In a recent post I mentioned finding Richard Matheson when I was 14 or 15 after reading about him in King’s Danse Macabre. Matheson was not the only author I picked up–King lists many horror authors and recommends all of them. I tried to find many of them in my local library and bookstore, but [...]
Archive for June, 2007
The Joy of Text: Obscurity
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Eliminating Evil
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I have come to a difficult conclusion about horror novels.
The endings suck.
Years ago, I read Stephen King’s nonfiction overview of horror in America, Danse Macabre, and immediately went out to read some of the other horror stories he recommended, including a couple by Richard Matheson–I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man. A couple of weeks [...]
Hard Boiled Sentiment
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I received Blaze in the mail last week–I belong to the Stephen King library, which means the latest books are mailed automatically. Technically, I guess, it is not a Stephen Kng novel, since it is published under King’s dead pseudonym, Richard Bachman, though the foreword is by King. In this foreword, King describes [...]
Breaking Away
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
At the Tuesday Night race, everyone was tired. The promoter asked us to raise our hands if we raced HHRR on Sunday. Over half the hands went up. He asked us to raise our hands if we got dropped. Almost all of the hands stayed up. So, we were tired, we were sore, and we [...]
I Spy
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I got my hot fudge sundae yesterday, and it was great. I weighed myself after the race, and I had lost about five pounds, which is something like 2.7% of my body weight. I felt that I could justify a hot fudge sundae or two after that. My weight, sadly enough, is back [...]
A Sunday in Hell
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The post title is also the title of a great documentary on the “Hell of the North”–the Paris-Roubaix bike race. P-R is a brutally hard race, and the race I did today does not come anywhere close to the epic nature of that classic. However, The Housatonic Hills Road Race is very popular and is [...]
Writing and Riding Tuesday
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday I met with a new writing group consisting of some students from last semester who are working on long fiction projects. Hepzibah talks about it over here. It looks like it is going to be a great group to work with. Only two of the others were able to make it–Hepzi [...]
Needy
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Emily tagged me with the “[Blank] needs…” meme. I did it two ways–with my real name and with my blog handle. Here is what the Hobgoblin needs:
The Hobgoblin does not need to be any fatter or more pot-bellied. Amen to that. I’m still trying to lose five more pounds so I don’t have to haul [...]
Middle Aged Angst
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
No, I’m not writing about my middle aged angst, though I guess I could be. A couple of months ago, I decided to read Richard Ford’s The Sportswriter, partly because the book, in its slick Vintage cover, had been teasing me for years, and partly because I had heard some good things about The Lay [...]
Bike Racing: I Am 85% Smart
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Which still is not smart enough. Yesterday, we went to the Nutmeg State Games to race in the State Criterium Championships in New Britain. Once again, I proved that being strong is not nearly enough as stupid tactics kept me out of contention.
Contrary to the weather forecasts, the day started off raining, and [...]
