Rufus Blooter

The Calumet region is the little-known northwest corner of Indiana, abutting Chicago, Lake Michigan, and a hybrid rural/suburban DMZ that gi...

I booked a car at Budget for a few days, in the US. Via their US website, paying with a US credit card, I was quoted 338 USD. Seemed awfully...

"It's ridiculous, totally ridiculous." [Bear Stearns executive cmte chair Alan Greenberg, commenting just a few short days ago...

Headline in wire release: Saudi Arabia Says Dollar Is Undervalued, a `Good Buy' . Clearly this was spoken and simply transcribed incor...

during which helicopter SFX should be playing in the background

Sound effects detract from, rather than add to, scariness in movies. Just saw Diary of the Dead and, while I thought it was ok (hard not to...

My new musical, banking a bit on Mamma Mia but with better music. Does it need to be set in Pearl Harbor? The 3 Toyah sisters (Claire, Kim, ...

Picked up The Unquiet by John Connolly at an airport with very low expectations but have been delighted by the quality of the writing. I...

Why do I keep reading? Been doing it for years but realize over and over how crap it is. Am I hoping for sudden, or even occasional, absence...

I learned to type nearly 30 years ago, on manual typewriters. Years ago I got over the violent assault on lightweight computer keyboards tha...

The other morning I stepped out of the shower and noticed a word written on the mirror. JJ listens to the radio while showering and sometime...

Here a group discusses proper fundamentals.  At least 70% of a boarder's time on piste should be spent in relaxed discussion. A boarder ...