Danny Novo
From the monthly archives: March 2005
Did you know Pop Rocks® are made in Spain? Well, they are. From the package, “Made in Spain by Zeta Espacial, S.A., Av. Olimpiadas, 79 / 08191 Rubi (Barcelona) SPAIN. Of course, the phone number for “questions about POP ROCKS®”–like, will my stomach explode if I also drink Coke?–is in the States. Or, at least, […]
The Briar King My rating: 3 out of 5 After reading “real books” for a while, it was nice to get back to some high fantasy. Greg Keyes is one of my favorite new authors (new being a relative term) and this book was pretty good. But towards the end he fell into a trap that I […]
I’ve been talking about finally getting my office clean since… well, since we moved in almost two years ago. On that day, we deposited boxes and boxes of stuff in the room that is my office. Just recently, we managed to open and unpack those boxes, so that now I have a floor (on which […]
The other day (like two months ago) Tiffany happened to let drop a painting tip that (the much in demand Iowa City handyman) Wally had bestowed upon her at some point when we were living in Iowa. And I daresay it is an awesome painting tip. Like, more than awesome. It is incredible. Here we go. […]
Okay, I’m game. But true to my penchant, I’ve re-ordered things a bit. Not sure what the original sort was (most banned, maybe) but I think this order is useful, too. I’ve read these and remember them well (8 out of 110): Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Animal Farm by George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four by […]
