OTR Fini
We’re home from our first road trip since the COVID pandemic began in February 2020.
Wheels on the Wagon Go Round & Round
It seems the Ayn Rand libertarians were right all along: if you drown government in a bathtub, private enterprise and the invisible hand of the market will step in to maintain order and public safety (insert sarcasm emoji here).
Paul’s Book Reviews
Seven short book reviews: nonfiction, adventure, fiction, science fiction
Erin go Ceithre Dhuine Dhéag!
What a mess it is, being human. But we muddle through, at least most of us. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
One Lump Space or Two?
I grew up with the two-spaces-between-sentences rule, which I learned in high school typing class.
Paul’s Book Reviews: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mysteries
“’Stocking up’ is what our robust Americans called it, laughing nervously, because profligate abundance automatically evokes its opposite, the unspoken specter of dearth.” — Ruth Ozeki, My Year of Meats My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki A friend read a book I recommended and in turn recommended this one to me. I was put […]
Paul’s Book Reviews
Seven short book reviews: fiction, science fiction, mystery/thriller
Paul’s Top Ten Reads 2020
I read a few nonfiction titles in 2020, but the pandemic drove me to seek escape in novels: fiction, science fiction, horror, and thrillers. These are my reviews of the ten books I most enjoyed reading this year. All were solid four- and five-star reads.