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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Ten Really Terrific Reading Nooks. Not a fan of a few of these (the moon-shaped bed seems odd to me, and I don’t know about the one hanging over water), but most seem to me … Continue reading

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If I type with my forehead, my wordcount goes up faster!

This morning I finished the first draft of GhostCop (not the actual title). Into the drawer it goes; I’ll edit it…oh, I don’t know, sometime in late winter or early Spring. I can’t say with more certainty than that, but … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Time for one of the big “warhorse” works for wind ensembles/concert bands! Here is Ralph Vaughan Williams’s English Folk Song Suite. It’s in three short movements, and it’s one of the most purely delightful pieces of music I know. Enjoy!

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Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan, originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video. Stunning photo…almost beautiful, except for the storm about to wreak so much death upon the Philippines….

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

What’s a tool, gadget, or gizmo you purchased genuinely believing that it would be really useful and you’d get a lot of mileage out of it…only to have it sit on a shelf, unused, for most of its duration in … Continue reading

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A brief writing update

I’ve finally reached the point in writing GhostCop (not the actual title) where the story takes over and the rest of the thing is pretty much writing itself. I love when a story gets to this point, but it’s also a … Continue reading

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Thank you

It seems to me that the best thanks to all veterans would be to work as hard as we can to avoid the creation of more war veterans in the future.

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound…. :: Director Steven Soderbergh on On Her Majesty’s Secret Service For me there’s no question that cinematically ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE is the best Bond film and the only one worth watching repeatedly for reasons … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Dr. Sagan!

Carl Sagan was born this day, in 1934. Today we honor him, and the Cosmos from which he sprang! And this old post of mine, in which I excerpt Dr. Sagan’s book Pale Blue Dot, as he discusses the legacy … Continue reading

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Something for…sometime

Erk. Got really wrapped up in NaNo writing this week. Sorry, folks…but here’s a brief thing anyway, the “Hunter’s Chorus” from Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Der Freischutz.

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