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The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 6: The Sun Shines South 0

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 6: The Sun Shines South

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated. Previous...

Skull Island by Will Murray reviewed at SFSignal.com 0

Skull Island by Will Murray reviewed at SFSignal.com

My review of Skull Island, the new Doc Savage novel by Will Murray, was posted recently at the Hugo-award-winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: Pulp legends collide as Doc Savage encounters King Kong shortly...

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 5: Fighting Means Killing 1

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 5: Fighting Means Killing

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 4: War Means Fighting…. 1

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 4: War Means Fighting….

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 3: The Thing Gets Under Way 0

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 3: The Thing Gets Under Way

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 2: First Blood; New Conceptions 0

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 2: First Blood; New Conceptions

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan reviewed at SFSignal.com 0

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan reviewed at SFSignal.com

My review of Rick Riordan’s The Mark of Athena is up at the Hugo-award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: The third book in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus series joins Percy Jackson (son of Poseidon),...

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 1: Prologue-The Opponents 0

The Civil War by Shelby Foote – V1.Chapter 1: Prologue-The Opponents

As I’m reading Shelby Foote’s incredible The Civil War: A Narrative, these are my notes on the points I may have forgotten from before or new pieces I’ve learned. Any and all comments appreciated....

Packers after eight games – still Super Bowl bound 0

Packers after eight games – still Super Bowl bound

Coming off their bye week, the Green Bay Packers own the longest active winning streak in the NFC, and are tied for the longest winning streak in the NFL. And they managed that with...

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Rush concert – A Flashback to those Head Banging Days

In the late 1970s and early 80s, the race to get primo concert seats was physical, not electronical. Bob, Tom, Dan, Slim, myself and a varying cast of others would wait outside of Joske’s,...