Perhaps I should explain. Almost every author wants their novel made into a movie. It stands to reason. That way, you might earn more than t...

(Let's call this Edgar Guest in quasi-Norwegian. This is a sample of dialect poetry...

THE "LUMBERYACK" "Roll out!" yell cookee "It ban morning," say he, "It ban daylight in svamps, all yu guy...

The other day a line from a poem came into my head, something about "peanut shells". It rattled around in there until I realized i...

SONNET ON STEWED PRUNES Ay ant lak pie-plant pie so wery vell; Ven ay skol eat ice-cream my yaws du ache; Ay ant muc...

For some reason I'm thinking about an old rock'n'roll song: I first heard Herman's Hermits do it (not that I remember them...

It was one of those days when I had to get away from my desk. I was growing into it, or out of it, and my butt hurt. It being an afternoon d...

Oh Lor': what'll they thank of next? A whole TV channel with Oprah's name on it? Well, her initials at...

(Note the placement of Don's hands. Just a concidence? I don't think so!)

'Mad Men' Season 5 set for 2012, negotiations with Matthew Weiner ongoing - From Inside the Box - Zap2it I haven't even really w...

Easter is a strange one, and it's hard for me to sort out my feelings about it. I can go with the fluffy-chicks-and-lambs-and-decorated-...

I can't name a favorite Harold Lloyd movie. Like children or grandchildren, they're all special to me in their own way. But there is...

It occurs to me that one of these days I should post a blog entry that's about something. So I will return to an old fascination which,...