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We Bought a Tesla!
Here’s what happened. Lee came across what looked like a tiny, yellowing IOU at the bottom of some ancient records. It was from the Tooth Fairy, and she said she was a little short of cash and would pay me a dime the next night. It was dated May 8, 1954. I was seven! She’s still in business, you know, the Tooth Fairy, so Lee tracked her down and demanded payment. The old biddy was not ...
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Donald Trump Gets a STAR
When: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 11:30 a.m.
Location: in front of the Hollywood & Highland center.
It really has been a special moment in my life. ~Donald Trump
I doubt we’d have bothered with The Donald, except you never know who else is going to show up. Neither Lee nor I are fans of him or his show. But we did go, and ...
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Rolling Thunder
Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Podkayne Strickland-Garcia-Redmond – otherwise known as Podkayne – is third-generation Martian with a planet-sized chip on her shoulder. Her grandfather Manny was one of the first men to set foot on Mars. So Poddy has some equally planet-sized shoes to fill…
That’s why she’s joined the Music, Arts, and Drama Division ...
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E
I had forgotten just how popular this series was. According to Wiki it lasted only four seasons, and for some inexplicable reason they decided to tamper with it after the second season, turning it into more of a comedy than a drama. Fans stayed away in droves, and it was cancelled. I can’t recall ever seeing it, but one of my best friends was just obsessed with David McCallum as Ilya ...
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Blue Champagne
A collection of eight stories, four of which are award winning.
The cover art and illustrations are by Todd Cameron Hamilton.
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It is said that to understand someone, you need to see the world through another’s eyes. What understanding would come through another’s sex?
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A Short Overview of Titan
Here's a very short but quite impressive video made by Jean-Paul Verne, a fly-through of Gaea from my trilogy. M. Verne wants to be involved if a movie ever gets made. Over the years many, many people have written to me wishing these books would be made into a movie. Naturally, I'd like that, too. Let's hope this is not as close as we'll ever get.
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Accidental Hippies
Sometime not long after my high school graduation I was studying at Michigan State University when my long-time girlfriend dumped me. I entered such a state of depression that I could not continue in college. So I dropped out and decided to hit the road with Chris Kingsley, my best friend in the world. Chris had much more experience of life on the road than I did, had actually hitched to ...
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