I’m supposed to be miserable. I’m supposed to have been miserable for the last 3 years, but fortunately nobody told me.

Discovered this book while doing a search online for the surname “Newmark”

Why you may ask? There’s a character in the novel named “I.D. Newmark.” Not too surprising, since Victor Gold (a ‘Republican flack‘) is cousin to the late Dr. ID Newmark, who passed away 1 year prior to the book’s publication. Both of them are nephews of my great-grandfather Barney who I’ve spoken of before.

Most bios of Gold say he grew up in Louisiana, which is true, but he was born in East St. Louis. Despite my disagreement with his politics, it’s nice to see he ‘Tuckerized‘ a relative. I might have to buy the book. Since it is out of print, and I would be getting it used, none of my money would be going to Cheney, or Gold.

If I were really interested in torturing myself, I’d buy the autobiography of George HW that Vic helped out with Looking Foward; at least The Body Politic is fiction. Vic’s latest non-fiction, Invasion of the Party Snatchers suggests he might have some common sense.

And I must admit, I find the below funny:

A joke told at a book festival is mistaken for the truth, and even the Washington Post falls for it.

Click on the below thumbnail and you can read a bio for Victor Hugo which appeared in the Classics Illustrated comic edition of his novel, The Man Who Laughs. There is a significant biographical error made within the text. See if you can spot it.

I’ve always had difficulty coming up with names for characters in fiction I write.

Some people advocate opening the phone book and picking names randomly.

Another source just occurred to me.
I’m probably not the first person to notice this.
But my spam box is filled with some great names.

So if you ever see a story written by me with the characters Exxon Mobils, or Jodie Vanncxvmh…you know where I got the names.

Oops, I think I misread the headline…

Mary’s house has burned down.

You know Mary. She was born in 1806, and one day she was going to school, and a lamb followed her.

You didn’t know it was a true story?

Mary’s house has burned down.

You know Mary. She was born in 1806, and one day she was going to school, and a lamb followed her.

You didn’t know it was a true story?

Ebay Auction: Bid on a “Six Degrees Swag Bag” autographed by Ben Newmark. 100% of all proceeds go to chairty. Bidding starts at $9.99.

(He was the star of the Academy Award winning film, West Bank Story)

A few other autographed swag bags are also being auctioned, including two signed by Kevin Bacon, and one by Kevin Sorbo.