As promised, Laurie King is guest blogging here today on a topic and period that for a while now has been of endless fascination to me.  I'm a relatively new convert to the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes mysteries, but trust me, it only takes one book to become addicted.  S...

Queerty sometimes envisions itself in a nice cardigan knit sweater chatting up queer theory with a bunch of doe-eyed college freshman, which, we wholeheartedly admit quickly leads to terrible pornographic thoughts, which is why we're so excited or the upcoming adaptation of Michael Chabon'...

Director : Frank Capra Release Date : 1 September 1937 (USA) Genre : Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery Cast : (Credited cast) , Ronald Colman as Robert ‘Bob’ Conway, Jane Wyatt as Sondra Bizet, Edward Everett Horton as Alexander P. ‘Lovey’ Lovett, John Howard as George Conwa...

This morning, right after I finished my yogurt I brought my bowl to the kitchen and set it on the counter. Do you see it? What does it mean?...

As the seventh novel in David Hewson’s mystery series featuring Nic Costa, DANTE’S NUMBERS is the first to take its protagonist away from his native Rome. But that alone is not why this book is so uneven and frustrating. Costa and his associates are assembled at the Villa Borghese in Rome for th...

CF Foundation Develops Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus in the USA, writes Cystic Fibrosis Foundation staffer Kathryn White in a moment of candor. (You can’t find this document directly on the internet anymore, but if you search for the headline on Google, then select the option “Vie...

It's not a surprise that the new U2 album is, barring some sort of crazy coup by Taylor Swift fans, going to hit No. 1 on the album charts next week, but music biz projection types seem to think that Bono & co. are going to scan right around 500,000 copies the first week out of the box which to say ...

Most of my kitchen experiments are about the recipes -- things that I really want to try -- but some are definitely all about the cookbooks.  See, I collect cookbooks not simply because I love to cook, but also because I enjoy them as books, and as cultural artifacts.  Some I buy just fo...

Back again folks with more awesome news about the Derrick Comedy movie Mystery Team . In short, this is one of the movies that came out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival that you absolutely must see. When I wrote last week about the NYC Screenings, I made mention of some serious pull quota...

I keep track of my output on an Excel spreadsheet.  What do you expect from a Silicon Valley nerd?  (I've shared the template with my old friend Larry and he credits it with propelling him to finish an 80,000 word opus in less than three months.)  My weeks run from Wednes...