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Category Archives: Life in General
I Hate Yesterday
Yesterday, we started a new season of Daylight Savings Time (DST). I have survived another passing of the start of DST, but I remain just as vexed by the change today as the first time I experienced it many years … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General, Personal
Tagged accidents, airline pilots, Austria, Benjamin Franklin, circadian rhythm, Daylight Savings Time (DST), dozing off, driving fatalities, Entomologist George V. Hudson, Germany, Hungary, judgment, Losing sleep, sleep deprivation, sleeping routine, time change, too irritated, too sleepy, too tired, US Department of Transportation
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Six Days in Space
In 1968 over the Christmas holidays, three Americans orbited the moon for the first time. It is the incredible story of Apollo 8 crewed by Commander Frank Borman, James Lovell serving as the Command Module Pilot, and William Anders piloting … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General
Tagged Air Force, Apollo 8, black & white photography, color photography, discipline, earthrise, Florida, Frank Borman, James Lovell, judgment, Life magazine, lunar orbits, Mission Control, Navy, professional pilots, Sea of Fertility, Six Days in Space, the Book of Genesis, the moon, William Anders
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Writing & Selling Books
There are many who would like to write a book, but they don’t know where to begin. They lack the knowledge of the industry and cannot even guess at where the editors and publishers have located the starting blocks. They … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged a solid manuscript, become a millionaire, book production, bookstore managers, bookstores, e-publishing, expert speaker, marketing plan, non-fiction work, novels, passion, printers, returns, self-publishing, solid monthly sales, the key to success, traditional publisher, unknown authors, voting with dollars, writers, Writing & Selling Books, writing a book
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Don’t Only Practice Your Art
I find myself searching, even after all these years, ways to attain perfection; I want to help others reach the same perfection, particularly in aviation, writing, and photography. I want to practice to be the best, I want to enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged an open piano, best photographs, discipline, Don’t Only Practice Your Art, friends, in need of practice, Landings, music, paradise found within, perfection, practice, The Piano Guys
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Amazing Grace
As with many mornings, I woke a little after 5 a.m. and began working. When I turned on the computer, the Google page lit up with something that referred to the age of 107. I had a hard time thinking … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General
Tagged Amazing Grace, COBOL, computer, computer languages, Dave Letterman, Digital Equipment Corporation, Google, Harvard University, math and physics, military service, Navy, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, the Mark I computer, USS Hopper DDG-70, Vassar College, World War II, Yale
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