The Writer’s Worst Nightmare
I've just lost the final revision of my novel-in-progress. Irretrievable. I picture it spinning away into the digital void like...
I've just lost the final revision of my novel-in-progress. Irretrievable. I picture it spinning away into the digital void like...
If you are a teacher, you are familiar with the "whiteboard," also called the "dry erase board." It has replaced...
You don’t have to be a Jerry Lewis fan to enjoy his 1963 masterwork, “The Nutty Professor,” just released in...
I was twenty when I first read the Tin Tin comic strip. I found it in a small shop that...
Recently, I’ve received a letter from Ralph Nader. He wants to know my thoughts on technology because, years ago, he...
Baltimore's last video rental store, Video American, is about to close. I don't want it to go away, but at...
The other day, the college students I teach informed me that they had never heard of beatniks. If you're as...
The Next Big Thing is a game of literary tag. Susan McCallum, a writer I admire much, tagged me to...
The Animal House book tour took Cleo and me through the Texas pandhandle yesterday and, to my surprise, we passed...
I solved a musical mystery today. The mystery was this: every time I visited a certain bathroom at my place...