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Tick, tick, tick

Posted on October 1, 2019 by smellincoffee

It’s October 1,  meaning only three months remain  in 2019 to meet my reading goals.  How am I doing?  Classics Club: I am slightly ahead of  schedule, despite at one point being a month and a half behind.  However,  the … Continue reading →

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Health Week 2019

Posted on September 7, 2019 by smellincoffee

Welcome to Health Week!    I haven’t done anything like this before, but lately I’ve been focusing a lot on personal cross-training, as well as trying intermittent fasting with an eye of breaking through an old plateau,  and so diet and … Continue reading →

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Graphic novels from NASA (!)

Posted on August 17, 2019 by smellincoffee

From Science 2.0: “In 2010, to celebrate 50 years of Exobiology and Astrobiology research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) they commissioned a graphic history of the people and events that have shaped the science of nascent Exobiology … Continue reading →

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Um….

Posted on August 17, 2019 by smellincoffee

  So….I’m sampling different translations of The Brothers Karamazov in preparation for December’s  classics reading, and apparently it’s a wacky comedy!    This cover appears as the Kindle edition for the Peavers/Volohonsky translation, which is the one I’m most leaning towards. … Continue reading →

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Reading about an ever-changing world

Posted on August 3, 2019 by smellincoffee

I don’t know if anyone else has an active interest in foreign policy or geopolitics, but it’s the bulk of my political reading, and I’m constantly on the hunt for interesting new takes.  Bold items in the list below are … Continue reading →

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Ten Treklit Favorites

Posted on July 29, 2019 by smellincoffee

Today’s a TT freebie, so I’m doing… Star Trek novels! I’ve been inspired by the world of Star Trek since I was a kid, both for the sci-fi appeal and its promise of a better world.   The novels and their … Continue reading →

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Tranquility Base here….the Eagle has landed.

Posted on July 20, 2019 by smellincoffee

  Prometheus, they say,  brought God’s fire down to man And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it, since our history began Now we’re going back to heaven, just to look Him in the eye There’s a thunder across the … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Authors on Auto-Buy

Posted on July 15, 2019 by smellincoffee

David Mack.   I recently drafted a list of ten of my favorite pieces of Trek lit, and David Mack’s name came up again and again.  He’s handled some of the biggest stories in the Trek Relaunch, including the origin and … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Tom Joad

Posted on July 13, 2019 by smellincoffee

Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen; There he got his parole. After four long years on a man killing charge, Tom Joad come a-walkin’ down the road, poor boy, Tom Joad come a-walkin’ down the road. Tom … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters I’d Save the World With

Posted on July 8, 2019 by smellincoffee

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is….a character freebie. Okay, fine. I’m Nick Fury and I’m building my own team of Avengers. 1. Richard Sharpe, full stop. Maybe add in Harper so he’d have someone to exchange witty banter with.   Role:   … Continue reading →

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