Archive for May, 2010

He’s trying to hog-tie me. My husband. I’ve fought like a champion scrapper, but he’s used his sheer length to pin me to the bed. He’s clasped my hands and feet together; and now, he’s trying to tie me up with something. I crane my neck around to see with what and break into...
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If you are into dysfunctional family dramas, you will love A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. It concerns not one but two such families, each with better secrets than the other.
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A quick read, The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food & Friendship by Andrea Israel & Nancy Garfinkel follows the lives of two young, best girlfriends, Lilly(pad) and Val(pal), through the letters they write to each other, accompanied by a recipe that is current to their situation from “Lovelorn Lasagna” to “Forgiveness Tapenade” (don’t...
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I'm sure some day you'll burrow deep enough up a professor's asshole to be close to his heart.
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If you thought Major League Baseball was scary (just ask this guy), wait until you read Odd Man Out Matt McCarthy’s autobiography about his fiery plane crash of a Minor League baseball career, which included a coach becoming so enraged he stripped naked.  This is not a success story; this is the story of...
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The Privileges by Jonathon Dee presents an amorality tale that unfortunately is more fact than fiction. A well written story about a golden couple who hit it big illegally in the hedge fund racket, spend obscene amounts of money and never seem to reflect.
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You’d think a guy who was responsible for a lot of the things George W. Bush said would put together a series of horror stories meant to be reiterated by Democrats around the camp fire, but Matt Latimer’s Speech-less uses a novel concept in his memoirs of his days as the former president’s speechwriter:...
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For the amount of time I’ve spent playing Drop7, the $2.99 app from area/code available on iTunes, I should know how to play.  …which is why my addiction will continue until I figure out some sort of strategy. -
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Let us revisit the four essential duties of a professional substitute teacher: 1) Put your name on the board. 2) Take attendance. 3) Hand out the worksheet or push play on the VCR 4) Shushing Today we will be focusing on the second part of duty #3. “Hey Mr. Killstudent,” a friend of mine...
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Just as Adam and Eve tasted the sweet nectar of a crisp apple and so began various dances with the devil, a modern day version of sorts will rain down upon the free, socially-conscious, iPhone toting and courting world come June, 2010. And this genesis (drum solo, please) will attract those looking to get...
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