Well, I finished of reading Annals of the Former World last night. Not something I had tried before, it is a narrative about the geology of the United States, primarily around Interstate 80, from California to New York. Five separate books published from the 1980s through the 90s, bound into one volume. I purchased it [...]
I finished this afternoon Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Dounding of the U.S. Navy by Ian W. Toll, a first time author. Looking at the cover, I thought “probably a dry read, but interesting”. I was half right, it was interesting, but not dry. Fortunately, it is a book about an ocean going [...]
I was in at Barnes and Noble earlier in the week, and came away with a few choice books to go through. One that caught my eye is Persian Fire, by Tom Holland. A single volume history of the Persian invasion of Greece, starting with the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus through the [...]
Last night I finished off my second new book in 3 days. Friday night I stopped off at the Long Beach Barnes and Noble, and I bought The Grapple by Turttledove, continuing his alternate history of “What if the South won the Civil War?”, and Book 2 of the Axis of Time trilogy, Designated Targets. [...]
Well, back in June I got a Jury Duty summons. I was originally supposed to serve during my aborted Grand Canyon Raft Trip, during the second week. I got it moved before the raft trip of course. I just called in, and I don’t have to show tomorrow, but I do need to call in [...]
On reading Crisis on Infinite Earths
Homepage – Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski – Babylon5Scripts.com So JMS, the creator of Babylon 5, is going to offer all of his scripts for sale in book form, along with behind the scenes information. The first week each volume is on sale is 10 bucks off. I just ordered volume one. I [...]
I just finished at lunch today a book called The Devil’s Teeth by Susan Casey, about her obsession with great white sharks, and the Farallon Islands, 27 miles west of San Francisco. I’d been thinking recently that those island would make a good day trip sometime, and now, here is more of a reason to [...]
wifireport2305.pdf (application/pdf Object) I want to read this later
Prospect – article_details Something to entertain myself by reading tonight
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