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When you’re not an alcoholic but the leadership is convinced you are.
Japan was an interesting place for me. Too bad I was too young (early 20’s) to enjoy it properly as testosterone and hormones made me waste much time in unhealthy pursuits:). A friend of mine, a Petty Officer 2nd Class in the Navy was arrested one evening for “disrespect to an Airman.” He was drunk…
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My Memoirs – USAFA
USAFA I won’t tell too many stories about the Air Force Academy. I didn’t like it there and I wasn’t there for myself, so without the internal motivation, I was not going to be successful. I went from being a Cadet in the class of ’85 to a Private in the Marines. However, it was…
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Outland and Sean Connery
I’m sorry to see the passing of Sean Connery. He wasn’t my James Bond since I didn’t start watching them until Roger Moore. I saw the reruns with Sean Connery and was already ruined at that point. But I remember him in Outland, too. This movie received little acclaim, probably because the tropes were recycled…
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The passing of another SF author
2020 can suck it. I’m staying out of the political firefights – no one wins in those. The end of the US election process can’t come soon enough and yes Facebook, by all that’s holy, I am going to vote. Stop sending me notices even though I opted out of them on the settings page.…
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Escaping into a good book because the real world sucks
I can’t do anything about COVID-19, but I can do something about books to read:) This isn’t a shameless plug, unless you don’t read, then I encourage you to get lost in a good book, any book. You can get a lot of entertainment at low to no cost. There is no more fertile world…
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My take on the great TP run of 2020
My take on the great toilet paper run of 2020. I have twenty years in military intelligence followed by a career in business consulting (admittedly, as a lawyer) where I worked with human behaviors mainly, followed by a career as an author where I’ve published some 24 books in the post-apocalyptic genre. The bottom is…
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On TV in Alaska
I was recently interviewed by KTVF-11 in Fairbanks. We talked for nearly an hour, mostly about the craft and discipline of writing, but all of that conversation hit the cutting room floor. The business side of being a self-published author made for the most compelling minute and a half. I’m happy to see that they…
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New Story: Information War
A new short that is available now. It was in The Expanding Universe but that anthology has been unpublished, and this short story is now available separately. Information War The first casualty of war is the truth. Expect the same thing when it comes to meeting the first aliens. How will people respond? Power, opportunity,…
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Emotional Support
We all get down. We all have successes, no matter how small. Finished that first chapter? That’s a win if it’s something you’ve never done before. Stuck halfway through your book? We’ve had that, too. Lamentations are sometimes good for the soul as long as it doesn’t become the story of your life. Find what’s…
