Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Wednesday, February 23, 2011,
It was my first shift as night watchman at the top secret government laboratory.
The earnest young scientist who ran the lab left me with explicit instructions.
One, he said, don't touch any of the experiments. And, two, and he was quite emphatic here, don't let anyone gain access to the lab.
It
was a quiet night, boring, to be honest. I made my rounds. I didn't
understand any of it, especially the part about how scientists at the
lab could use the tiniest of bugs to conduct important gene... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Monday, February 21, 2011,
So here's one for movie buffs to kick around.
With the Oscars a week away, I noticed today on msn, a list of the 10 worst movies to actually win the Oscar for Best Picture.
10. The Hurt Locker 9. A Beautiful Mind 8. Driving Miss Daisy 7. Rain Man 6. Out of Africa 5. Oliver 4. No Country for Old Men 3. Chicago 2. The English Patient 1. Shakespeare in Love
So
what do you think? Were these movies deserving of their Oscars? Or
were they bad movies that won the Oscar for all... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Monday, February 14, 2011,
Sy looked up from his linguini and white clam sauce and asked, "So
ladies, vhat do you t'ink?" His aging fingers fumbled at his jacket
pocket, revealing a bottle of little blue pills. Avoiding his lecherous gaze, the twins giggled and continued eating their lobsters. "But don'tchou never t'ink you vould vant to try somet'ing just a little different?"
The twins hid behind their lobster tails, giggling with restraint.
Helen, the older of the two, dressed in a conservative ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Sunday, February 6, 2011,
Some people tell me it's crazy to travel to Chicago the first week-end
in February, that the city is too damn cold this time of year. But I
can't imagine anyplace warmer and more hospitable. I first started
coming to Love is Murder in 2005. I was a brand-new author then,
knowing little about the craft, and even less about the business of
writing. I came because a friend told me If you want to be a writer, you have to start going to the places that the real writers go.
And I've been... Continue reading ...
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
