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Reflections on Michael Maccoby’s The Gamesman

I’m usually not one for business books. I’ve never read “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Cheese”, “Who Moved My People”, “Everything You’ve Wanted To Know About Business, But Didn’t Want To Ask”, or...

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The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2 is now available

I’m humbled, proud, happy, and many other emotions to announce that I am part of another book by the fine gentlemen at Bus Leagues Baseball.com. The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2 is currently...

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Books by friends David Davisson, Dale Lotreck, and Artie Fletcher

Not only is The Bus Leagues Experience Vol 2 blazing its way up the Amazon.com charts, but I have a few other friends releasing books recently. Please check them out and support them. So many writers...

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The Death of Media Browsing at the Mall

(Disclaimer: I have written for the TBT and my articles have appeared on the TBT Soundcheck blog.) A few months ago, Jay Cridlin of the Tampa Bay Times Soundcheck blog wrote about the last of the...

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Things I like that start with the Letter “B”

There is a lot of stuff I like that starts with the letter “B”. I think I like more things start with the letter “B” than any other letter. Baseball Basketball Beer the Blues Bar-b-que Bratwurst Books...

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Buy The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 3 and help a great cause

Although the website closed its doors, the collective of writers at Bus Leagues Baseball decided to release one last book of interviews: The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 3. It is an honor to be...

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Flight of a Super Airplane book review

Brian Spaeth’s Flight of a Super Airplane is the second book in what maybe a series of Super Airplane books. It is Spaeth’s fifth book and the second I have read, the other being the first Super...

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Reading “Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare” while in Afghanistan

“If there is a bright center of the universe, you are on the planet it’s farthest from.” – Aspiring youth Luke Skywalker For most of recorded human history, Afghanistan has been a crossroads.  A...

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The Rough Draft is Complete

For months this blog has been quiet. I haven’t posted as much as I used to. There are a few reasons for this. One, the internet connection at my base is garbage. They charge nearly 40 dollars a month...

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Book Review of “The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg”

As I have mentioned before, I am a fan of media that combines two or more of my interests. If you make a heavy metal song about Star Wars, I’ll listen. If you write about hip-hop in Senegal, I’ll read...

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Witchcraft accusations and injustice

I’ve been reading “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” lately. Written in 1851 by Charles Mackay, the book is a fascinating look at crowd phenomenons and events that have upset...

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Weekly Book Update

If you aren’t aware already, I have been working on my first book over the past year. Every night I pour a little more time and energy into the manuscript. So far it is progressing well. My goal is to...

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Weekly Book Update #2

If you aren’t aware already, I have been working on my first book over the past year. Every night I pour a little more time and energy into the manuscript. So far it is progressing well. My goal is to...

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Weekly Book Update #3

If you aren’t aware already, I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve...

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Weekly Book Update #4

If you aren’t aware already, I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve...

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Weekly Book Update #5

I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve self-published before and I might do so...

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Star Wars Read Along

A long time ago, in a state and town far, far away, I was but a wee lad with a slight Star Wars fascination. I was all into Star Wars as a kid – the toys, the bedding, the lunchboxes. Every once in a...

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Weekly Book Update #6

I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve self-published before and I might do so...

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Weekly Book Update #7

I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve self-published before and I might do so...

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Weekly Book Update #8

I have been working on my first book over the past year. My goal is to have this book published. Not self-published, but actually published by a publisher. I’ve self-published before and I might do so...

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