Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

As we approach the anniversary of John Lennon's senseless death, I was reflecting, listening to the marvelous "Instant Karma" ...

The 52/250 Flash is up, and my contribution to this week's theme, "The Palm of your Hand", is here. But you should stay and ...

The 100 Word Challenge is here, and has been shown, with a healthy diet and regular exercise, to result in weight loss for most people. The ...

Michael Solender, who obviously has pretty low standards, has elected to publish a piece of mine, "Je t'adore", in his online ...

NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as A Month Of Mental Illness, No Sleep and No Friends, ends today. Keen readers of...

Another loss in entertainment, as Irvin Kershner , director of The Empire Strikes Back, the darkest and best of the Star Wars movies, has pa...

There are a million tributes to the late Leslie Neilsen across the Internet this morning. This is another one. RIP, Mr. Neilsen.

The 52/250 Flash went up on Friday, and my contribution, located here, is called "Score".

As usual, James Hetfield says it better than I could.

Rob Neyer on the Red Sox, a.k.a The Known Universe's Most Important Sports Team, failing to resign Victor Martinez, the ubiquitous V Mar...

..is airport security. Esquire has an excellent post up about the kerfluffle about the full body scanners and the attendant fuss they are c...

The 52/250 crew is back at it again, with a raft of stories you can find here on the theme "Lost In Translation". Mine is here and...

Why this occupies so much media time in this country. Congratulations, blah blah blah. I'm sure William is a decent guy- at least he wen...

The fine folks at NPR host a three minute fiction contest, which I learned about after they had already had five rounds of it, where they as...