Monday

Bullets

We are entering my favorite time of the year. The weather has turned cold, thereby making it easier for me to relax with good books instead of being drawn to outdoor activities. The office phone dies down because gun season for deer starts tomorrow (opening day in Michigan is a de facto holiday, no joke), thereby allowing me to get caught up on desk projects. And the holiday season looms large. Black Wednesday is a mere nine days away; Thanksgiving Day meals are merely ten days away.

If Halloween is for the kids, Thanksgiving is for the adults. I'm already looking forward to it.

Turkey Trot Climb
Are you already planning the Thanksgiving Day meal? Be prepared to reach deeper into your pockets: "According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, a meal for 10 people that cost $43.47 last year will cost $49.20 this year. That's a 13% increase, the biggest since 1990. Turkey led the way – up 22% from a year ago."

Dying Well

An atheist is dying, but he's not an atheist of ill-will. In fact, he's an atheist who wishes he could believe. And he has apparently written a beautiful book about winding down one's life beautifully. Theodore Dalrymple reviews David Horowitz's A Point in Time: The Search for Redemption in This Life and the Next. Pray for Mr. Horowitz.

New Book

James Bruen of Gilbert Magazine and other publications has published another 99-cent ebook: The Academic Exercise. From his email to me: "The book's about 8,500 words. No reviews, but the book's been on Amazon's list of the Top 100 mystery anthologies all week, getting as high as #42; go figure. The lead story won a DC bar writing competition 20 years ago." If you like mysteries, check it out.