Category: literature
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Book Review
Captain Blood. By Raphael Sabatini. As a pre-teen, I spent a lot of time in my room. I don’t remember how “Captain Blood” wound up in my room, on my bookshelf, but it was there. One day, when I was around 13, I read it. It was amazing! It was great adventure. Captain Blood begins…
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My House For Sale
Ive been busy. I cant even remember the last time I blogged. We did a lot of cleaning and some repairs to get my house ready for sale. Additionally we have been coordinating the new house. And of course there were a hundred other things happening simultaneously! Well, if you have an interest in moving…
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IFYKYK
IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW The science fiction movie Logan’s Run, from 1976, had a spinoff TV series of the same name. The 1977 TV Series focuses on what happens after the events of the movie. During adventures outside the dome, they find a solar-powered hovering car. Wikipedia article about the TV series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan’s_Run_(TV_series) Wikipedia…
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Helos of Mars
Mars has hosted princesses and cavalry officers. It has been the province of spider rock bands. It’s also know for it’s potatoes. But today the helicopters of Mars fly the angry skies. Sitting alone in my suite, I watch the sky fade from indigo darkness to a pale, pale blue. Coffee tastes better with a…
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Flash-Fiction Friday: Shots Fired
Shots Fired by Will “Shots fired,” reports the police scanner from above the dashboard as I climb into my truck. I lay my still-warm pistol and its magazine on the armrest beside me. Passing headlights briefly illuminate the open van doors and the bodies 50 feet in front of me. She might have been pretty;…
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Little Spider
One day I wondered if spiders got itches. And then I wondered how they would respond to an itch. I decided to ask ChatGTP. Links to OpenAI products: Please Edit this as a nursery rhyme: How does a spider scratch an itch? Little spider, small and neat,Has a way to scratch and treat,With pedipalps near…
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What is ChatGPT
I spent a little time with ChatGPT to see what it was. ChatGPT is a product of OpenAI, one of Elon Musk’s companies. It is far more than a spell checker or a grammar checker but they tell me it is not in fact intelligent. The company, OpenAI, has several products. These products generate text…
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Dam the power, full speed ahead!
NPR reports that several dams in Northern California will be demolished to allow salmon to return to natural breading grounds. The director of the power company states that the dams only produce 2% of the company’s power generation. Meanwhile, California has pushed forward laws that prohibit sales of gasoline and diesel fueled lawn and landscape…
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Leaning Tower of Politics (US) #image
Stay up to date on the shifting media landscape through this great AllSides graphic found here:https://www.allsides.com/blog/update-allsides-media-bias-chart-version-71
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Wordless Wednesdays Origins #image
Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did “Wordless Wednesday” come from? The Internet Archive shows this as the oldest archive mention of “Wordless Wednesday.” http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2006/ The page features a links to other posts, but doesn’t identify the blog owner. Following to the 2012 post I see the use of the “Mister…
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Franklin
As the oldest child, I spent several years alone before my sister was able to do anything more than drool. During this time my friend Franklin kept me company. Franklin was rather tall. He would sit comfortably in the reclining chair in our living room, but his legs stuck out rather far. I warned my…
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What a Pickle
“Leave my pickles alone,” I tell her. She smiles and strolls back to her drive-through window.
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MONTANA #photo
I lived in Great Falls Montana for 18 months. I spent a year of that time living out of my 5th wheel trailer. It was an adventure. And here are two poems about what I thought of that experience.
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Fast Car
The Jaguar looked like speed. It’s lines were clean, smooth, and sexy. Like a woman’s leg or the small of her back. You could tell it was expensive: low and wide. The fine details enhanced this impression with a piece of chrome here and a high-intensity light there. Its Hartland exhaust rumbled with pressure, power…
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Who’s green? #photo
I took my 2011 Mustang GT premium convertible for its required California Smog Check the other day. After the check, I drove about 7 or 8 miles to get home. Driving North on a four lane stretch of highway 79 that passes among all the local shopping options, I noticed my trip computer said I…
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