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A little bit of heaven & a whole lot of hell

Frank Silva played BOB and died of complications due to AIDS in 1995.

Before I begin, I must offer up an apology to my Aunt Eileen. When I was an annoying teenager who was into whatever one-hit-wonder band of the week was (Glass Tiger? Bananarama? Oran “Juice”…

With Sister #4 taking up residence in my spare bedroom (which I used to call Paco’s bedroom because he liked to hang out in there but now he doesn’t because it gets too cat hairy and like I’m gonna…

Bookrestlamp
Books are good — books are always good — but book lovers cannot live on books alone. Here is Jacket Copy’s eclectic list of gifts that aren’t books, but could please the bookish. Above,…

Have I mentioned lately how much I love The Black Sheep, my writing group formerly known as The Chicken Fingers? Not only do I love them for being obnoxiously smart, super supportive, and just…

Tonight when I turn in for bedtime reading I’ll be cracking open Anne Ursu’s Breadcrumbs instead of Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth.

Why is this noteworthy? Because I am abandoning…

You have got to be kidding me:

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the scientists at the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday and refused to allow emergency…

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