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In brief, this year's Christmas cards tell old friends that my granddaugher was born in January, my brother's son died in August, and have a merry Christmas.

The friends and aquaintances I see every day already know these things. But telling those I once knew well and whom I only hear from once a year seems almost more than a card or even a Christmas letter should have to bear.  read more »

According to the Guardian,  "James Frey is moving on from his drugs and booze-soaked memoirs to write the third book of the Bible, in which his version of Jesus will perform gay marriages."  read more »

I checked my e-mail today, hoping for another chance to help the widow of the late strong man "Bob" (not his real name) extract her inheritance of $1000000000000000000 from the clutches of the country's new strong man "Bill" (not his real name).

No luck.  read more »

On “Black Friday,” word spread quickly via media outlets and the Internet that a Walmart worker in a New York Store was trampled to death by the crowd rushing through the doors for bargains.

People expressed shock, disbelief, anger and sadness.  read more »

If you have a print-on-demand book in need of higher sales or a novel in need of an agent or a publisher, take a look at HarperCollins Authonomy web site and see if if will help you reach your goals.  read more »

Some of my friends swear by Twitter. Tweet tweet, OMG, it's a message on my cell phone letting me know one of my friends just ate a Twinkie.

Uh, oh, Zeke has the flu and Monique has the flu. ( I suppose they know each other.)

Some of my friends swear at Twitter. It's like teens text messaging only we all get to enjoy it.  read more »

Herb and natural food pioneer Jethro Kloss wrote his classic Back to Eden in 1935 based on some 40 years of experience. A revised edition came out in 1939, and since then the book has been published and re-published many times.  read more »

During the last eight years, most of the political comments I've heard have been over the top. I've long since stopped listening.

To some extent, I have the "luxury" of not listening because, as a Libertarian, I think both major parties couldn't be more wrong, just wrong in different ways.  read more »

Those of us who love books and who love telling on- and off-line friends about our favorites tend to gravitate toward sites such as Squidoo (for lenses), Shelfari and GoodReads. We make lists of the great books we like, and when an online author friend writes something wonderful, we enjoy spreading the word.  read more »