Category Archives: Books

Some Things of Interest 12/7/12: Have A Greasy Kind of Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

John Travolta and Olivia Newton John are back! Ever since 1978 when they taught a generation of young girls that the only way to get the guy is to stop being yourself and just dress like a tramp, fans have … Continue reading →

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P.O.E.T.S. Day: Walt Whitman, The Anti-P.O.E.T.S. Day “Poet”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

From the more rugged part of the British Isles, where whisky is spelled properly, we take the P.O.E.T.S day tradition (Piss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday). This week’s patron falls somewhat outside of the traditional P.O.E.T.S. Day mold, having never been … Continue reading →

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Some Things of Interest: 10/15/12 New Bond, Hate Week, and There Is a Hot Dog Under There

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

The new Bond film comes out in less than a month. If you have children, you’ll get to see it when I do: sometime next year once it has been released on DVD. Also due for release soon-ish, The Spy … Continue reading →

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P.O.E.T.S. Day: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus as Channeled by Geoffrey Lehmann

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

From the moderately chilly land of Scotland (61° Fahrenhiet and mostly cloudy as of this writing) we take the P.O.E.T.S. Day tradition: Piss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday. This week’s patron wordsmith: Emperor Nero, at least his persona as assumed by … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter To The Person Who Wrote The Introduction to The Free Amazon Edition of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

I celebrate your decision to remain anonymous. As an experienced reader of introductions, assured that some kernel of knowledge found there focuses and reveals a depth in the subject text missed by hasty, self gratification driven non-introduction readers, I can … Continue reading →

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P.O.E.T.S. Day: Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

From the great, glorious, and at times hard to understand Scots, we take the P.O.E.T.S. Day tradition (Piss Off Early. Tomorrow’s Saturday). Maintaining your reputation post-mortem, lesson the first: Take steps in life to assure that a man you have … Continue reading →

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P.O.E.T.S. Day: Robert Graves

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

From the Hibernian heights of Scotland we take the P.O.E.T.S. Day Tradition (Piss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday.) This week is brought to you by Robert Graves; in my unhumble opinion, the best of the War Poets. In an effort to … Continue reading →

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The Rankin Mystery Deepens and an Antipodean Tale Is Chosen

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

I’m still on the Ian Rankin Rebus series. For the third time I have gone to the Emmet O’Neal Library for one of the books. This time it’s Black and Blue.  For the third time the book I borrowed is … Continue reading →

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P.O.E.T.S. Day: Arthur Rimbaud

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

From the great and glorious Scots we take the tradition of P.O.E.T.S. day: Piss Off Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday. This week’s invitation to look your boss right in the eye and tell him to go stuff it/sneak out the back and … Continue reading →

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More Grumpy Old Man Stuff.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

When I was growing up, documentaries, science magazines, time traveling soldiers, and ruler wielding nuns all called our prehistoric offshoots Neanderthals. Note the “h” in the last syllable. In high school, skinny girls who could accurately tell you the calories … Continue reading →

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