Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, February 15, 2024, or: M-Day Plus 63 Days…and Chapter 13 of Reunion: Coda Gets its Fifth Scene
Late Morning, Thursday, February 15, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, everyone. It’s a cold but sunny day here in Eidelweiss, the section of Madison where I have lived now for two months. Currently, the temperature is 27°F (-3°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 48% and the wind blowing from the northwest at 4 MPH…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, February 12, 2024, or: I’m Now Officially a New Hampshirite
Afternoon, Monday, February 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s a cold but sunny late winter day in New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 43°F (6°C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 4 MPH (7 Km/H) and humidity at 50%, it feels like 50°F (10°C). Today’s forecast calls for…
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Computer Game Review: Regiments (2022) – NATO and Warsaw Pact Clash in Alternate Version of 1989 West Germany Where Glasnost and Perestroika Did NOT Lead to Peace
Regiments Developed by: Bird’s Eye Studios Published by: MicroProse Software Release Date: August 16, 2022 Genre: Tactical Real-Time Tactics (RTT), Cold War-Turns-Hot (Alternative History), 1980s-Era Combined Arms Warfare Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, February 10, 2024, or: Reunion: Coda Update…and Weekend Plans (Such As They Are)
Late Morning, Saturday, February 10, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Greetings and salutations. It is a chilly but sunny late winter morning here in my corner of New England. Currently, the temperature is 47°F (8°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 1 MPH (2 Km/H), it feels…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, February 9, 2024, or: Adventures in Editing and Revising
Late Morning, Friday, February 9, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there. Well, it’s a chilly and somewhat gray New England morning on this last day of the regular workweek. Currently, the temperature is 36°F (2°C) under cloudy conditions. With humidity at 73% and the wind barely blowing at 1 MPH (1 Km/H), it feels like…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, February 8, 2024, or: A Quick Life Update, and a Not-So-Quick SITREP on ‘The Novel-in-Progress’
Late Morning, Thursday, February 8, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, all! It’s a nice, sunny New Hampshire morning on this fourth day of the workweek. Currently, we’re in a warming trend; the temperature in Madison is 39°F (4°C) under mostly sunny conditions. With the wind blowing – barely – at 1 MPH (1 Km/H) and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, February 7, 2024, or: My Writing Journey Continues on this ‘Hump Day’ in New Hampshire
Late Morning, Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, folks. It’s almost 10:15 AM EST here in Madison as I begin this, the 1,424th entry in this blog. The current temperature is 32°F (0°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 57% and the wind blowing from the north at 1 MPH (1 Km/H), the…
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On Writing & Storytelling: I Write the (Occasional) Parody Songs, or: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Boy of Harvard’ from Reunion: Coda
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, February 6, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s late morning on a frigid but otherwise nice winter day here in New Hampshire. The current temperature is 34°F (1°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 55% and the wind blowing from the north-northeast at 4 MPH (7 Km/H), the feels-like temperature is…
A Certain Point of View, Too 