When I started to put up episodes of GRRR on Vella I had to do some searching to find it in Word format and start…
This is “sort of” a book review– but not really. It’s really going to be an essay about the subject of a book, but a…
Is there a difference between “glistening” and “glittering?” I’m not asking to find out the answer. I’m asking to see if any of you lot…
After reviewing the old Profile Publications I thought I’d mention a newer book in the same general category. It’s pretty decent effort, so this review…
It’s only a little painful to hear some youngster ask how a model built in the 1960’s could have accurate markings. After all, the 1960’s…
When I was twelve, Landmark Books were serious history. I read Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, or The Flying Tigers, or Great American Fighters Pilots and I…
Every now and then I drift into Pacific War territory. I have a healthy variety of interests. Dinosaurs. Pirates. The Knights of the Round Table.The…
About the same time I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, a great conflict was coming to an end. No, I’m not talking about the…
FOUR out of FIVE stars. Not THAT bad. This book was written years ago–but it contains good information as far as it goes. The important…
Robert Pirsig died a couple of weeks ago and it wasn’t big news. I can imagine that the LAST thing “the powers that be” would…