“It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.”
– Judith Martin
Movie writers find more power, better jobs on the small screen.
Muppets popcorn!
Farne Islands Photo Adventure!
Awesome ways to use Tom Baker’s scarf!!!!!
Blue jays are maligned, but important!
Washington Post joins list of news media hacked by the Chinese.
So long and thanks for all the fish!
Finally, and let’s pretend this isn’t an update, this awesome quote from Nik Nak’s Old Peculiar!
“Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.”
– Woody Allen
For what better reason is there to keep living than to keep laughing and seeking adventure!
So, of course, this being Saturday, let’s include this awesome tune!
And this is so wonderful, I couldn’t not share it. Thank you, Paul!
UPDATE: To my subscribers, you’ve all been so awesome, here’s a scene from one of my favorite films.
And just so you know Simon Wood’s books are available as audiobooks.
Simon says he’s going to bring some of these to Bouchercon this year!
Well, sign me up!!!!
I just finished reading his book ROAD RASH.
It was so horrible and funny!
I think you have to be secretly British or tortured or crazy to laugh like I did at it.
Now, I’m reading this book …
Which is so funny, I nearly died reading the first chapter. Laughing, that is. Of course.
And, naturally, I’m now reading them on my awesome new Kobo!
This is my monthly column for February. We’ll see where things go from here.




















