Two new stories are up. "Squeak Up" which is about going down the North Kaibab Trail and "Squeaking Up" which is about how one gets back up the North Kaibab Trail. Just click above to get all caught up. Links to more adventures are down and to the right
I don't even know how many versions of the movie I've seen. I can't even claim ignorance with my usual cop-out of "I'm waiting for the book" because the book's been out for a while now. But had I actually read Homer's Iliad and Odysseia I would've known what "nepenthe" refers to. Instead, I found myself talking with my uncle at 2 am one morning pretending to know what he was talking about as I held the phone to my ear while doing a fast and furious search on dictionary.com for a word I wasn't even sure how to spell.
This blog (watch for new links below) isn't exactly my nepenthe and I certainly hope it's not yours either. But I hope you'll enjoy reading about my Odyssey ...