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The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Posted on November 17, 2024 by admin

I got into quite the bruhaha on Twitter … er, X … a few weeks ago. Some guy posted that there was no evidence for God. I told him to take a deep breath, go outside and stand in the … Continue reading →

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What a Messe

Posted on October 30, 2024 by admin

I spent three days at the biggest book fair in the world, the Frankfurt Buchmesse. A ‘messe’ is a fair, which is different from a ‘fest’. I guess; dunno, don’t speak German. A messe celebrates a thing, while fests just … Continue reading →

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Where It All Began

Posted on June 25, 2024 by admin

I’ve told the story, well past the point of boredom, as to how I became a reader. Not how I learned to read, that was from Marvel comics, but an actual reader. In 1962, I was a second grader in … Continue reading →

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Ten Best Anthologies I’ve Read

Posted on May 5, 2024 by admin

I think anthologies are the Chinese buffet of writing. You can choose from this or that writer, some of them you’ve never heard of, and, if you like their stories, give their other works a shot. It’s also the midnight … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Best Stories I’ve Read

Posted on April 17, 2024 by admin

I don’t know how many short stories I’ve read in my life. It’s well over the number of books, so, using 8-years-old as a starting point, figure 2-5 books a month for 60 years, time off for good behavior, maybe … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Novellas I’ve Read

Posted on April 4, 2024 by admin

Call them really long short stories or too-short novels, there’s some good reading in them even as they defy an exact category. Novellete? Yeah, yeah, there’s agreed-upon definitions but who gets to decide that? So I will: if you can … Continue reading →

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Ten Best Characters from Books I’ve Read

Posted on February 22, 2024 by admin

The criteria for this is very simple: someone from a book that I still remember to this day, no matter how long, or short, ago I came across them. They are memorable. Every once in awhile, I’ll recall something about … Continue reading →

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God is the Library

Posted on January 11, 2024 by admin

When I was six-years-old, I was lying on top of our storm shelter in the backyard of our house in Lawton, OK, watching the thunderheads build. If you’ve ever lived in Oklahoma then you know the terrific storms we get, … Continue reading →

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The Rufe’s Basement

Posted on August 27, 2023 by admin

I went to my 50th high school reunion just a bit ago. I wasn’t going to attend because my closest friends wouldn’t be there. Tom died decades ago; Don decades after that, and I found out the day before the … Continue reading →

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Death by Logon.

Posted on June 11, 2023 by admin

I have a couple of ongoing prescriptions with the VA. To refill them, I can either mail in a refill request, and they will mail the medicines back, or I can drive 40-something miles to my nearest VA facility and … Continue reading →

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