Muse Maintenance at the Bean Hollow
My “check engine” light came on last Thursday, but it wasn’t like I was surprised. A few months ago I heard a report on NPR that the 3 months/3,000 miles mantra for changing your oil no longer applied to cars that had been made in the last 5 to 7 years. Apparently, cars are built [...]
Calling Everybody on the Ouija Board
First and foremost, I’m really creeped out that the dude who made the ouija board in the first place was from Baltimore. Did anybody else know that? Second and a little less than foremost, I went to a school with a Fuld. Third and most foremost, I’m really digging here in the old memory bank [...]
Staying Healthy With the Seasons: A Review
A few years ago, I picked up this book (Staying Healthy with the Seasons, by Elson M. Haas, M.D., Celestial Arts Press, 1981) as a companion work to a few Taoist books on health and balance. When it comes to the seasons, I am quite sensitive to their intense peaks as well as their transitions. [...]
Short Story Sunday Peril no. 1: “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”
Short Story Sunday Peril no. 1: “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” Author: Edgar Allan Poe Date of Publication: 1845 (Illustration by Harry Clarke, 1919) I have to be honest. I chose this story as my first Sunday Peril read because the title character’s name sounded so much like Voldemort. I was curious [...]
R.I.P. II Autumn Reading Challenge: My Official List
For the second year, Carl is holding his R.I.P. (Readers Imbibing Peril) reading challenge, running from September 1 through October 31. Last year, I skimmed over the post and thought it a great idea, but I never did much more than that. I might have read a few books that qualified for the challenge, but [...]
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