Great book ideas that I’ll never actually write

the milkman and human kindness

The year was 1925. Cars looked very similar to how they appear today but they were pulled by horses as the engine hadn’t been invented yet. Houses had refrigerators but they were still room temperature. They had figured out ice centuries before but they couldn’t figure out how to keep it cool so it could […]

Manion Movie Review: Galveston

Just a warning, I plan on spoiler alerting the shit out of this. Why did I pay $7.95 to watch it in the first place (the motive of the reviewer being a critical piece of knowledge entering into reading a movie review)? “The past isn’t real. You remember it how you want to remember it.” […]

it tolls for thee

And so it came to pass that the brilliant writer Ernest Hemingway approached the studios of NBC in 1989 clutching a manuscript entitled For Whom the Bell Saved… And…., in record time, I’m going to pull the plug on this story. One sentence and done. You see, the premise is that in an alternate universe […]

things I’m thankful for

I’ve always admired the way Dave Barry can make me laugh out loud without using profanity or mentioning his penis. He also was able to write about topical subjects instead of just random things that happened to pass through his head. In that spirit I’m going to sit down and re-post a Thanksgiving list of […]

a case of too much time on my hands

The two men stood in the apartment looking around. One held a small notepad and the other held his tongue. There was nothing in particular he wanted to say but you know how words get away from us. They were detectives. One a grizzled veteran and one a hot-headed rookie. I can imagine how hard […]