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On The Nightstand – The War In The Dark – 8/13/2018
“The Covers Of This Book Are Too Far Apart” Ambrose Bierce **Spoilers – Sorta** This is going to be a tricky review for me because I’m going to take great care to keep from being too harsh. I did finish … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Fifth Ward: First Watch – 8/11/2018
So…how many times in Fantasy Novels does the author toss out a throw away line about the City Watch – almost always a nameless, faceless presence that’s mentioned in passing – included mainly for the purpose of setting the stage … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Rogue Protocol – 8/10/2018
I am very close to finishing “Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom” by Stephen R. Platt – its been a longer journey than I’d expected – a good but slow read which I should be able to post on this weekend. … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Principiis – Six Mistakes Of Man – 8/4/2018
**Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator who died in 43 B.C., recorded what he considered to be the six most drastic mistakes repeatedly made by man.** The delusion that individual advancement is achieved by crushing others The tendency to … Continue reading
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Scribbles – Two Tables – 8/4/2018
**Here’s a partial piece I’ve been playing with – hope you enjoy and always open to suggestions or criticisms** Chapter One – Two Tables Thinking back on the week, it was hard for her to identify that specific point in … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Principiis – Live A Good Life – 7/31/2018
Live A Good Life If there are Gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods but unjust, then … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Sacrifice – 7/29/2018
Interesting how things work out – in defiance of all expectations. I’ve been deep in a book about the Taiping Rebellion in 19th century China – “Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom” by Stephen R. Platt – a very good book … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Principiis – If – 7/28/2018
IF If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Principiis – 7/28/2018
**Warning – This Post and those that follow in what I hope to make an occasional series is not going to be of interest to many – likely most of you. I’m taking the opportunity to write for an audience … Continue reading
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On The Screen – Annihilation – 7/26/2018
This is kind of a rubber band post – it bounces me back to books I read and posts I published around the end of February. Over the course of about two weeks, I read all three of the “Southern … Continue reading
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