...will enjoy this site from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. I used to be terrified of sharks (perhaps I'll write up a story or two sometime), but now I definitely like 'em.
We have an understanding; they don't bite me when I'm in the ocean, and I--well, I don't really do anything in return. That's one of the things I like about them. They're low-maintenance.
Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Friday, November 30, 2007
Roger Ebert and Groucho
Kate found and forwarded this neat little interview with Groucho Marx, circa 1969...
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
"You Can't Do That"
Apparently this song--one of my all-time favorite Beatles tunes--was deleted from "A Hard Day's Night." You can understand why--it's Lennon at his most creepily aggressive (bested only by "Run For Your Life" off Rubber Soul?)--but I still love it.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Civil Disobedience
My wife (whom we'll call "Norma Rae") tells the world what's going down in our apartment. It isn't pretty.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Food Repair
Dennis Perrin unearthed this great old George Meyer sketch (from "The New Show," Lorne Michaels' ill-fated 1984 followup to SNL). I'd never seen it, only read it--it was collected in Laughing Matters, a very nice collection of written humor and cartoons edited by Gene Shalit.
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