Tag Archives: WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday & “Would You Go Sky-Diving?”

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is, “Would you go sky-diving?”. Ever since kindergarten when the janitor made our merry-go-round go super-super fast and I got flung onto the grass throwing up, I have been very sensitive to motion … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Old Websites

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is, “Websites we wish still existed”. The first thing that comes to mind is the old 3DO forums: 3DO was a game-publishing company that did several very different series, including the Army Men … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesdays and High School Reunions

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Have You Ever Attended Your High School Reunion? Why or why not?” Well…no. I graduated in 2003: by 2013 we were all facebook friends. My high school class didn’t even talk about … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Know Before You Go

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Something to know before visiting my country or city”. Well, for starters, don’t come between May and October because most of the year we endure the Great Sticky Siege. As regards Selma … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Best Teacher

WWW Wednesday WHAT have you finished reading recently? To Rescue the American Spirit. WHAT are you reading now? A surprise SF title and A Time to Heal by Gerald Ford. Also trying to finish Kennedy and Nixon. Oh, and I … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Long and Short Reviews Prompt

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, unique YouTube videos we have seen lately. But first, WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday WHAT have you finished reading recently? The Letters of JFK, edited by Martin Sandler. Very nearly finished with Brad … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday, America @ 250 Edition

Today’s Long and Short reviews prompt is: animals we’d like as pets. Ideally I’d one day like to have a more rural home (as in, no neighbors but deer) with chickens and even a horse. WHAT have you finished reading … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Long and Short Prompt

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “A Typical Day in My Life”. I’m as-yet unmarried and as-yet still working, so my day to day is fairly predictable. I wake up at 7, make coffee, read substack and blogs, … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday & Long and Short Reviews

Today’s prompt is “What could you give a speech about without notice”, which makes me laugh because going off on spontaneous history lectures is a specialty of mine. History is my passion, and it’s partially connected to my profession: I … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday and celebrities

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “A Celebrity We’d Like to Meet”. Interestingly, one of my favorite authors (Rod Dreher) recently announced he’s returning to the United States, and has chosen Birmingham as his new residence for the … Continue reading →

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