FRANK MISSES FRANK At the time, I was only vaguely aware of Angela’s Ashes and had not gotten around to reading it. I mean, who couldn’t be aware of the existence of a book with such a catchy title? To tell the truth, I didn’t even realize it was a memoir. Hmmm…a book about somebody’s … Continue reading
WORSE THAN 9/11? YOU BET! YOU SHOULD BE FRIGHTENED!
WORSE THAN 9/11? YOU BET! YOU SHOULD BE FRIGHTENED! The attacks of September 11, 2001 killed 3000 people, shut down the airline system and the securities markets for a week, and made traveling on an airplane go from a Greyhound bus experience to something akin to being processed for admittance to a concentration camp. So, … Continue reading
WHY I LOVE (AND HATE) SANDRA BROWN
WHY I LOVE (AND HATE) SANDRA BROWN Let’s start with the quick and easy one: I hate Sandra Brown (www.sandrabrown.net) because she has fifty million of her dad-blamed books in print! (Please don’t ask me how many of mine are in print). I hate her because she’s more successful as a writer than I’m sure … Continue reading
PRESIDENT BUSH WON’T LEAVE ME ALONE!
Not talking about “W” here, but his dad – George Herbert Walker. Number 41. The guy who’s now 88 years old and, sadly, uses a wheelchair and a walker. I’m told he has some degenerative muscle affliction with a name I can neither pronounce nor spell. Regardless, he’s the president who won’t leave me alone. … Continue reading