I had a feeling we were heading for this....

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nadir_of_western_civilization_to

I will not read Josh Olson's fucking article!

So please, people, quit sending me the links offline.

I get it. The man is busy.

But so am I. Too busy to read more than the first two paragraphs of that rant.

(Shoe is on the other foot now, J.O.)

Gryphon Books

Gary Lovisi, the man behind Gryphon Books, has republished one of my few short stories, DETOUR DRIVE, in his fine magazine, HARDBOILED (#40), and an interview that Al Guthrie pried out of me a few years ago in PAPERBACK PARADE (#72). Mr. Lovisi has been saying very kind things about my work in his magazines over the last few issues and I'd just like to thank him for the support and give his company a plug here on the mighty JAFO blog. He's got a lot of neat stuff for sale and it can all be found at this e-dress:

http://www.gryphonbooks.com/News/news.html

What the Hell? (Robert Ryan edition)

Robert Ryan was only in about 80 films and a handful of TV shows during his long career, yet he seems to be in just about every movie I watch lately.

What the Hell?