When you get a letter in a self-addressed envelope from a literary magazine, the one you submitted to in a contest, you know you are getting a rejection letter. I thought it was a pretty compelling story – about a guy who has a hole in his heart plugged because he keeps having strokes. Mixed [...]

Just in case you were wondering how things are going on the bottom in the Gulf of Mexico these days, you can catch the live action as BP attempts their new cap thing-a-majigger. This is kind of like trying to hook up your spray nozzle on your garden hose when the tap is turned on [...]