Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

In rather gonzo news, I had to have a toilet replaced because a chunk broke off of it. And I didn’t do anything to abuse it. I replaced...

Some agents and editors want the first five, ten, or fifty pages of an aspiring author’s manuscript. And they usually want that as part of ...

The first page of the original synopsis of  Harry Potter that J.K. Rowling sent to publishers is now online. For those of you fortunat...

This may seem off-subject, but I say the best Jake Gyllenhaal movie was Source Code from six years ago: (Was that six years ago? W...

I’ve been torn about whether to post anything about the massive meltdown in Hollywood. Things done behind closed doors have been shouted fr...

Below is the Buffy action figure made out of vinyl. How important was the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ? See my entry ti...

I didn’t watch the new Star Trek on Sunday. The SyFy channel very cleverly ran a Battlestar Galactica marathon over the weekend, and I wa...

Crystal Collier’s blog takes its place as one of the more amusing ones in the blogosphere. A typical entry has her wry take on the world a...

In this Corner of the World is a beautifully animated, memoir-style movie. It focuses on Suzu Urano (married name Hojo). She starts out as...