Category: Society
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War Never Changes
“Although a soldier by profession, I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. So seek peace, but prepare for war, because war, war never changes. War is like winter, and winter is coming.” –Ulysses S. Grant This quote is one I’ve seen chopped, abused, misused, and misquoted quite a few times. Most…
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Who Are You?
Whenever I look at the visits to the blog, I’m always a bit curious about who visits. Some days I’ll have ten hits from Poland, other days fifteen or twenty from Germany, or Romania, or the Ukraine. Every day I have visits from Australia, the UK, the US and others. So I’m curious to see……
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Happy Holidays 2014
Happy holidays to all my readers. Hopefully you can spend them with friends and family. If you can’t get that, hopefully you at least get some time to yourself. If you are enjoying the holidays at home with your family, take a moment to think about those who cannot, both those serving in the military…
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Orion and Getting Back into the Space Race
The Orion spacecapsule has returned successfully after it’s first real test… and I’m excited. Yet at the same time, I can’t help but feel it’s a hand-wave. The Orion is incredible… yet it is still feels like too little, too late. Paul Bertorelli wrote an excellent article (below) that matches a lot of my feelings on…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Yes, it’s a purely USA holiday. But I think the sentiment is something that can be shared. Regardless of where you are, take some time from your day to be thankful for the things in your life. Me, I’m grateful for the good things, but also the challenges I’ve been given. It is the…
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The Ninjas Ate My Homework
I have to admit, I’ve become something of an American Ninja Warrior addict over the past six months. It’s a difficult confession to make, in some ways, with how much work I’ve got to do and how little free time, that I’m watching two hours a week of one television show which is in many…
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Independent Author’s Toolbag: Networking
If you’re like me, then networking as an author is hard. I hate feeling like I’m coming to the table with nothing besides my hat in my hands. I hate asking for anything, unless I can contribute something in return. Call it work ethic, call it stubborness, call it social anxiety, whatever, I originally, and…
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Counter Culture, Identity, and Nerds
I won’t ever forget the time that I heard someone tell me that I wasn’t really a nerd. This came as quite a shock to me, let me assure you. At the time, I was GMing an ongoing D&D campaign which had run two full years, playing once or twice a week for that entire…
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Happy Independence Day!
Here’s to you and yours, may you enjoy a Happy Independence Day. Don’t forget to think a bit, maybe even talk with some friends about what independence, freedom, and liberty mean to you and what it costs to maintain. What does the 4th of July mean to me? Well, it means liberty. Liberty is something that…
Kal Spriggs 