Gay Degani , a former community college instructor in English, lives in Southern California with her husband and ancient Labrador retriever. She’s been published in two mystery anthologies, in THEMA Literary Journal and on-line at Every Day Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, Tattoo Highway , and Salt River Review. “Spring Melt” was a finalist for The 2nd Annual Micro Fiction Award and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. “Monsoon” was a finalist in Glimmer Train’s 2007 Fiction Open and “W

I reviewed the new KNOG Nerd 12 Function Computer for EpicureanCyclist.com and thougtht it would be of interest to bike commuters too! The KNOG Nerd 12 function computer is a newish arrival to the bike computer scene. It uses the same silicon tension fit system that their popular bike lights use making it easy to install and remove. There is no need for tools or half a dozen of those rubber cut out things to have the computer fit on your bike! (I hate those things) Simply wrap it around y

I feel like it is a joke, honestly. Everything this week has seriously been only about upcoming remakes of classic films that I’d rather not see remade or rebooted. Unfortunately, I can’t do anything about it except watch them when they come out only to say how awful it is compared to the original. That’s basically what is going to happen here with the remake of Highlander . Highlander is one of the greatest science fiction/fantasy films ever made – this is the Ben-Hur of scifi and now it

The petrol-electric hybrid SUV is the acceptable face of Chelsea tractordom. Connotations of unacceptable girth, gas guzzling and general global destruction have, of late, conspired to make “SUV” something of a dirty word. Indeed, it’s a good job that cars in said category inevitably come with air-conditioning, since it obviates the need for drivers to open the window and risk a serious, Richmond-upon-Thames traffic-light flecking from the vitriol-driven spittle of incensed, bicycle-propelled

My rating of Angels and Demons : C- (Disappointing) Cast : Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Jew Directed by : Ron Howard Studio : Sony Picture Boston Globe movie critic Wesley Morris in his review of Angels & Demons asks a question (referring to the earlier movie The Da Vinci Code ) – “Asking whether the new movie is better than the first is natural if moot. Would you prefer to drown in a swimming pool or an ocean?” I would like to answer that question be