The day George Carlin left this world, it lost a strange and unique mind that spewed thoughts like broken fire hydrant. As Americans, I think we took for granted his great genius. Happily he will always be around – through video, audio, and print – to shake us up and give a slap into wakefulness [...]

As you know I’ve been a fan of Sarah Vowell’s for quite a long time. From her pieces on This American Life to her published works like Assassination Vacation and TWSM she never fails to entertain as well as inform!

Most of you already know that I’m a big fan of audio books and listen quite often when I’m in the midst of surfing online, doing design work, or even when I’m out and about doing my shopping. So when a free offer comes my way regarding audiobooks I always take a peek.

There’s been an [...]

From Publisher’s Weekly:

In 1860, three-year-old Saville Kent was found murdered in the outdoor privy of his family’s country estate. Local police scrambled for clues, but to no avail. Scotland Yard Det.-Insp. Jonathan Jack Whicher was called in and immediately suspected the unthinkable: someone in the Kent family killed Saville. Theories abounded as everyone from the [...]

I currently have these titles on my “To Read” list and I’ll be sharing reviews of them very shortly:

Who and Me by Barry Letts

This is the first volume of memoirs from Barry Letts, producer of “Doctor Who” from 1970 to 1974, executive producer in 1980, and later producer of the BBC’s Classic Serials strand. Barry’s [...]