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At first, we thought, wow, 2005. That’s, like, way in the future. Then it struck us…2005 was way in the future when we were uch younger. Now we’re older and it’s, pretty much next year. Like, a few months from now. We need to get a New Year’s dress soon. But our problems are nothing […]

Since our mother doesn’t read our blog, we’re comfortable discussing her freely. Today, we’d like to talk about the time she was feverishly working in the library, processing discards. You know, those books that must be cleared from the shelves so new books can take their place (elementary school libraries are notable for their lack […]

No, really, we are. What is a “new business program,” and do we want to get us some of that? If you want to pursue this, Ben Loehnen is joining Little Random (please, no jokes, we have a delicate constitution). There will be books and such happening. Don’t you hate it when no information is […]

People are flying into town at various times over the weekend, and we’re going to be playing chauffeur (cute hat, snappy attitude, excellent sense of direction) and host (see previous, minus sense of direction). Something tells us we’ll also be required to make scintillating conversation. Webster’s isn’t clear on the definition of host-with-the-most, but we […]

Don’t get us wrong — we channel coversations with our literary heroes all the time. But that’s as far as we take it. We don’t presume to know what, oh, Edith Wharton was thinking and feeling. And we suspect anything we conjured would pale in comparison to reality (either that or end up too fantastic […]

The tough get weird. We were warned not to read this article. Then we figured, what the heck, we have a full bottle of wine at the ready. So we did. We wish we could express shock. Instead, we feel the author’s pain; we also wonder how far we’d go in the same situation. We’ve […]

A while back, we pointed to discussion on Making Light about a professor who offered dubious advice about, um, exaggerating credentials. Discussion ensued, and we believe the professor was in the loop at some point; yes, we recall his explanation of his comments (rather than linking, linking, linking, we’ll let you follow the story from […]

No. Really, you do. Eventually. Being a starving artist is only glamorous when you’re young. The Elegant Variation seems intrigued by the subject matter (by the way, starting to save for your old age at 50 is a bad idea; trust us); we’re more shocked that after the failed experiment involving Nathaniel West and F. […]

First, take a deep breath. Books are not endangered (we promise you — we can singlehandedly keep the publishing industry afloat; in fact, we think we have). And the Internet will not destroy reading. In fact, it’s likely to suck in unsuspecting non-readers (those folks who eschew the newspaper, but devour online articles like they’re […]

In all of our excitement over just about everything, we forgot to mention that the new Janet Evanovich book was released. There we were in Target, minding our own business (actually, trying to remember where in the Target maze they hide cleaning supplies) when our eye spotted a brightly colored cover. Yes! Ten Big Ones, […]