SNYDERMANIA

Today I’ve determined to come up with a funny entry. I could start with a couple of jokes. My bank account, that’s a good one. How about my ...

According to a recent Time Magazine article called Books Unbound by Lev Grossman, the business of writing and selling books is changing fas...

KEN MINK When you look up the word stud in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of 55 year-old Charlie Bickford. Last year h...

THE TIME TUNNEL "Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America...

SCIENCE IMITATES FILM? Is it possible? Could there be a real world version of Back to the future’s Dr. Emmett Brown? My nosing around into t...

This story appears in Dart Safety and the Purple Bikini and Other Adventures of the Eight-Fingered Criminal's Son . See current posts f...

TIME TRAVEL Today I’ve decided to out myself. I’ve been keeping it in too long. I no longer care what people think. A man can’t go through l...

NOTES ON THE AGENT SEARCH I began querying agents for my novel, The Spirit Guide Bar in October of 2008. It is my bold intention to loc...

JOHN UPDIKE John Updike died today. Funny thing is I was thinking about him last week. Saturday I posted a favorite Updike line. “Dreams co...

ZEBRA STRIPES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTING MY SHOE SIZE, NOT MY AGE As was the case last week, my Saturday morning officiating experience wa...

ARMY OF REGULAR READERS INCREASES TO TWELVE That’s right. It’s official. #167 Dad’s following has expanded from eleven to twelve. Anders Ogl...

TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES? Times are tough. As a teacher and the primary wage earner in my household, things haven’t changed. I’ve been scraping ...

The Year of the Impossible Dream continues to churn out miracles . The squad that has been called the worst team ever to make the play offs...

MY ONGING WAR WITH TECHNOLOGY I spent a considerable portion of yesterday afternoon composing a couple of stories about basketball officiati...

WHEN ENOUGH IS A ENOUGH It’s January sixteenth and this morning (I am not making this up) I drove by a house that was still lit up with dazz...