Snug!
Huckleberry tries to pull the rug over me ... er, him.
So That's What That Apple vs Apple Suit Was All About!
Are the Beatles coming to iTunes soon?
So Long, Buck
Big Rock Candy Mountain has posted two of Owens' best: "Close Up the Honky Tonks" and "Streets of Bakersfield." Listen and remember.
So Long, Flashy
For many years one of my most beloved guilty pleasures has been reading George MacDonald Frasier's books. Not just the Flashman Papers, which I have found delightful and from which I have learned a lot of 19th century history, but also his McAusland novels, his Mr. American,his spirited adventure novel Candlemass Road (which, at a taut 181 pages, is one of the finest examples of economical action writing ever), and his masterful history of the Scottish boarder wars, The Steel Bonnets.
So Scribble Away and Balance the Books—And Sing an Accountancy Chanty
Joshua Ferris ponders the absence of work in literature. We spend most of our lives doing it, but it's MIA on the pages—unless you're a soldier, whaler, or private eye.
So You Want to Be a Writer?
It's not all riches and gorgeous readers, you know.
Social Blimps
Self-reconfiguring cubic blimps—you've gotta love 'em.
Solid Gone
I haven't written lately because my right hand has been in a cast from my fingertips to my elbow—rendering me, as a writer, essentially mute. Writing, thinking, and feeling are, for a writer, inextricably linked. How do I know what I think if I haven't written about it?
Solid Wood Cadillac
We're talking two 500-cubic-inch V-8s, 1000 board-feet feet of mahogany (cut into 4183 pieces), five gallons of glue, 60 pounds of drywall screws, and four gallons of varnish.
Some Art is Classic
Bagheera opines that you just can't beat the "cute kitty" school of art.