My call of action for the Three-Day Quote Challenge came from Susanne Valenti. Make sure to check out the new blogger on the WordPress block. Thank you, Susanne. I’m going with quotes from literary characters from novelists dear to my heart. Relatable souls. In day two I dip into the lexicon of the protagnist of…
Susanne Valenti tapped me on the shoulder yesterday for the Three-Day Quote Challenge. She’s a new blogger on the WordPress block, and I liked what what I clicked over and saw. Why yes, and thank you, Susanne. The last time around this quote game, I chose lyrics from a few of my favorite songs. To…
My blogging friend Scott from Snoozing on the Sofa has not-so-secretly been working on a second life from raising with his beautiful wife those three boys that help make his every post such a delight to read. Scott Nagele also is a novelist. And he’s worked years on his new one, A Housefly in Autumn.…
My good friend from the Florida portion of BloggyWorld, Rachel Carrera, Novelist, saw fit to include me on her list in the Would You Rather Book Tag Tour. As her blog title indicates, Rachel keeps very busy down Florida way writing superior fiction. As well as short stories that will make the eyes jump out…
Normally I’d shy away from leading my Thursday Film News blog with the same movie I reviewed to start the week. I can’t help myself in the case of “American Sniper.” To call the blockbuster about the life and death of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle increasingly controversial is somewhat of an understatement. To read today’s…
Am I willing to reveal the inner workings of the mind of a dilettante here on markbialczak.com? When said noodle comes on the shoulders of one Helena Hann-Basquiat, fellow blogger who visits my place with smart comments that always advance the issues of music and movies and life, my answer when she put the call…
Barb Taub used to write a column over here in the United States. Now she lives on the other side of the big pond, where she’s a novelist, and a blogger on WordPress. Her words are eye-catching to me. On Dec. 4, she wrote a piece titled “Tap-Dancing on a Wire,” with the sub-head “If…
Have you met Ermine Cunningham yet? Oh, wait. You may know her by Ermigal. That’s how she signs on at her humor blog Odds & Ends from Ermigal right here in WordPressLand. I’ve been reading her work with a big smile on my face for a while now. Ermi, you see, is from around my…
I stayed up later than usual Friday night and caught Norman Lear chatting with David Letterman on CBS. Man, he looked old. Letterman, not Lear. No, the guest in the porkpie hat look positively dapper as he discussed the the period of TV in which he was the undisputed leader in cutting edge comedy. “All…
The college basketball season started last night. Around here, Syracuse walloped a team from Kennesaw State, 89-42. If you’re interested, you can find a report about the game here. College football cranks up again today. Most teams have three games left in the regular season, then conference championship games before the first-ever four-team playoff to…
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