Collie

Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!

Basic

Tuesday 1 August 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

directed by John McTiernan 1 August 2006 movie review by Collie Collier Credits: For Dave, who brought it over — you know me too well!…

The “Silk” Series

Thursday 20 July 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

by Mary Jo Putney 20 July 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For my kind-hearted and thoughtful recommender, who I hope will both find…

More vaguely anthropological meanderings

Monday 10 July 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

July 2006 Firestarter column by Collie Collier I recently spent a long weekend in the not-really-uncharted wilds of the Northeastern US, for a family gathering.…

Memoirs of A Geisha

Saturday 1 July 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

by Arthur Golden 1 July 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For Casey, who always encourages me to think. Also, I so want the…

A Million Little Pieces

Thursday 15 June 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

by James Frey 15 June 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For my book club, without whom I would not have read this peculiarly…

Angels & Demons

Monday 12 June 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

by Dan Brown 1 June 2006 book review by Collie Collier Credits: For Greg, because he gave me my first ever specifically-requested book review. Woohoo,…

What don’t we see?

Thursday 1 June 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

June 2006 Firestarter columnby Collie Collier For my readers: All the images in this Firestarter are thumbnails which can be clicked for larger versions of…

Testing this out

Tuesday 30 May 2006Tuesday 20 July 2010

No, it’s not ‘hello, world.’ Little by little, the coding monkeys eat my brain… but I will eventually triumph, and have ALL my old web…

Why not torture?

Monday 1 May 2006Wednesday 8 February 2017

May 2006 Firestarter column by Collie Collier Short answer: acts which deliberately inflict pain and damage, in an effort to denigrate human dignity, are wrong.…