Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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A Writer’s Tale: Of Names and Songs
Many years ago, when I still lived in Miami, Florida, I wrote a short story which was both a coming-of-age tale and also a look at an older man who must re-examine his youthful choices after a tragic incident kills his high school “crush.” As Reunion’s summary reads on the back cover and on its…
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A Writer’s Tale: A Brief Discussion of Characters in ‘Reunion’
In the summer of 1998, I wrote a short story about a man, his best friend, and a woman who died. Because I wrote the story around the same time that South Miami High’s Class of 1983 held its 15th reunion – an affair that I did not attend because I could not afford the…
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A Writer’s Tale: Birth of a Short Story
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a tad over three years since I self-published my short story Reunion via Amazon’s CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Originally written in 1998 at a time when I was feeling nostalgic about my teenage years and, among many things, prompted by the recent death of one of my…
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On Movie Collections: My Top 10 Favorite Box Sets (4K UHD and 2K Blu-ray Disc Sets)
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns, Blu-ray Box Sets, Blu-ray Collection, Documentaries by Ken Burns, Films by Ken Burns, Films by Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection, Jurassic Park film series, Jurassic World 5-Movie Collection, Movies, Movies & Television, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection, The Civil War: A Film By Ken Burns, The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn NovickI’ve collected disc-based home media releases of my favorite movies and television series for 23 years. I started in the summer of 1998 with DVDs, which I started buying even before I acquired my first DVD player and a fully compatible Samsung TV in early 2000. [1] Previously I had bought VHS videocassettes for 14…
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On Movie Collections: In Praise of Box Sets
On Movie Collections: In Praise of Box Sets I have a confession to make, Dear Reader. I love box sets. I have been collecting home media editions of movies and (a few) TV shows for nearly 38 years, ever since I bought a video store’s used rental copy of Star Wars at the tail end…
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‘Ronnie and the Pursuit of the Elusive Bliss’ Inspires a Twitter Poet!
Hi again, Dear Reader. As you know, actor-director Juan Carlos Hernandez, his wife Adria, their son Anthony, and Yours Truly collaborated on a short film – “about today,” Juan likes to say – titled Ronnie and the Pursuit of the Elusive Bliss. The Hernandez family did most of the heavy lifting (acting, revising, editing, mixing…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 20, 2021, or: First Impressions of the ‘Star Trek: The Original 4-Movie Collection’ Box Set
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, September 20, 2021. It is another hot, sweltering early fall day in the Sunshine State. The current temperature is 83˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the southeast at 2 MPH (3 KM/H) and humidity at 60%,…
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Old Gamers Never Die: A Discussion of ‘Strike from the Sea’ in ‘Cold Waters’
Background Briefing If you’re a regular reader of A Certain Point of View, Too, you probably know that I like to play – on occasion – a computer video game called Cold Waters. Published four years ago by Australian game design studio Killerfish Games, Cold Waters is a Cold War-turns-hot submarine simulator that its designers…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 18, 2021, or: Good Box Sets Come to Those Who Wait….
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in my corner of west-central Florida on Saturday, September 18, 2021. It is a muggy early meteorological fall day. The current temperature is 82˚F (29 under partly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the southwest at 3 MPH (4 KM/H) and humidity at 66%, the heat…
