Author Archives: Mark A.

On Wednesday I linked a story from the Daily Texan about a guy who heckled Ann Coulter. Here is his side of the story. I can’t believe the guy is being charged with a class C Misdemeanor.

Several bloggers are linking to this web site. The site gives severals ways to find and search books that are online. I’m linking to it too, if only so that I know I have this resource should I need it.

When I find a site or a particular story I think is interesting I bookmark it and try to remember to post it. Sometimes I forget about it and my Bookmark page gets all cluttered up. This is a leftover post (yeah it’s also called phoning it in): I’m Connor McLeod from the Clan Mcleod, […]

Why can’t I ever be present for really cool stuff like this?

Several weeks ago while talking with a couple of friends, one mentioned how she had never read any science fiction. She said she had always felt the genre was similar to modern romance fiction. I really didn’t know how to respond to that, other than to feebly recommend several authors I thought she should read. […]

Like we didn’t know this already.

Several nights ago I was watching Dinner For Five and the guests were Roger Corman (who has helped film 360 of the crappiest films committed to celluiod) Bruce “Don’t Call Me Ash” Campbell, Rob Zombie, and of course Jon Favreau. Through the course of the discussion Bruce and Roger began talking about how the movie […]

While talking to a friend tonight I mentioned the book Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. The book is about what happens when people continue to worship a god, but they really don’t believe in him. They go to church, they tithe, they sing all the songs, but deep down they don’t have any belief left. […]

Slate has a review up for the new movie Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, as does Hollywood Bitchslap (Yeah the name is a tad vulgar, but they have the most honest reviews around). I’m a little concerned about this one. This is probably one of the first true scifi books I ever read, and I […]

Tonight, Leigh and I had the honor of meeting an artist. I’m sure I had met one before, but tonight there was no doubt. Jonathan Safran Foer (an author I’ve spoke of before on this blog) visited Bookpeople in Austin tonight. He answered questions about his works and signed books. Here’s a photo of Myself, […]