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A Case of Mistaken Identity
Not long ago, I received the following email from a woman named Jeni (I won’t reveal her last name): “In your interviews you act like you aren’t remorseful or even ashamed for killing your wife and 3 kids. (Sickening) how are you even able to go on each day knowing how much of a sick… Read more
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Green Tiger Press
Once upon a time (not so very long ago) in a fair and magical land (otherwise known as Southern California) a youngish couple had the idea to become book publishers. And not just any books. Special ones. The young couple, who went by the surname Darling, founded Green Tiger Press. Could there be a more… Read more
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Making The List
The world is now awash in AI offerings: Chat-GPT, Google Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Perplexity, etc. No wonder: they provide the average user with an incredible resource, saving people countless hours of work and business stacks of money. According to Stephen Witt, in an October 10, 2025, New York Times article (“The A.I. Prompt That Could… Read more
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Books For Boys
Earlier this year (April 30) my friend Blake Bobechko published a Substack post about “books for boys”. And just this past week, he let me know that the book in question, “The Boys Book of Adventure“, has been published on Amazon. As a younger man, naturally Blake’s focus is forward-looking: his concern is for his… Read more
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We’ll always have Paris.
The title of course comes from the famous 1942 film, Casablanca, words spoken by Humphrey Bogart (Rick Blaine) to Ingrid Bergman (Ilsa Lund) in its closing minutes, probably the second most famous movie quote of all time. Paris has been on my mind of late. Perhaps it’s because of President Macron’s current political challenges. Or… Read more
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A Real Spy Story
It happened 80 years ago this very weekend. Faithful readers will know that, although my regular focus on this blog site is books, I’m also a fan of film noir, especially from its heyday in the 1940’s and 1950’s. So when I recently came across a movie of this genre and one with a Canadian… Read more
