Well, more than five. As the pirate king in Gilbert & Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE said, “Five … and a little bit over.” Now, I’ll be the sixth to admit that I’m a sucker for kitchen gizmos, a “gizmo” being defined as something useful…

As promised, I’ve posted the entire Perry Block-and-the-mermaid story, “Hooked“. Go to my Free Reads page for more … well … free reads, including June’s fantasy, “Blood Of Mermayds” (with a very different kind of mermayd) and July’s cozy mystery, “The French Club Connection”. When August…

It’s been a while since I did a good Friday Recommends, so I did one. I’m still wrasslin’ with my computer. I’ve about decided the problem is Mandriva 2011. Is anybody surprised? Anyone? Bueller? The reason I think so is that, when I Google whatever…