Common Sense

Many a fan is waiting for midnight Friday when they can purchase (legally) a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. They are speculating themselves into coronary disease over the fate of a fictional character. I myself am going to purchase a copy on Amazon.
I’m also headed to Wal-Mart after work to buy a […]

There’s a weird ad on my blog for a book called Bamboozled. Um, just ignore it, I guess. Or we can make fun of her for giving me money to have an ad on my blog.
In case you’re wondering, I usually don’t approve the ads on my page, they just get approved by dent of […]

I have been lax of late with the blogging, I know. I didn’t even wish you guys a Happy Halloween yesterday, even though many longtime readers know that is my favorite holiday. A holiday that’s all about watching cheesy horror movies and eating candy, how could I not like it better than Christmas?
A few updates […]

In other, non-racist gubernatorial candidate news, learning is safe for one more day in Beaverton, Oregon. The school district administrator upheld a book review committee decision to keep teaching Ray Bradbury’s “The Veldt” as part of their middle school curriculum.
A few parents were up in arms over some of the language and violence found in […]

Markos will be coming back to Austin for a book signing Thursday. If a certain monkey from space would like to meet him and pass out my business cards while I recuperate from horrible, horrible pain, here is the info, yo.
Thursday, September 21, 6pm, MonkeyWrench Books
A book signing and talk with Markos Moulitas of the […]

I. Hate. The Da Vinci Code.
There, I said it. It is out in the open for all to read.
I probably wouldn’t hate the book so much if people realized that everything in it was purely fictional. Instead, most of the 40 million people who have read it (which only leads me to believe that there […]