John Wiswell on the Web

It could be worse. This is what it's like when it's bad. Thursday is one of those nights. I intended to push four mile...

You're cordially invited to share your favorite books of the year. Not what was published during the year, but you got to for the first ...

"Your religion needs an update, Father. This crucifix. Yes, it's a cross, and the image of Christ suffering for mortal sins, but t...

Twitter is my favorite social network. It gets people the chattiest, the most conversations spring up there, and at its best, humor rolls o...

This is a hub post for the weekend. I'm abroad right now, at ReaderCon in Massachussetts, the first of my many business trips this summe...

1. Better Conversation In my social circles, Reddit has a terrible reputation for being full of trolls and backbiters. This isn’t m...

Dear Twitter, Please stop scaring me into thinking Christopher Lee is dead. We both love his infernal majesty. His grace, his voice, his...

RETWEETs are perfect. There has never been a better form of communication, and never phrased better, or I would have written it. Instea...

1. If you’re ranting, I will skim. I am not interested in vitriol, particularly because I’ve read so much of it that it all sounds the ...

In 2010 I saw a great movie that went totally under most people’s radars. Even I barely watched it, but caught the trailer and was intr...

A week later, what haunts me from the pilot is the line, "People choose the facts they want now." Last week a different sor...