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Saturday, July 04, 2026

Happy 250th Birthday America! And a recommitment...

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In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,  When in the Course of human events, it beco...
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Friday, July 03, 2026

Thirty years ago we celebrated our Independence Day!

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It occurred to me that it was thirty years ago today that the science-fiction blockbuster  Independence Day  came out in theaters... I saw t...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Video: Japanese guys handling guns in a Bass Pro Shop (this is what America is all about!)

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Two Japanese tourists, in the country for the World Cup soccer tournament, visited a Bass Pro Shop.  Somehow they found their way to the fir...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Disappointed, but not surprised, at Trump vs Barbara

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That's pretty much the summary of it all.  I'm quite disappointed, but not surprised at all, at the Supreme Court's ruling about...
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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Happy 100th Birthday to Mel Brooks!

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  Only 1900 years more to go! (Die-hard fans will get the joke ;-) And he's still going nonstop!  Coming next year is the long awaited S...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

So I watched Citizen Vigilante yesterday...

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I had never heard of Citizen Vigilante ,  Uwe Boll's new film starring Armie Hammer, until a few days ago.  That's when I read that ...
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Friday, June 26, 2026

New documentary examines what went wrong with Star Wars Galaxies

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Are massively multiplayer online role-playing games still a "thing" anymore?  Oh sure there is EVE Online  (more than two decades ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Popcorn Sutton: The last one

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Earlier today Pam Sutton, the widow of legendary moonshiner and American icon Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton , shared the following photo...
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Saturday, June 20, 2026

New project: writing another book

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After a few years of percolation, and occasionally writing notes about cool neat stuff to include in it, today I began at last earnest work ...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

Did Elliott and E.T. ever see each other again? Steven Spielberg has the answer...

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  To be honest, it's not a notion that I've given any real thought to, now almost four and a half decades since first seeing E.T.: T...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

"The Intolerance of Tolerance": Something I wish I could have written

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A few days ago  I posted about "Pride Month" and how disgusted  a lot of us have become with having sexual deviancy shoved into ou...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Perfect memory incident for 06/13/2026

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Tonight it's another case of perfect recall come unbidden.  I've been told that how this translated into the writing for my book is ...
Friday, June 12, 2026

I'm not homophobic... I'm homo-nauseated

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  "Pride Month" - that quasi-observed annual genuflection to sexual deviancy - seems less pronounced this year than it previously ...
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Chris and Tammy's Great Adventure: Ten Years Later...

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Today is June 12th, 2026. It was ten years ago today, June 12th of 2016, that I packed up the bare essentials in my car (clothes, Bible, com...
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Monday, June 08, 2026

Coward Alert: "The SW Geek Hub" on Facebook

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Update 06/23/2026:   It has come to my attention from a number of sources that SW Geek Hub really is behaving in a manner not unlike that of...
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Saturday, June 06, 2026

Impossible Odds: What happened in Brussels in 1993 (a personal account)

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This is a story that for whatever reason, I haven't shared on this blog before.  Maybe it's because it's so long and many people...
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