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May.05.2013
Promise of Tomorrow Volume 2: Discovery reveals some secrets.
My new Amish serialized novel started with the destructive forces of nature, sending the Umble family running for their lives. They boarded a transport as a tornado destroyed their home.
In Discovery, the transport arrives at...
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Aug.26.2012
The passing of the first man on the moon caused me to think about how important Neil Armstrong was to motion pictures. The origins of cinema’s relationship to human space travel dates back to 1902, when Georges Melies created The Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune). The film...
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Jun.06.2012
The greatest scribe of 20th Century science fiction is dead. Ray Douglas Bradbury was the most prolific author of the genre since Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. However, his influence into the field of speculative fiction was actually Edgar Allan Poe and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Much of...
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May.30.2012
The cats have been fed, washed, and loved. Now they've dispersed to hiding places to steal a few hours of sleep.
I've exercised, showered, shaved and dressed, answered the morning work emails, checked the work calendar, and I'm about to eat. The juice fast is over. Lost eight pounds in four days...
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Feb.10.2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, and more.
Directed by: Brad Peyton Written by: Richard Outten, Brian & Mark Gunn Screenplay by: Brian &...
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Aug.24.2011
The dining hall was packed and I found myself sitting next to a very sexy female pirate (one of the Pirates of Penzance at the Edinburgh Festival). Afterwards we set out for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a few highlights:
The Polish poet Adam Zagajewski reciting Czeslaw Milosz’s poems...
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Oct.04.2010
With the near completion of "the Project" (aka rehabbing of the new (old) house), I might be able to have more time for reading. My resolution was to read more books this year, and for the first five months, I was reading more books. But like last month, September wasn't a stellar month...
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