Saturday, July 29, 2017
Chemo #1 Completed
Just got back from M.D. Anderson, and chemo treatment #1 of the new regimen is in the books. I'll find out in a few days what the side-effects will be, if any. My doctor said I wouldn't lose my hair again, but the nurse today said I would. People over there can't get their stories straight. Anyway, I'm feeling okay now, and I'm glad the first treatment is out of the way. Five more to go.
Hardboiled, Noir and Gold Medal -- Rick Ollerman
Stark House has done wonderful work by reprinting many of the great paperback writers of the '50s and '60s, not to mention original fiction, but this nonfiction work by Rick Ollerman is one of the most important books the imprint has done. It contains all the fine introductions that Ollerman has written for various Stark House volumes and some new essays as well. The one on Charles Williams is the best I've read on that author and his work (even though I don't agree 100% with everything in it; just most of it). If you didn't get the book for any other reason, that essay is worth the price. Highly recommended.
Jane Green: By the Book
Jane Green: By the Book - The New York Times: The author of “The Sunshine Sisters” is drawn to books by their covers: “There is still nothing like browsing in a bookstore with all the time in the world, allowing myself to be drawn to whatever catches my eye.”
Another Guessing Game
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee
Police: Argument over Magic the Gathering card game leads to stabbing: ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KMSP) - A 31-year-old St. Cloud man is facing assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old man seven times over an argument during a Magic the Gathering card game early Friday morning, according to St. Cloud police.
Friday, July 28, 2017
I Miss the Old Days
The Rise and Fall of the Great American Motel: Mom and pop motels once dominated American highways. Now, they’re an endangered species
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