This little tidbit was promoted in today’s email from the giant bookseller I patronize: "A deadly virus turns its victims into the vicious undead when an Imperial prison barge breaks down in deep space with its load of prisoners–criminals and murderers, human and non-human." A Star Wars zombie novel. It’s official. They’ve run out of ideas…..

On this lovely fall morning, the final day of September, the first music track I hear on StreamingSoundtracks.com is …. “Christmastime Is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Call me Grinch, but it’s too darn early for Christmas music. It’s bad enough that the craft stores start stocking Christmas in July. Can we at least wait until after Halloween to start decking the halls?

It’s been so long since I had time to post here that I hardly know where to start. Big changes are afoot: I was let go from my job last week as part of the company’s complete re-org of the marketing department — not an entirely unexpected occurrence. Many of you know that I’ve been there, done that, several times. I embrace these employment gaps as "creative sabbaticals", because I always come through on the…

I’m gonna say this now and get it over with: I haven’t seen the new "Harry Potter" yet, and I won’t be watching "Torchwood: Children of Earth" until Mr. Higgins returns next week. So don’t be spoiling it for me, okay?