It’s night here in Lithia, Florida, on Memorial Day 2023. It’s cool outside (75°F/24°C) under clear conditions, and the house is quiet except for the sound of the air conditioning and Mantovani: Great Concerts playing on my PC’s Amazon Music app. I’ve already had dinner – the last two slices of pizza that I orderedContinue reading “More Musings, More Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Memorial Day 2023 Update (Nighttime Edition)”
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Sunday, May 28, 2023, the last weekend of meteorological Spring ’23. It’s a nice day outside; it’s warm (80°F/27°C) under sunny conditions, and the forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 86°F/30°C). The daily “highs” are creeping into the 80s/90s as both summer and theContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second”
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Hi, there. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 27, 2023. It’s a nice late spring morning here; sunny, cool (it’s only 72°F/22°C) and the skies overhead are clear. It hardly seems like summer – meteorological summer, not astronomical (traditional) summer – is only a few days away, along with the official startContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 24, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third…and Another Work Week Begins!
Monday, Monday I hate Sundays because they give birth to Mondays. ― Chris Southwave As is usual on Monday mornings, I am running a bit late – from my perspective, since I don’t work at an office or other worksite with a set schedule – with my writing endeavors. I slept well, and I didn’tContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 24, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third…and Another Work Week Begins!”
On Writing & Storytelling: Some Days, the Story Doesn’t Flow…Other Days, It Does
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft It’s early morning – as I begin to write this, it’s still a half hour before sunrise – here in Lithia, Florida on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. IContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Some Days, the Story Doesn’t Flow…Other Days, It Does”
Old Gamers Never Die: ‘Regiments’ will Get a New (and Free!) DLC Upgrade in Mid-April of ’23!
All right, Regiments fans! Listen up; I have a brief heads-up message about Bird’s Eye Games/MicroProse’s exciting new upgrade for the Cold War-turns-hot game that’s scheduled for mid-April. You recall, I’m sure, that Regiments received what the developer – and the fine folks over at “New MicroProse” – said would be the game’s first (andContinue reading “Old Gamers Never Die: ‘Regiments’ will Get a New (and Free!) DLC Upgrade in Mid-April of ’23!”
Regiments! (A Haiku)
Digital armies Upon a make-believe field Clash at my command.
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, February 25, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part I – My Plans for Saturday Night
Playing Regiments in Attack Mode Again – Back to Grasleben It’s early evening here in Lithia, Florida on Saturday, February 25, 2023. I am uncharacteristically late with my blog posting, but I decided to take a mental health break and relax – if you can call playing a war game “relaxing” – for a whileContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, February 25, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part I – My Plans for Saturday Night”
Counting Down to the Big Six-Oh: The Stuff that Helps Keep Me ‘Young at Heart’
“You’re never too old to be young.” ― Charles F Glassman As you know, I’ll be celebrating my 60th birthday in (as I write this) less than 29 days. This, of course, means that I have many of the responsibilities and some of the skills that a guy my age has. I pay rent. IContinue reading “Counting Down to the Big Six-Oh: The Stuff that Helps Keep Me ‘Young at Heart’”
Old Gamers Never Die: Mastering the Mobile Defense Skirmish in ‘Regiments’*
* On Easy difficulty level A nation’s ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability. – Frank Whittle I’m getting good at playing the Mobile Defense variant of skirmishes on Regiments. Before I watched Amazon Women on the Moon last night, I decided to play a 30-minute-long session of Regiments,Continue reading “Old Gamers Never Die: Mastering the Mobile Defense Skirmish in ‘Regiments’*”
A Certain Point of View, Too 