A Novel Idea
Galleries St. Hubert, Brussels (Photograph by author) For the next twelve months, I will be using the main page in this blog for many a fun and lighthearted post. But I will also be using it to run a...
View ArticleYour Vampires Suck. But Not Enough.
Part of why I enjoyed Max Brook’s World War Z (the book, not the movie) is that Brooks carefully sets rules for what zombies are, and then he sticks to them. This makes for good times because once you...
View ArticleMy Life as a Supermodel (Part 1)
The Hauptplatz of Graz. Photograph by Kathryn Kirby. On a warm September evening in the Graz Hauptplatz, I was approached by the most beautiful woman in the world. She was dressed from neck to ankles...
View ArticleMy Life as a Supermodel (Part 2)
The Berserkers Field, Iceland. Photograph by Author. After a bit of a hiatus, due to blown rotator cuffs and broken hands, I’m ready again to face the question of how an average-looking male can...
View ArticleThe Writing of Vienna: The Agony in the Garden
The Agony in the Garden, Eglise St-Jean-du- Béguinage, Brussels. Photograph by Kathryn Kirby. The Agony in the Garden is an ode to human weakness. Replace the apostles with friends and you have a...
View ArticleBatman Begins: Plot Ends
(Now that the Holidays are over and the book tour for VIENNA is wrapped up, I’m taking the time to goof off a bit. Read on!) No other movie so effectively killed off plot as did Batman Begins. A huge...
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