Category Archives: Ramblings

Tom Clancy needs to find a new line of work

I recently read Tom Clancy’s two most recent novels in his “Jack Ryan” universe, Red Rabbit and The Teeth of the Tiger. They are, quite simply, horrible.  Not horrible in the sense of, “if you don’t like Tom Clancy books you won’t like these either,” but rather, “incredibly bad even to people who liked previous Tom… Read More »

Something better to do

“Did you see my letter in the paper?” I asked my sister and her husband as we sat down in the restaurant. “Yes,” they said, laughing. “Our friends did, too. They all got a big kick out of it. Sure, they’ve all encountered the problem you wrote about, but why waste your time complaining to… Read More »