It has been suggested, among other things, that I consider Chaucerin’ a recent mega-double-chocolate-bestselling novel by Hack Bro… I mean, Dan Brown: The DaVinci Code. Or, as I term it, The DuhVinci Code. The sins of this book — both from a writer’s perspective and an academic one — have …
I just moved in — I haven’t even unpacked all the boxes around here yet — and already I see all manner of folks coming ’round for a visit! Welcome! It ain’t gonna be all-Chaucer all-the-time around here (though you can expect at least a few more books to be …
In a fit of rage against working on my syllabi for the coming term, I took a snippet from John Scalzi’s novel Old Man’s War (chapter 9 for those playing at home) and, well, Chaucer’d it. That is, I took Scalzi’s text and translated it into Chaucer’s dialect. Details follow …
During our time out West this summer, we decided to head out to Moab, UT for some hardcore jeeping — and it just so happened that we went with the owner of 4xGuard, who was up for a bit of product testing in his gorgeous Grand Cherokee. Here’s a video …
Not too long ago I decided I was unhappy with my laptop when it comes to writing. It isn’t a bad laptop — a lightweight, compact, fairly recent Sony Vaio — but there are things about it I don’t like. Like a hot lap, for one. Waiting for it to …