Welcome, Open Book Readers!

If you haven't been here before, I'm a Catholic convert (AD 1999) husband and father of three (scroll down). Known mostly for acid-hurling fisks (and on one occasion gratuitously insulting the entire Kingdom of Norway), I also have a softer side that shows itself in such things as liking good beer (life's too short for the swill), NY Times bestselling alternate history, kittens, sports, Rush, Palestrina, autumn walks in the park and interminably long histories of the Byzantine Empire.

My much better half blogs here, and she has a book question open for any who can help.

For regular readers, please note that the long-promised review of A Meeting At Corvallis will be up and running this evening.