Eric's Hangout

As discussed in the Munro post , I decided to slowly work my way through her short story collections, beginning from the beginning as it wer...

I had an interesting experience today, which was a bit of a flashback to my elementary school days where I was "the spoiler."  Gen...

This book turned up in the mail much sooner than I expected, so I might as well review George Bowering's Vermeer's Light.  This is a...

I do try to steer away from the really political stuff, but I am so glad that the police have busted Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, i.e. they have ...

My mind has been segueing all over the place.  Let me see if I can get the main thread(s) down.  Over the past couple of months, I have been...

This ended up being a particularly frustrating weekend, since the elements for having a good weekend were in place, but things either didn...

Can I paste a widget?  (Sorry -- apologies to Marvin Gaye ) I know there has to be a more elegant way of doing this -- I really wanted som...