the subject prior to writing about it. Up until then, I had been writing a bunch of James Bond copycat stories which I eventually found unsatisfying; though, as you […]
The Top Five Things Never To Do At a Wedding
So I had to go to the wedding of a friend over the past weekend. Most people have a good time at such events but let me tell you, I’m not one of them. As author Raymond Chandler once said about Southern California’s hot Santa Ana winds, they make my hair stand up and my […]
Chipmunk Go Home
Recently I read about a woman named Dixie Goldsby who had a problem: what to do with a chipmunk that had stowed away in her car after she wrapped up a camping trip in Utah. Apparently her camp site had a small population of chipmunks that, attracted by Ms. Goldsby’s organic snacks, kept making daring […]
My Last Conversation
A few years ago a friend of mine died. Been thinking a lot about getting older and death lately as I’ve reached the “certain age” portion of my life and some people in said life are departing this plane of existence. I hope they’re going north instead of south. This pal of mine to whom […]
I Hate Computers
So we had the malware attack as I said before …. Lately I’ve switched away from using computers and gone back to typewriters. I like ’em. I gotta retype all my stuff into a computer but what the hell. You can’t hack a typewriter. Can’t get malware. All you gotta do is make sure your […]
Rebuilding
Hello, How you doin’? We’ve been busy lately. A malware attack ruined this website (does that mean I’m getting noticed?) and we had to put it all back together over the last 30 days. All the old posts are gone because I’m an idiot who never backs up his data. Anyway we’re going to re-start […]