Monthly Archives: February 2019
When India closes a door… #travel #humor
“Madam. You are coming to India every year for business?” The nice officer at the eVisa desk at Delhi Airport …
Wedding Crashers (Why—what did you do your first night in India?) #India #humor #travel
Guess what, India? We’re baaaaaack! Nobody who knew the three of us believed it a year ago when—as old friends …
Are you a Wilbur or a Sheela? #humor #power #MeToo
“We have received a lot of complaints that our air hostesses are not pretty enough, too old and unsmiling… The …
A very short #Valentine’sDay love story plus #ThrowbackThursday post #humor
(Barb’s Guide to Films: if the characters kiss a lot, have sex, and then kill each other, it’s American. If the characters smoke a lot, have sex, and then kill themselves, it’s foreign.)
When cats go bad… #humor #politics #cats
There was a story this week about the Los Angeles City Hall’s rat infestation. In addition to the irresistible conflation …
So you want to write a western? Plus #BookReview of Marta’s Daughter by Gordon Rottman #Western #humor
Thinking of writing a Western? As genre’s go, this one’s tropes are relatively easy to nail: Set it in the American …
Love. (And cockroaches.) #valentine #humor
Whether or not all your ex’s live in Texas… The El Paso Zoo has an offer that’s hard to resist. …
Please hold. #humor #Scotland #utilities
Why I haven’t been blogging much lately. Two months ago (months!), I called our utility company in Glasgow and …
Slide into great characters… Plus #Bookreview #NewRelease THE SLAVE CITY by @CelineJeanjean #fantasy #steampunk #scifi
From hero to villain in one easy slide… When I reviewed the first volume of Celine Jeanjean’s sword and sorcery steampunk series, …
Barb Taub 