Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Book Review: ‘Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays’
Luke Skywalker was Annikin Starkiller. Han Solo was a “huge green-skinned guy with no nose and large gills.” And Princess Leia had a bit part. – Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays Considering how intertwined George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy is in modern pop culture, it’s hard to imagine that the film versions of A…
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Morning Musings & Thoughts for Friday, October 16, 2020: Memories, Regrets, and Tchaikovsky
Good morning, Dear Reader. Today is Friday, October 16, 2020, and the weather in my part of New Hometown, Florida is not too bad, considering that it has been hot and muggy lately. Presently the temperature outside is 72˚F (23˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the northeast at 3 MPH (5…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Thursday, October 15, 2020: A Short Stroll…and Back Again
Hello, again, Dear Reader. It is now early evening on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Presently, the temperature outside is 83˚F (28˚C) under mostly sunny skies; sunset is just four minutes away, and I’m sure that the next celestial condition will read “mostly clear.” [1] With the wind blowing from the east at 6 MPH (9…
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Life in the Time of COVID-19: Dispatches from the Edge of Insanity
It is mid-afternoon on Thursday, October 15, 2020. According to the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the latest global pandemic statistics (active cases and deaths)look like this. As of 3:24 PM Eastern Time, there were 38,744,784 cases of known COVID-19 infections and 1,094,979 deaths…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 15, 2020: Remembering Mom: or, The Unwanted Burden of Being a ‘Favorite Kid’
Hi there, Dear Reader. It is noon here in New Hometown, Florida on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Currently, the temperature is 85˚F (29˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze blowing at 4 MPH (7KM/H) and humidity at 72%, the heat index is 92˚F (34˚C). Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, October 14, 2020: Just Marking Time in New Hometown, Florida, or ‘No hay novedad aqui….’
It is now late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida, and outside my bedroom – it still feels so weird to call it that – the temperature is 88˚F (31˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the east at 8 MPH (13 KM/H) and humidity at 55%, the heat index is 92˚F…
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Beatus Natalis Matrem Suam: Reflections of an Upcoming Birthday
Hello again, Dear Reader. It’s now past noon on this Wednesday, October 14, 2020, and here in New Hometown, Florida it is shaping up to be a warm “fall” day. Presently, the temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) with mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 69% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 7 MPH (11…
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Election 2020: Fear, Divisiveness, and Unlogic in the Time of COVID-19
Hello, there, Dear Reader. Greetings from New Hometown, Florida, where – for the moment, anyway – it’s beginning to look like autumn. Or for what passes as “autumn” in the subtropics. Currently, the temperature outside is 70˚F (21˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 94% and a becalmed wind of 0 MPH (2 KM/H),…
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Book Review: ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Original Topps Trading Card Series -Volume Three’
On August 16, 2016, Abrams ComicsArts, an imprint of New York-based publisher Henry N. Abrams that specializes in books about comics and trading cards, published Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Original Topps Trading Card Series – Volume Three, the third volume in a series of books about the Topps Company’s card-and-sticker sets celebrating…
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Life in the Time of COVID-19: Fall, Winter Outlook is Bleak, No Matter How Much Trump Pretends Otherwise
It is Tuesday, October 13, 2020, and as the tenth month of the year nears its halfway point, here’s where we are vis a vis the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. As of 9:24 AM Eastern, the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns…
A Certain Point of View, Too 