Business, Culture, Writing, and Other Stuff
While looking for something else, I found an accidental time capsule, a box of old magazines. Good god. Uh. What was I looking for? Say it again. This is the January 28, 1991 Business Week. I was working in Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base the day of the invasion. I've not seen people scramble like [...]
Ever go to a landmark or some place with historical significance and become overwhelmed emotionally with the place? That happened to me yesterday and I'm completely emotionally derailed after visiting the Central High School Museum in Little Rock. First some background: I grew up in central Arkansas. I dreamed of leaving that place for many [...]
On February 28, 1993, I drove to my fiance's apartment to pick her up for lunch. From the parking lot, I noticed there was a note on her door. I ran up the steps to the second floor and read the note. I read it again. And I read it again. It sank in after [...]
I finished A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr the other day. I can't get enough of Bernie Gunther and his hard boiled cynicism. In this fifth book of the series, he winds up in Argentina in 1950. It was a fascinating read as Kerr knows his history well and expertly mixes it into his narrative. [...]
I was rummaging around in Half Price Books the other day and there was a cart in there marked "Last Chance Collectibles Cheap". Ah, old books. I found a couple of treats. One was an old sci fi book I'll post about later. The second was Technical Writing: Third Edition by T. A. Rickard. It [...]
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