MallWart Blog a Fake

Quelle surprise. The blog “wallmartingacrossamerica” was a fake, and put out by a PR firm.
 
See, all that folksy stuff about a couple taking their RV across the country (the posts have since been removed, BTW), was bogus. And scripted by a Marketing shill.
 
I have to ask, though–how many Walmart shoppers are also bloggers? [...]

A letter from Iraq

You might not guess I have a buddy who was a marine in Iraq. Pirate Lad is a wonderful writer, and is safely back home now. He directed me to this Letter from Iraq, and says it’s absolutely spot on. (He didn’t write it,, BTW).
 
I hope that by being published in Time, it will get [...]

More summer reading

Ok, it’s a little late for summer. However, if you’re like me and like a good medieval mystery, I want to bring an author to your attention. Alys Clare writes a damn good mystery, and the fact that her series is set hundreds of years away from dubyaand his buddies is just a bonus. The [...]

National Book Month!

October is National Book Month! I wanted to recommend Christopher Moore’s latest. As usual, very funny, very sweet, very, very warped.
One nifty feature at the national book awards is “the book that changed my life.” Past winners of the award pick one book that changed the way they look at the world.
 
Sadly, I realized [...]