I have a question for you all: What do you think “residential aliens” means? If you say, “Illegal immigrants working as nannies in rich LA neighborhoods,” you’re on the wrong track. Residential Aliens is an e-zine published by Lyn Perry. I instantly liked the title and instantly did not understand it. I know it sounds…
Month: August 2011
Review: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
Far away, on the edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, lies the land of Skree. It is filled with quiet, gentle folk, which made it easy pickings for Gnag the Nameless. Now the country is infested by the Fangs of Dang. They’re stupid and lazy, but make up for it with their indefatigable brutality….
Happiness Is A Serious Literary Problem
All right, the title is stolen. Dennis Prager wrote a book called Happiness Is A Serious Human Problem, and made such an impression on me with his title that it is never too far from the surface of my mind. What last jarred it to the top again was a blog post entitled, Do Happy…
Rules for Ranting
There are lots of rules for writing. In particular, there are rules for writing rants. It’s so easy for even good writers to do it wrong. For example, take this passage from Decaffeinated, by Mark Steyn: At the time, I thought the ever more protracted java jive was an anomaly — the exception that proved…