Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, February 18, 2021, or: Adventures in Screenwriting – Let the Prep Phase Begin!
Hello there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Currently, it’s cloudy outside, where the temperature is 77˚F (25˚C). With the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 11 MPH (18 KM/H) and humidity at 83%, the feels-like temperature is 77˚F (25˚C). Today we can expect partly sunny…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, February 17, 2021, or: Adventures in Screenwriting – The Tale of the Sleep-Deprived Scribbler
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s a cold and gray afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 64˚F (18˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 87% and the wind blowing from the north-northeast at 4 MPH (13 KM/H). the feels-like temperature is 64˚F (18˚C). The forecast for the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, February 16, 2021: My Top Five Pet Peeves
Hello, Dear Reader, and welcome once again to A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s late afternoon in New Hometown – and chilly, too. Currently, the temperature is 68˚F (18˚C) under cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 9 MPH (15 KM/H) and humidity at 53%, the feels-like temperature is 68˚F (18˚C).…
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TV Miniseries/Blu-ray Set Review: ‘Band of Brothers’
On November 11, 2008 – Veterans’ Day – HBO Home Entertainment released the Blu-ray edition of Band of Brothers, a 10-part miniseries based on the 1992 book by Stephen Ambrose. Co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Band of Brothers follows Easy (“E” in the U.S. Army’ 1944 phonetic alphabet) Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, February 14, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That
A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That Greetings, Dear Reader. It’s close to midafternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, February 14, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 82˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies; with humidity at 62% and the wind blowing from the southwest at 19 MPH (31 KM/H) the feels-like temperature…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, February 13, 2021: Mortuus luctrus patris mei
This column was originally published in the February 13, 1986 issue of Catalyst, Miami-Dade Community College – South Campus’s student newspaper. I’m proud to have been his son Alex Diaz-Granados Opinions Editor Early in the morning of Feb. 13, 1965, a C-46 transport was cleared for takeoff from Miami International Airport. There were no passengers aboard, just…
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Book Review: ‘The World of Star Trek’
In the summer of 1985 – sometime during my freshman year at Miami-Dade Community College – I purchased a paperback copy of a reference book titled The World of Star Trek by author, screenwriter, and cultural observer David Gerrold. Originally published in 1973 – during the “lost years” after Star Trek: The Original Series’ cancellation…
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today: or, Remembering My ‘Other’ Childhood
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” ― Neil Gaiman,…
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Musings for Wednesday, February 10, 2021: or, Mo Better Blu-Rays!
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 68˚F (20˚C) under dense fog conditions. With the wind blowing from the east southeast at 3 MPH (5 KM/H) and humidity at 94%, the feels-like temperature is 68˚F (20˚C). Per today’s forecast, we can expect…
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Musings for Tuesday, February 9, 2021: Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Begins; My 4K Blu-ray Collection Expands (Yet Again)
Hey, Dear Reader. It’s mid-morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. It’s chilly outside; the temperature is 68˚F (20˚C) under foggy conditions – there’s a Dense Fog advisory that expires at 9 AM Eastern Daylight Time. With the wind blowing from the south at 3 MPH (5 KM/H) and humidity at…
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