Dan Simmons book signing at Murder by the Book
Dan Simmons’ new book, The Fifth Heart, was released on March 24th. Not coincidently, Murder by the Book hosted a signing and reading by Mr. Simmons on that same day. It’s always good luck...
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Houston Rockets photos from the 1980s
It is amazing and revealing what you find when cleaning out your attic. We had season tickets for the Houston Rockets for Hakeem Olajuwon‘s entire career (1984 – 2001). I started with tickets in...
NHL Stadium Series – Hits and Misses
As long time San Jose Sharks fans, we jumped at the chance when long-time season ticket holder Bob (who has been a season ticket holder for so long Sharks GM Doug Wilson calls him...
To Green Angel Tower Part 1 re-read – Part One – The Waiting Stone
THE DOOR STOP COMETH!!! This is a big book. In the original hardback it was one of the longest novels ever written. Thus, in turn, this is the longest re-read post in the history...
TestFlightApp.com goes away February 26, 2015 – use new iOS 8 Test Flight App
The website we have utilized for beta testing of apps, TestFlightApp.com, shuts down on February 26th, 2015. All app testing will be moved to the iOS8 TestFlight app and managed through Apple’s iTunes Connect....
Review of Michael Moorcock’s THE WHISPERING SWARM posted at SFSignal
My review of Michael Moorcock’s new novel The Whispering Swarm (Book one in The Sanctuary of the White Friars ) has been posted at the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: While billed as an...
Review of SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY posted on SFSignal
My review of Sleeping Late on Judgement Day, the third novel in Tad Williams’ Bobby Dollar series, was posted at SFSignal on Christmas Eve. Does that make it a Christmas miracle? An excerpt: In...
San Antonio Half Marathon – December 7, 2014
Race day at the San Antonio Half Marathon. After 18 weeks following the Hanson’s Half Marathon training program (and two months of running before that to determine if my knees could handle running six...
Half-marathon training: Race Strategy, or, I *may* be overthinking this
After 18 weeks of half-marathon training, using the Hanson Half Marathon program (ebook here), the targeted half marathon (the San Antonio RnR Half) is tomorrow. During training, my targeted race pace has been to...
Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 17
With all these miles, I’ve been really wearing down my shoes, even though I’ve been alternating them. I got a new pair on Newton’s (Sir Isaacs) on Wednesday, which should give me enough days...