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Charlie

About Me

"There's nothing I can do or say I haven't done or said." Warren Zevon
In a Past Life...
You Were: A Banished Priest.

Where You Lived: China.

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My Interests



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Music:

Van Morrison, Ween, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Greg Brown, Warren Zevon, David Bowie, John Prine, Blaze Foley, Neil Diamond, William Shatner, Jackson Browne, many more...

Movies:

Recently watched: (1) I Am Legend, (2) The Mist, (3) American Gangster, (4) What Dreams May Come, (5) We Own The Night, (6) Black Snake Moan, (7) The Departed Favorite movies include: (1) Shawshank Redemption, (2) Blade Runner, (3) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, (4) Beautiful Girls, (5) Breakfast Club (6) Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, (7) Happy Accidents/Favorite actors/actresses include Harrison Ford, Dennis Farina, Fairuza Balk, Crispin Glover, Kris Kristofferson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Debi Mazar/Favorite directors include: Frank Darabont, classic John Hughes, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Jr., Michael Mann, Fred Dekker.

Television:

Currently watching: (1) Boston Legal, (2) SVU, (3) 2 1/2 Men, (4) Curb Your Enthusiasm, (5) Back To You, (6) Law and Order CI, (7) Moonlight/ I love watching tv shows on DVD... the best and the worst invention ever.

Books:

Currently reading: (1) Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (2) It Came From Below the Belt by Bradley Sands (3) The Complete Kwanzaa by Dorothy Winbush Riley (4) The Year of Living Biblically by A J Jacobs, (5) John Constantine Hellblazer comic series/ Recently read: (1) The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang,(2) Sausagey Santa by Carlton Mellick III, (3) Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote, (4) The Collected Stories by Leonard Michaels (5) A Hatred For Tulips by Richard Lourie/ Favorite books: (1) Different Seasons by Stephen King, (2) Shopgirl by Steve Martin, (3) any selection from early Joe Lansdale, (4) Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, (5) Bartleby by Herman Melville, (6) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (7) My Life by Bill Clinton / Favorite writers: Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, William S Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Augusten Burroughs, Edward Lee, Richard Laymon, Calton Mellick III, Robert Nathan, Edward Gorey, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, too many to list them all.

My Blog

Earth’s Twin

There was an article this morning on MSN's home page that said they have discovered a planet in the galaxy that could be similar to Earth.  I can't find it anymore, but I was able to find a simil...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:52:00 PST

Gina Ranalli and Bradley Sands

Below are two slightly different (because of Amazon.com's review policy) reviews of two great Bizarro books: "Suicide Girls in the Afterlife" by Gina Ranalli This is an entertaining addition to the Bi...
Posted by Charlie on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

The Will Smith Science Fiction Miniseries

So, Will Smith lives for a while with his aunt and uncle's house in Bel Air.  One summer, he moves to New York and works his way into another rich person's family (Six Degrees...
Posted by Charlie on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:38:00 PST

My First Two Books For Sale on MySpace

For reasons of my own, I have taken a vacation from the publishing industry for a while. Now, in 2008, I have three projects nearing completion and I will soon be back in the game. To celebrate this, ...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:31:00 PST

Happy Kwanzaa: The Seven Days

One: Umoja is the importance of striving for and maintaining unity in the family, community, nation, and race. "Moja" means one, and "Umoja" means oneness in Swahili, and the greatest success a person...
Posted by Charlie on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:20:00 PST

Christmas Wishes and Other Related Things

Wow.  I just realized I haven't written a blog with anything related to my life or my fiction writing or any amusing observations in over a year.  They all appear to be shameless plugs for o...
Posted by Charlie on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:37:00 PST

Bizarro News!

Love Bizarro fiction? This is the place for you! Don't know about Bizarro fiction? This is the place to learn more! BIZARRO'>http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJpemFycm9jZW50cmFs LmNvbQ==">BIZA...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:19:00 PST

Kevin L Donihe

Okay, here's another blog about another author.  This guy's name is Kevin L Donihe.  He is a Bizarro author who publishes with the same companies as Carlton Mellick III.  You guys shoul...
Posted by Charlie on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:24:00 PST

Carlton Mellick III

..> Carlton Mellick III You guys have to read Bizarro author Carlton Mellick III.  He writes surrealisitc fiction that compares to William Burroughs, Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut... The only ...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:36:00 PST

Tagged Again

I have been tagged by Kerri and Joslin, and month or two ago by Tamara.  This is a repost of the six weird things about myself that I posted on May 8, 2006, when I was tagged for the fi...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:52:00 PST