When you think of Eastern European literature, you are probably not thinking about fantasy.  Sure, you may have been forced to read Master and Margarita in High School

It is sometimes said that Starbucks taught Americans about coffee.  And thinking that gives me hope that Apple might yet re-educate the world’s young and cool about the

Neil Gaiman once said that Terry Pratchett is angry.  And, if you think about his books—books that rail against injustice, oppression, superstition, and stupidity (to name but a

For many of us, the day just doesn’t begin without a good cup of coffee.  But how did coffee itself begin?  We probably will never know the “right”

  Sleep.  We get so little of it.  Three quarters of Americans don’t even get eight hours per night.  In spite of (or because of) that we seem obsessed with

We were a little apprehensive on this TCL TV because we were unfamiliar with the brand. Since we don’t subscribe to cable, we mostly watch local news and occasionally

Why do we love fantasy?  Especially fantasy set in a Middle-Ages like world?  I doubt it’s because we want to live in the Middle Ages.  I am not

These days saying that a movie has “meaning” is like saying that it’s good.  The other day, for example, I read that there are hidden messages (and hence

The other day, I saw in the gallup poll that only 32.3% of Americans consider themselves to be engaged in their work.  Shortly thereafter, someone of Facebook posted

I love reviewing.  I have been writing reviews since we got reasonably fast internet in 2000.  I started to review (almost exclusively books I had checked out at