Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Website Wednesday

How to get a little behind in your work? Find out the night before that School Visitation Day is this morning. That is, today. The morning the DDS' office gave you for an appointment when you called on Monday. Talk about running fast. I spent an hour in the school before going to the dentist.

I only got to see one class: Technology aka Computer Class. I have a tip for the new NJ gov: If you want to save money don't let kids print out page-sized black backgrounds for their work. They must go through ink cartridges like water.

I had two websites picked for today. One was just a throw-away but it was going to take a bit of a set-up and I'm really tired after this morning so I'll save that site for next week.

But take a look at:

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/

Don't be put off by the "doll/moll" on this page. (Clicking on the titles of books on this page gets you excerpts of various up-and-coming detective writers.)

Inside the site, expect to read about tough private eyes because the site explains:

This site is for private eyes, and other tough guys and gals who make trouble their business. It's not a
bout cops, plucky librarians, nosey old spinsters or talking cats...

If you go to the annotated list of Private Eyes & Other Tough Guys:

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes.html


you'll learn all about these characters and the books in which they appear.

Click on "Buy the Book" after the short descriptive blurbs for a trip to Amazon.com where you can read hundreds of customer and editorial reviews for the books.

The private eyes/tough guys list is quirky. You have Sherlock Holmes but not Hercule Poirot. You'll learn about Doc Long from the radio show, I Love A Mystery. You'll get to revisit a 1960's TV series, Hawaiian Eye which looks ghastly. You'll learn all you ever wanted to know about V.I. Warshawski, who appears in some good books and one dreadful movie.

Kevin Burton Smith heads the staff at The Thrilling Detective as the editor-in-chief. He and his staff all seem to enjoy a love for a good detective yarn.

So, if you, as I, love a good mystery with an edge. Take a look at The Thrilling Detective. I think you'll be browsing for quite a while.




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