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This time of year we will inevitably be subjected to music that is so bad one is compelled to jam sharp objects into their ears. So I thought we could share some of the tunes that inspire us to less violent aspirations. This is mine for no particular reason than that I heard it on the way to work.

I've read his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and listened to countless interviews and was impressed with his unique ability to express not only the clinical aspects of his patients maladies but the compassion that was obvious in the way he dealt with them.

When you first log in here, what is the first thread you visit. Mine is invariably, What Are You Reading?

A fourth installment, continuing the adventures of Lisbeth Salander will be published next month. The author is a relative unknown and it is being done with the approval of Steig Larsson's father and brother who own the rights. There are rumours that Larsson's partner possesses a laptop that...

I've read a few of his books that were an interesting blend of historical fact and fiction.

He was considered to be one of England's best Shakespearean actors, but may have been more known for being the " voice of the ring" in the LOTR trilogy.

He was most known for his biography of Winston Churchill. He was 78.

During the long cold months some of us will find ourselves mired in what is widely called SAD or seasonally adjusted disorder. But I have found on a personal basis that this year there seems to be an extra weight. Thankfully I have no major issues to deal with at the moment that would account...

He was the founding member of Tangerine Dream. A pioneering synthesizer band from the early 70's to the present. He was also a favorite of film director Michael Mann and the soundtracks to his works.

Most of the seasonal tunes I here at this time of year make me nauseous, but I am humbug at heart. But there are some that do elicit a positive response in me. I'm sure others here have their own faves.

She was a late bloomer, but I do think she was an important and skilled author whose books influenced many.

On my way home Friday I was tuned to a classical station and the overture to the opera The Barber of Seville was played. So naturally I wondered what some of your favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons were?

Today is apparently National Kindness Day. Personally I'm glad it's only one day a year as being a miserable SOB is hard to shut down.

When I was in school I was bummed out by having to read assigned books, and either having to write reports or discuss in class all of those dumb things like symbolism and such. Near the end of junior-high and into high school, due to moving from one school district to another, I ended up reading...