The Werd Nerd Blog

Aug 24, 20201 min read

Book Review: "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" by Douglas Adams

This book makes you almost believe you can fly or some such nonsense. Or is it nonsense? 🤔 Anyway, brilliant as always with a lot of...

Aug 17, 20202 min read

Book Review: "Life, the Universe and Everything" by Douglas Adams

In volume three of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Douglas Adams' unparalleled writing style pushes on with the tidbits of...

Aug 10, 20201 min read

Book Review: "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" by Douglas Adams

This book is even better than the first. I feel like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was an introduction to all of the characters...

Aug 7, 20201 min read

Book Review: "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Audiences will be talking about this novel for years to come.

Jul 27, 20201 min read

Book Review: "The Library of the Unwritten" by A.J. Hackwith

The characters are given roles that unfold with brilliance by their writer, A.J. Hackwith, who brings her book to life in your hands.

Jun 16, 20204 min read

Buddha Boy

I swore I heard my dad scream. I've never heard him yell, let alone scream. God, that scream—something nightmares are made of.

Oct 13, 20161 min read

Driftwood

The sky cries as my heart aches. Soon the wind will tear through trees Splintering them, Branches cracking, Falling to the ground, Where...

Jul 10, 20121 min read

Grammar Pirate Humor

Some humor for the Grammar Pirates.

May 19, 20121 min read

The Piano - A poem I wrote in 1997

Sitting on a rock in the shade, Green, bushy trees below, And all around Tickle my feet. Rocks of great height Surround me. Water flows...

May 19, 20121 min read

Poem "The Gift" originally written in 1997

Christmas morning Gifts to unwrap Sealed ever so tightly Husband watches as Fingers toy with wrapping Gold Bracelet How lovely! A kiss...