I am giving away 10 copies of my new book, Solar System Blues, to Goodreads members. Goodreads Book Giveaway Solar System Blues by Andrew J. Patrick Giveaway ends July 31, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win You know what to do.
Solar System Blues began as a spoken-word element of a band show for The Fest, a music and arts festival that my brother and his friends used to put on in Lancaster, PA every July. It’s the first thing I consciously created a First Draft for, and circulated said draft for comments from friends and… Read More My Daddy Drives a UFO….The Official Launch of Solar System Blues
I’ve ignored this, because I don’t often concern myself with cooking show celebrities, because I hate cooking shows. They inflame the desire but cannot satisfy it. They are to the palate what strip clubs are to the libido. What noise crossed my transom made it sound as though Paula Deen had dropped an n-bomb sometime… Read More Paula Deen is . . . an Old Southern Cook. The Rest is Kabuki.
With the exception of an antique single-shot percussion-cap pistol inherited from my grandfather, for which I keep neither powder nor shot, I do not own any guns. My reason is twofold: 1) guns are expensive, and I lack the time to devote to their maintenance and the necessary training, and 2) Wifey doesn’t like them.… Read More Why I’m Calling Shenanigans on Ms. Magazine’s “My Month With a Gun” Column
I’m old enough to remember when being a geek was a bad thing. I remember the days when kids who were into sci-fi, fantasy, and other forms of alternative literature hid that fact from others if they had any hope of fitting in. Hell, I remember when knowing how to work a computer was a… Read More Geek Heresy: A Consideration of Popular Fictional Universes That Bore the Living Hell out of me – Episode 1: Dr. Who Cares?
He’s found a way to make even George Bush popular.
A few weeks ago, when it was first discovered that the White House was tapping the phone records of the House of Representatives, I threw up a bit of snark on Twitter. @rsmccain @leatherpenguin at this point, I’m expecting to turn around and see Eric Holder reading my tweetdeck. #FortheChildren — Andrew Patrick (@ajpwriter) May… Read More The Government is Watching Me Type These Words
At this point, you really should know that if you’re watching Game of Thrones, and someone points a camera at you, something really bad is going to happen. There’s a some agita on Facebook right now between people who have read the books and who haven’t, now that The Wedding has finally happened. I am one of… Read More Game of Thrones: Shock and Hope
Some kind of head cold. The wife has it, too. Darling Daughter is thankfully immune. In Lieu of an update, enjoy some Radio Birdman:
I must confess, I am bad at this. Often, I have a habit of just dirfting away from people when there’s a lull. In my mind, that seems less awkward than saying “Okay, I’m done here,” or “Good-bye, then,” or “And….scene!” Fortunately, The Art of Manliness has solutions. They are time-honored and polites: have a… Read More Ending a Conversation
Content Blues 