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Thursday, June 17th–one day before I head to the airport for a flight to Italy. Did you ever think you’d vacation again? I can tell you that for a long while, I certainly didn’t think so. The last year and a half has been filled with worry, depression, joblessness, sickness,…
Continue readingMany blogs have been written on the reality that one should always write for oneself. There are also variations of that theme; such as how writing to be rich and famous is a fool’s journey and the trials of endless rejection letters. Granted there are some aspects unique to writing,…
Continue readingMy eyes open yet all I see is Darkness. Where am I? WHO am I? Answers evade me. What is that? A tiny pool of amber LIGHT! I rise, unsteady and alone, with naught but a loincloth to cover me. Beneath my feet the uneven, stony surface bites at my…
Continue readingLet me start by telling you about the empanada. It’s delicious. How could it not be? An empanada is made by stuffing a piece of thin dough with your choice of filling (meat, fruit, cheese), sealing the edge with a fork and deep frying. I grew up in Cuba where…
Continue readingOn Friday the 18th Marzio and I went to see Star Wars Episode VII. As each of the trailers was released Marzio got more and more excited, while I held on to my reservations. Like Anakin Skywalker, and most of you, I was left terribly scarred by the prequels. After Lucas’ cinematic abominations,…
Continue readingOne of the more frustrating aspects of American culture is our schizophrenic relationship with sexuality and violence in media. As George RR Martin states, Americans have no problem with violence, but sex is a huge issue. For a long time I have grappled with understanding sex and violence in American…
Continue reading2014 marks the 36th anniversary of my life as a gamer. It is also the year that Wizards of the Coast published Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and most important of all, it is the first year my sixteen year old son has embraced Role Playing Games (RPGs). My Introduction…
Continue readingI love-love-LOVE Absinthe! I had only read accounts of la fee verte and when I discovered absinthe was coming back to America I was eager to partake. Scouring every liquor store in Manhattan, I found one where I could pre-order four bottles. Good thing too as the day Lucid arrived, it…
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