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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Fair warning, vampires. Here I come.
There can be only one.
Hurry—giveaway almost over!
Very little time left to enter for two signed copies of my book, Time Pullers. Enter on goodreads, here: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/32755-time-pullers If you go to sleep Tuesday evening without entering, then you will miss out!
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I’m destined to be a vampire hunter!
This map received a rather cool reception on my fan page, so I thought I’d try it here. Follow the logic with me. Notice that the R1b subclade goes right smack dab through Transylvania. However, my subclade, R1a, branches off … Continue reading
My farming roots
Grampa Deakins tending his field corn (mid-to-late 1920’s). The farm was located just south of the Ft. Smith Junction of I-35 and I-40. Of course, that junction wasn’t there until some time after 1957. He used a five-row Van Brunt (John … Continue reading
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Quick, everyone — learn to read French!
Or you can learn to use Google translate. Here is my latest four-star review for Time Pullers as given by “Ikebukuro” (screen name), from France. She is not a native speaker of English . This review can be found on www.goodreads.com, … Continue reading
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Lord Kelvin, on the Future of Steampunk
“They never will be able to use dirigible balloons as a means of conveying passengers from place to place. There never was and never can be any commercial value to any such affair. It is all a delusion and a … Continue reading
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Be we Englishmen, or Norsemen?
This map shows my DNA matches for the first 12 selected markers on my Y chromosome, meaning it goes back only on the male line. The UK matches don’t surprise me, but I was completely unprepared for the matches in … Continue reading
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Lord Kelvin will have to wait
Hello my friends, mes amis, mis amigos, watakushi no tomodachi, meine Freunde, I had promised you some interesting and curious statements from Lord Kelvin, but he will have to wait just a bit. This evening I wish to give you the wisdom … Continue reading
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I was shot with a 44 this morning — and I liked it.
Oh, dear. Spell checker does not catch errors in intent. There is a bit of a problem with the title of this posting that gives the spell-checker no problem at all. Let me explain. My weight loss program seemed to … Continue reading
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My review of JUST ADD WATER, by Jinx Schwartz
I recently finished this very entertaining and well-written book. Click here to see my review on Amazon.
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