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Lovecraft Country

July 28, 2020 by Andy Le Peau

Matt Ruff’s fun supernatural novel, Lovecraft Country, is an homage to H. P. Lovecraft and his spooky, weird pulp fiction of the last century. Yet it is also an incisive critique of Lovecraft’s bigotry. Set in Chicago in 1954, the novel follows a series of exploits of an extended family and their friends as they …

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Speaking Minnesotan

November 10, 2016 by Andy Le Peau

My wife has a heart as wide as the horizon. I have the emotional range of a turnip. While my wife disputes this, many others have confirmed it. I think I know at least part of the reason. While my name may be French, my blood seems to be Scandahoovian.

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The Stats Solution

May 31, 2012 by Andy Le Peau

The problem with publishing? Clearly, not enough statistics. Baseball has wins and losses, RBIs, home runs, strikeouts, saves and ERAs. But those are so twentieth century! Today what matters is OBP (on base percentage), SLG (slugging average), TBs (total bases), DICE (defense-independent component ERA) and RF (range factor).

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Making Money on Nothing

August 9, 2011 by Andy Le Peau

When I was on vacation, playing cards with friends, someone said, “Hey, have you seen these? Try one.” It was Hershey’s new Kisses Air Delight. It’s the same Hershey’s Kiss you’ve always loved, but now “gently blended into a light, airy texture.” What this means is that you are now paying the same amount of …

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What’s in a Name?

May 13, 2010 by Andy Le Peau

We don’t usually get to choose our names. They come to us at birth unbidden. Some people change their names later on, of course, like Chad Ochocinco or Prince have done–in their case for apparently promotional purposes.

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The 2010 Andys

January 5, 2010 by Andy Le Peau

Last week I posted what I read in 2009. Here’s the best, the most, the worst and the biggest of what I read this past year:

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Abercrombie & Fitch, Attorneys at Law

March 16, 2009 by Andy Le Peau

Of all the shticks on NBC’s The Office, one of my favorites is the rivalry between Dwight and Jim. The pranks Jim plays on Dwight are priceless–and perhaps a bit too reminiscent of actual jokes played by some of my colleagues on other colleagues (never by me, of course). Linda Doll and I included one …

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To my friend, Samuel L. Clemens

February 12, 2009 by Andy Le Peau

Mark Twain is without a doubt one of the most colorful characters of the American literary scene. Here is an episode (found in John Tebbel’s Between Covers) recounted by Twain’s publisher, Frank Nelson Doubleday, in his The Memoirs of a Publisher. I reproduce it here for your enjoyment without comment, as no comment is required.

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Life as a Movie Star

October 13, 2008 by Andy Le Peau

Fame is a difficult burden to bear. I know. Several times I’ve been asked to be interviewed for videos InterVarsity Press has done to highlight new books. Most recently, I have a starring role for the piece on John Stott’s fiftieth anniversary edition of Basic Christianity. It had over 250 views on youtube.com in its …

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Unedited at 100

April 25, 2008 by Andy Le Peau

Just over a year ago I posted my first blog on Andy Unedited, stating that “to write a blog, you need to have an interesting personality or provocative opinions. I have neither.” I’m still not sure I have either, but in this, my one hundredth posting, I do know I’m having fun. Here are some …

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