book review: Twilight

When all the rave about a new cult phenomenon called Twilight started, I paid no attention.  A vampire novel?  My generation of vampire novelist was Ann Rice, an author whose books I never read, because I don’t do vampires, the un-dead, creepy things, etc.  Not interested.  But then I heard that my sister had read [...]

sleepy.

I’m exhausted, but I just saw a commercial that made absolutely no sense, and so I’m provoked to write about it before it’s forgotten and shelved with differential equations as I sleep.
It’s a KMart commercial, where a man comes up behind his wife who’s standing looking at herself in the mirror.  He runs his hand [...]

Election night.

I don’t like when I feel a responsibility to comment on the state of the world.  It’s not as though you don’t have your own opinions, and it’s not as though mine really count.  But this is one of those times when I feel that, considering the impact of tonight on our world, I’m almost [...]