Philip Jose Farmer passed away this morning, aged 91. I first met him at a convention in El Paso in the early Seventies. I was around 20, and had written the first part of a novel. Fortunately I was not quite so gauche as to bring the manuscript with me and ask Mr. Farmer to […]

I’ve had a busy week, with little time to think, let alone blog in a thoughtful fashion. I’m not able to be entertaining right now, and I’m feeling really grumpy, so I’m providing links to a whole raft of mean-spirited amusements found elsewhere on the net.Why is Richard Pryor laughing in heaven? Because he’s viewed […]

People kept recommending this series to me, so I went looking for it on Netflix. The series concept and characters were created by Yoshitoshi ABe (that’s how he spells it), and was produced by yasuyuki ueda (also sic), both of whom worked together on Serial Experiments: Lain. What Lain and Haibane Renmei together seem to […]

When I was getting over my surgery I cooked a ham, just so I wouldn’t have to think about what I was going to eat for my next meal. But I got sick of the ham well before it ran out. So then I decided to make ham and sausage jambalaya with Creole sauce from […]