Sammy Hagar and The Circle – Sugarland 09/15/17
I wrote a long article about Sammy Hagar then and now about a week before this concert. Here’s my notes on the show. Opening act – The Contagious We arrived expecting to see Sammy’s...
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Sammy Hagar – 35 years ago and now
As you downsize, a process my wife and I are currently going through, the plethora of items from one’s past that you must classify as keep/store/trash is larger than you think. The number of...
Five Years of Beer on UnTappd
According to the Untappd app, August 23, 2017 marks five years since I started using the app. Also according to the app and website, during the last 1,826 days (plus 1 added for a...
Steps for App Store Reviews and Ratings on the Apple App Store
Updated March 2020 to include iOS13 screenshots of App Store Reviews and Ratings An App’s visibility on the Apple App Store is enhanced by its ratings and reviews. We’ve received many great ratings and...
The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams (Book 1 of The Last King of Osten Ard)
It was with equal parts anticipation and trepidation that I began reading The Witchwood Crown, the first book in The Last King of Osten Ard series which follows the classic Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. The anticipation points...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 5
As much as I tried to make the return to Osten Ard in The Witchwood Crown last, for there is a wait of at least a year before The Empire of Grass arrives, it had to...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 4
As I sit on Chapter 28 of 54 chapters in The Witchwood Crown, a few random observations: Chapter Names I mentioned this in the re-read and commentary eBook that I put together, but I’ll...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 3
Binabik-isms The Witchwood Crown is set some 30-odd years after the end of To Green Angel Tower. This implies that some of the mortal characters will be around in the new series, and some...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 2
Maps I like maps. And I’m not referring to Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps. I’m talking about paper maps. I still have the Texaco maps of states we drove through on camping trips...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 1
My personal wait for Tad Williams’ new Osten Ard novel, The Witchwood Crown, is finally over, thanks to my friend John D. who provided me the copy sent to him. I’m interrupting my goal...