by Arthur Golden 1 July 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For Casey, who always encourages me to think. Also, I so want the beautiful soundtrack! ;) Synopsis The fictional story of Sayuri, the most celebrated geisha of her time, and how she came to that position. The story’s emphasis is more on the…
by James Frey 15 June 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For my book club, without whom I would not have read this peculiarly fascinating book. Note: there are quotes from the book in this review, which contain foul language. Please consider yourself warned. This is the gripping story of Frey’s painful but ultimately…
by Dan Brown 1 June 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For Greg, because he gave me my first ever specifically-requested book review. Woohoo, I feel so official! He even sent me the book — what a sweetie! ;) There is detailed plot information in this review. Please do not read if you don’t…
June 2006 Firestarter columnby Collie Collier For my readers: All the images in this Firestarter are thumbnails which can be clicked for larger versions of the graphics. Please use your “Back” button on your menu bar to return to this page. Cultural beliefs and taboos are, by their naturalized imprinting into the brains of those…
No, it’s not ‘hello, world.’ Little by little, the coding monkeys eat my brain… but I will eventually triumph, and have ALL my old web site loaded up here so I can take advantage of the nifty blog code which will save time previously spent coding and updating and all that blather which will facilitate…
May 2006 Firestarter column by Collie Collier Short answer: acts which deliberately inflict pain and damage, in an effort to denigrate human dignity, are wrong. Long answer: Like most of the difficult ethical questions in life, my path to this decision came slowly, with quite a bit of soul-searching and long discussions with patient friends….