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After finishing the paperback formatting, I needed a treat. I invited myself to watch a Combat! episode during the week. Here's the recap. Combat! Season 1 Episode 14:”The Medal” Written by Richard Maibaum. Directed by Paul Stanley. The episode opens with a view through binoculars (see picture above). Cut to the squad and Hanley behind a stone wall. They’re cutting through to reach the highway near Corbeil (or somewhere that sounds like it). The Germans are at some town, Malon, three miles further east. Cut to the episode’s NPCs   guest players, not mere NPCs—they joined for an evening of gaming after having heard about all the fun Saunders and the gang have been having. It looks like Frank Gorshin--. (with much less makeup that he had in that Star Trek episode which ranks among the least rewatchable on my list)—and Joseph Campanella. Freddy (Gorshin) has a blister. Vince (Campanella) is a married man with a child. Saunders interrupts the chatting men t...

All three books in the first trilogy are available for only $0.99 cents each for a limited time. This is America -- with dragons, and magic, and monsters! Here are links to each: Threading the Rude Eye  -- Available as an ebook and in paperback. Power to Hurt  -- Available as an ebook and in paperback. Clamorous Harbingers --Available as an ebook - and coming soon in paperback.

For Flag Day, allow me to quote myself from Dec. 28, 2017: "For a few minutes, the audience and players, home and away, are united in reverence and respect for the sacrifices of those who brought forth a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, for the brave whose sacrifices have hallowed the cause; we add our devotion to the proposition, with knowledge of past imperfections, but with a desire to preserve this more perfect union."  When we honor the flag, we honor the nation, its founders, and those who have sacrificed their blood and treasure to protect it. While some prefer to focus upon shortcomings and injustice, both real and imagined, I suggest a recollection and return to the principles of the protection of life, liberty, and property upon which this republic was founded. Theodore Roosevelt said that a successful republic must combine intensity of conviction with broad tolerance for a difference of convict...

I had some pithy thoughts that produced a witty phrase. I didn't write it down. I can't remember what it was. I know it wasn't, "Nobody is interested in your politics when you're coming through the broken window with your arms wrapped around a flat screen TV." I read that--or something like it--somewhere else. If I remember correctly, my thoughts had to do with the irony that protests against the lock down were discouraged and law enforcement was to enforce lock down and social distancing restrictions, and curfews were strictly enforced for reasons of public health, but mass protests and gatherings nominally against police brutality are encouraged and should not be obstructed in any way. While people trying to run business and support themselves and their employees were arrested and jailed, rioters and looters run amok with impunity. Funeral gatherings are restricted, and church services are prohibited for reasons of public health--except for a service for ...