Category Archives: Books

Miserable Bookstore Employees

I always thought that, aside from owning my own bookstore, it would be pretty damn cool to work in a bookstore. I’d get to work around books, with people who love books, assist customers who love books and maybe even … Continue reading

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This And That

The Internet is now complete! Michael Lyingling has opened the Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine, making it possible to look up everything available on everyone’s favorite little boy and his tiger buddy. When I was 6 and 7, I discovered … Continue reading

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“Slaughterhouse Five” – Book Review

It’s difficult for even me to believe, but this is the first work of Vonnegut’s I’ve ever read. You would have thought I would have read it in 1970-71 when I was 15 & 16 and in the American Literature … Continue reading

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Disappointing News – HBO Not Producing Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods”

Bad news yesterday when it was revealed by Neil Gaiman himself that HBO would NOT be producing the TV Series based on his best-selling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel “American Gods”, which had been rumored for the past few years … Continue reading

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It’s a Calvin and Hobbes Day!

I’m a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan, though it wasn’t always that way. The first time I saw the strip I thought it was the worst piece of drivel I’d ever seen on a comics page. But every day it … Continue reading

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