Category: Books
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 6, 2021, or: D-Plus 77 Years….
Greetings and salutations, Dear Reader. It’s almost midday in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, June 6, 2021. It is going to be a hot day on this, the 77th anniversary of D-Day. Currently, the temperature is 86˚F (35˚C) under cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the southeast at 11 MPH (17 KM/H) and humidity…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, June 4, 2021, or: Remembrance of D-Day
Greetings, Dear Reader! It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Friday, June 4, 2021. It’s a sultry and somewhat gloomy-looking morning; the current temperature is 80˚F (27˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 57% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 6 MPH (10 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 79˚F (26˚C). Today’s…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 24, 2021, or: Leisurely Pursuits in My Corner of the World
Greetings, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, May 24, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 78˚F (26˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 7 MPH (10 KM/H) and humidity at 26% ̶ unusually low by Florida standards – the feels-like temperature is 76˚F (25˚C). The…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, May 11, 2021, or: No Joy on the Wayward Laptop & Other Aggravations
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 83˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 75% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 3 MPH (4 KM/H), the heat index is 85˚F (29˚C). Today, we can expect partly sunny…
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Book Review: ‘Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan’
One of the deadliest weapons in the Navy’s arsenal for the past 80 years has been the submarine. Stealthy and lethal, today’s Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia class nuclear attack subs lurk beneath the waves like the ancient sea monsters feared by sailors in the days before Columbus. With their wire-guided Mk. 48 ADCAP torpedoes…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 21, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That…..
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The temperature is 60˚F (15˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 6 MPH (9 KM/H), it feels like 58˚F (14˚C). The rest of the afternoon should see partly sunny skies;…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, March 4, 2021, or: Look What Amazon Prime Left at My Doorstep!
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Thursday, March 4, 2021, and it’s a nice late winter day here in New Hometown, Florida. Currently, the temperature is 73˚F (23˚C) under sunny skies, but with the wind blowing from the north-northwest at 7 MPH (12 KM/H) and humidity at 50%, the feels-like temperature is 72˚F…
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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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Book Review: ‘Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’
On October 1, 2019, with the premiere of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker a little over two months away, Disney-Lucasfilm Press released Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, an illustrated book for young readers that sums up the first eight Episodes in the main Skywalker Saga film series. Written by Delilah S. Dawson…
A Certain Point of View, Too 