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Sunday, November 20, 2022

The Iliad or The Poem of Force by Simone Weil, Book 38 of 2022

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This brief book was written shortly after France was defeated by the Nazis in 1940. Within three years, the author, Simone Weil, would be de...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Game of Thrones, Book 5, A Dance with Dragons, Book 37 of 2022

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  I just finished book 5 of the Game of Thrones:  A Dance with Dragons . Before I started reading the series at the beginning of the pandemi...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

Colonel Myles B. Caggins III Retires After 26 Years of Service

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  Major Myles B. Caggins, 1st Armored Division, Camp Adder, Iraq, 2009 On Veteran's Day weekend, 2022, Colonel Myles B. Caggins III reti...

Don’t Fly TAP – Air Portugal. Nice flight crews, unreliable planes, terrible app

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Don't Fly TAP (Air Portugal). But if you do fly TAP -- Pay attention to their App.  It took four flights for me to get from Paris to New...
Friday, November 11, 2022

Irony and Sarcasm by Roger Kreuz, Book 36 of 2022

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  Irony and Sarcasm  by Roger Kreuz is the fourth book I have read in The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series --69 books about technology a...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

A Long Path of Immigration from Japan to Paris

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  Alexi runs a small Japanese restaurant on a narrow street with ten Asian restaurants just off Boulevard Saint-Michel near Luxembourg Garde...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Passage du Grand Cerf: "Passages" in Paris are Small Malls with Small Stores Between Large Buildings

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The long hallway and skylight in Passage du Grand Cerf . In Paris, especially in the area of north of the Louvre toward Montmarte, are more ...