The British Museum (morning day 4, Saturday, Sept. 3)
The front of the British Museum sits there with its two wings flanking the entrance like the paws of a giant sphinx. …
Narrowboat vacation: first photos
Half of our vacation in England involved a narrowboat trip from Bath to Devizes and back. In order to afford the trip, …
Recommended: Mercury Men
It’s so rare these days to recommend anything you find on Syfy, but I have to admit I enjoyed Mercury Men, a …
It’s new to me: Billy Boyle review
I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but the cover for Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery had …
100% height div tag not working. Argh!
Like a lot of people, I have depended on the knowledge that I can get a div to span the entire height …
Sofa-futon finished
I’ve finished the sofa-futon and despite a motley collection of wood (some ancient oak plywood, some new oak plywood, and solid oak …
Feathers! Martian airships don’t have feathers!
Yes, I am now starting my rants about Andrew Stanton’s John Carter, based on the eleven volume series of books by Edgar …
Monsters review: Spoiler, warning or praise, you decide
Reviewing Monsters is an almost impossible task because I have to include a spoiler straight away (in the third paragraph of this …
What I’m reading: Camouflage
The Nameless Detective returns for the — I don’t know, how many times, but it’s in the forties — time with Camouflage. …
What I’m reading: Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders
After reading of Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker investigating a murder in The Sherlockian, it’s only a small leap to read …