Author Archives: JE

Two squirrels, both alike in dignity, in the Great Black Swamp, where we lay our scene, from innate squirr’liness run up two trees in one synchronic rush ‘cross lawny green. What antic maze, more mad than mating fit, posses’t the … Continue reading →

It turns out there is a cure for the summertime blues. Fall!

This Crooked Way is now in stock at Amazon.com. It should be hitting actual shelves in brick-and-mortar stores fairly soon. It’s already been reviewed, not wholly favorably, by Publishers Weekly. (They didn’t like the ending though they say nice things … Continue reading →

1. The obligatory Disney-buys-Marvel joke: “High School Musical: Xavier Institute Edition”. Let’s face it: it couldn’t suck worse than X-Men 3. 2. My son is back and better than ever. His cat Lewis, however, has developed some weird attachment issues … Continue reading →

1. Inglourious Basterds: The Dirty Dozen meets Mission Impossible in the 7th Circle of Hell. This is not a negative review, unless it sounds like one to you. 2. My son is in out of town this week for a … Continue reading →

I’m going to drop out of my usual apolitical mode to salute Barney Frank for saying what needs to be said to a certain faction in the so-called debate about health care. There are legitimate, if somewhat hard-hearted, arguments that … Continue reading →

Last Friday I fell off my bike again, but this time I swear it was not my fault. I came around a turn in the bike trail and there was a fair-sized tree down across the pavement. I tried to … Continue reading →

1. Errol Morris has Part 1 of “Seven Lies About Lying” at the NYT website (registration may be required). I’m not sure I can buy the pedantic distinction between lying and deception, but it’s an interesting stretch of text, illustrated … Continue reading →

1. My Blog Gate post for this week is a review/reader’s memoir of Stargate by Tak Hallus (a.k.a. Stephen Robinett), as a belated memorial to the late author. 2. You’ve probably heard by now, but Baen’s Universe is closing. I … Continue reading →

The Vortex Cannon: useful and beautiful.