SIX OF THE BEST… types of columns I wrote in 2017
The more you practice, the better you tend to get. Sports, art, whatever. I've been writing this column for almost four full years, and I feel like my work has, on the whole, improved. Maybe [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… things I’m looking forward to in my new house
I bought a house last week. Or, more accurately, I bought the right to pay the bank for a house that I will be occupying for a long time. Maybe forever. There are a lot [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… books I discovered by accident
I know I've mentioned in the past that I subscribe to an e-book library that often gets pretty big dumps of books for borrowing. It's not quite like going to the bookstore -- you can't [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… decluttering ideas
As you know by now, I'll be moving in about two months, and one of the best parts of moving is decluttering and downsizing. See, I have a ton of stuff. Just random crap that [...]
Fire the Star Wars Canon!
A long time ago in a country far, far away... I was a little kid when the first Star Wars movie came out. These days it's known as Part IV: A New Hope, but back [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… lesser-known kid-focused books with genre elements
If you're reading this article, odds are good you know who Neil Gaiman is and that he's written multiple books for younger readers, including the wildly-successful Coraline* and the newer The Graveyard Book. You probably [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… book series… serieses… whatever… to read while you wait for the next Song of Ice and Fire novel
Now that I've begun reading A Song of Ice and Fire, I've become quite aware that, at the speed I read, I'll be done with all five existing books long before George R.R. Martin releases [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… Discworld onramps
Terry Pratchett's Discworld is a sweeping saga of more than 40 books (not including additional material like maps, recipes, and science texts), and it can be daunting to try to get into. There are several [...]
SIX OF THE BEST… ways to make cleaning suck less
One of my favorite things about moving is that I get to start on a fresh canvas, cleanliness-wise. It was even better this time because all the floors were new and all the walls had [...]