DrPat is the blog signature used by an old coot who hoards books, dances Argentine Tango, cooks a mean venison chili, and is happy to be along for the sag while my spouse does a marathon bicycle ride. All that is in my spare time — and my work life is classified...
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While drooling over December releases, I view deliberately-destroyed buildings in Las Vegas, or explore deeper meanings of Batman...
There may be only four new books this week, but there's still plenty to generate excitement.
In the northern hemisphere, flu season is upon us. Eat healthy food, get exercise and a flu shot - and don't sleep with any poultry!
Tempting new books will be rather thin on the ground next week, as publishers focus on boxed collections for holiday gifting.
BlogCritics are writing demons (or perhaps are ridden by them) — it should be no surprise that November sees lots of participation in NaNoWriMo...
Psycho's great, and so is Halloween, of course. But how about a little more "cerebral" fare?
Anne Rice's genre-breaking tale of the early years in the life of Jesus Christ tops the list this week...
Jive uses "fast twitch" muscle fibers and demands a high level of fitness, to bounce, spring, and twist vigorously.
Dead kittens, rejuvenated corpses, Satanic verses, and lossy translations confound Internet communications, sometimes deliberately.
It is in the development of its smaller sinners and weaker saints that The Natural transcends cartoonish simplicity.