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My Year End Book Reviews 2011
By Steve on December 31, 2011
On December 30 with one day to spare I met my goal of finishing Susanna Clark’s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell before the end of 2011. It is a huge tome of a novel…
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Cocktail Reception On Board the U.S.S. Carl Vinson
By Steve on December 29, 2011
Tammy and I had the most wonderful evening this week as we attended a cocktail reception on board the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson which is in Hong Kong for a few days. If you…
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Another year of “The War on Christmas” is over…Thankfully!
By Steve on December 27, 2011
I may be dating myself but I’m old enough to remember when saying “Merry Christmas” wasn’t considered a pejorative term. And to wish someone“Happy Holidays” was not seen as “selling out” or diluting Christmas in any…
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By Steve on December 23, 2011
Anyone who knows me knows I love film! I will rather watch a movie than…well…many other things. But it would be wrong to say that I just love movies…really, I love STORY! I believe there…
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In Memorium: Christopher Hitchens 1949 – 2011
By Steve on December 21, 2011
Blogging has been tough the last couple weeks as the Christmas holiday means a lot of extra work for me. No..no…despite what you may have heard I am not, in fact, Santa Claus. But the…
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Oh no! Please not Newt Gingrich!
By Steve on December 11, 2011
The Merry-Go-Round of Republican candidates continues. Yes, now Newt Gingrich leads the polls in the new “Anybody but Romney” game the GOP seems to keep wanting to play!
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7 Life Lessons from Star Trek
By Steve on December 6, 2011
I’m a bit of a Star Trek fan. But I have it under control now…honest! Yes, I admit when I was young I would use my lego set to create an arsenal of phasers neatly arranged on my window…
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Superman & Apollo 13
By Steve on December 4, 2011
Items from two of my favorite interests, Superman and the American space program, netted big bucks at auctions this week.The very first comic introducing Superman to the world, Action Comics Issue 1, sold for US$…
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China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America
By Steve on December 2, 2011
Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…