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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut: Book 25 of 2022

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In 1986, the human race was wiped out, except for a dozen people who escaped from Ecuador to the Galapagos island of Santa Rosalia.  From th...
Monday, August 8, 2022

Marching Back to Health

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Fifty years ago on February 1, I started Basic Training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The skill I use the most from that eigh...
Saturday, August 6, 2022

The Echo of Greece by Edith Hamilton Book 24 of 2022

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Edith Hamilton wrote a series of books on Greece and Rome.  This is the third I have read. The first two:  The Roman Way and The Greek Way...
Friday, July 29, 2022

If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Much) Expanded Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By --Kurt Vonnegut Book 23 of 2022

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 This short book is exactly what the subtitle promises in the inimitable style of Kurt Vonnegut.  The title quote is also the theme of the b...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

To Have a Good Life, Keep Making New Friends

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In 2011 I trained with these aircraft fuelers for three weeks. I thought I was going to Afghanistan with them. I didn't.  They did. They...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

PanzerMuseum East Gift Shop

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The Gift Shop at Panzermuseum East, Slagelse, Denmark, is crowded with uniforms, gas masks, models, spent brass, radio equipment, flags and ...
Friday, July 15, 2022

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry S. Strauss. Book 22 of 2022

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I listened to Barry Strauss on a history podcast and wanted to read this book.  History for me is contingency constrained by geography grabb...