by Clea | Mar 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
Say goodbye to the gangbanger girls. This week, we’ve lost Snoop as well as Margaret B. Jones. Both were fictional, but only one was a work of art.
by Clea | Feb 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well, it’s that time of the evening here in lovely Cambridge, Mass., when the day’s wet snow/freezing rain storm has begun to glaze the sidewalks, turning our charming brick sidewalks into so many uneven picturesque death traps. But even though I learned,...
by Clea | Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
That’s my take on Michael Stanley’s new “A Carrion Death,” the first in a proposed series featuring the absolutely cuddly Detective Kubu. But even if Kubu (a nickname that means “hippo” in his native Setswana) loves opera, good...
by Clea | Feb 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
Has anyone else out there thought that the lyrics to the Foo Fighters’ song “The Pretender” go: “One of these things is not like the other”? Dave Grohl as Cookie Monster?I mean, as we used to say in lit class, contrast and compare. Am I...
by Clea | Feb 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
I know I’m associated with cats, and I do love me some felines. But when I was much younger, I also had a serious thing for toads and lizards (not snakes, I like legs). I still remember my pet toad, Dyatt (pronounced “Dwight”) fondly. And so, for the...
