Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. Sunday, February 05, 2006. It always astounds me how my prose leaves me on vacation. I cannot find the words to describe the little moments, the vignettes, of the beach in Varadero. The little blonde girl, about five years old with curly hair who frolics naked on the beach and builds a sandcastle with her father,.

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms. Saturday, December 03, 2005. It was a dour week filled with shockers on television. M guessing that Duncan assumes it. S his child, given that he. S been pining away at the door of her intensive care unit for months now. S Nothing in Neptune is that simple.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Friday, September 02, 2005. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. So believe the hype, it is as good as everyone says. Well, and then I just had to wait. Wednesday, July 06, 2005. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars. Tuesday, October 11, 2005. Friday, September 02, 2005. Five, if you work on that scale. I went to see Wedding Crashers twice because I thought it had enough funny in it to be worthy - but Virgin? Oh dear god this on.