Halls of the Dark Muse

And can only choose one book to take?

We have all heard this question asked many times in a variety of different ways, and I have never been able to give a satisfactory answer to the question. Meaning I could never come up with one solid answer that I felt was the "right" answer, as a person who is used to reading many books at once the thought of choosing only one book, even in purely hypothetical circumstances always seemed a near impossible task, so my every attempt ...

My sister is a film editor, but because she had kids, she hasn't really been actively working much, just a couple of small independent projects and so some friends of hers wanted to make their own horror film and asked if she would help out, and she agreed to do it, and my brother-in-law had to go to Florida for business so my parents have been babysitting the kids.

The other night we were going out to dinner together and my nieces both had these little toy mice they got and so to ...

I was very irritated because I thought my computer was having yet another problem. I went to open up IE (Internet Explorer) and I have Google as my homepage, and because I have a Google account, I use iGoogle, which is just a way you can customize your homepage. Well I open up IE and see I have been signed out of iGoogle, which is not that big of a deal, it happens sometimes. I sign back in and get a message telling me there was an error with cookies and I need to clear my cache, again no big deal ...

I went to unplug my computer earlier today to move over to the couch, when as soon as it was unplugged the computer went completely off. I have never had anything like that happen before, and it had been plugged in all day up until that point so I knew the battery could not be dead. Nor had it exhibited any other problems, I had in fact just used it on battery the other night.

At first I had thought maybe I accidentally hit the power button because after I unplugged it I leaned over ...

One thing which I encounter quite frequently in literary experiences and which has always baffled me, is that it seems whenever a character within a book commits an act which is morally questionable, people are quick to forgive them or excuse them on the basis that they are "only human" or see thier misdeeds as as proof of thier humanity. I have never really understand this mode of thinking.

Now I do not think that characters should all be portrayed as being perfect as this ...