The Mystery Spot

Spent a fair amount of time and money in three repair shops on Thursday and Today. When you buy a used car, cheap, it's going to be far ...

The time change usually has an adverse effect on my son. So far so good today. He was in his room and I asked what he was up to. I believe h...

It's depressing listening or watching your team fail week after week for over a decade. Thought about headed to the sports bar up north ...

A newly released draft poem by Ted Hughes has been making the electronic rounds. The poem is Hughes' attempt to write out his feelings ...

The laptop is in the shop so I'm not quite sure when the blogging can recommence. Here's a great book you should be reading in the ...

I'm not really a reader of true crime books, but occasionally I'll jump at one when it crosses my desk. Gold Medal Killer is about ...

It's not that England would have won yesterday's World Cup match. The goal that was completely missed by all the officials would hav...

Very cool to see Tim Howard made the save, then the throw to and eventual game winning goal by Landon Donovan in yesterday's World Cup m...

Six years after the publication of her true crime memoir A Rip in Heaven, Jeanine Cummins returns with her first novel, The Outside Boy. It...

All I can say about his therapy is that he seems to be eager to go. Once we're there he climbs up on the table, lays down and is ready f...

Spring has arrived and I hope I'm able to sit and write a bit in this beautiful weather. Too sweet out there to coop up inside. Took my ...

The car is falling apart. The rear window windshield wiper arm broke off in my hand one frozen morning. The driver's side bezel for the ...

This weekend, starting on Saturday night, Scott Woods is once again doing a 24 hour poetry reading. There's even a schedule here. A coup...

I do not know much about North Korea, few do as it's a country and culture that keeps hidden in the dark. Their regime, in an appropriat...

First generation immigrants from India fall in love with Catholics and Americans in Sujatha Hampton's debut novel As it was Written . It...

My friend Susan an an article on siblings and autism in today's New York Times Magazine. You can read it here. She also has a book comin...

Took the Jeopardy online test again. I'm not confident. Check this out. She's someone I've always wanted to see live. I'd si...

It's 12:45 and there has been no gunfire yet. The night's still young though. Managed to get some editing done. Also did some cullin...