I Don't Give A Niche
I'm an alien stuck on this planet, so I write about my observations after 67 years on this rock including sports, travel, science fiction, horror, historical fiction, and anything else that catches my eye.
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THE EVERETT INTERPRETATION (opens the original)
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Eddie knew Bryce wasn’t about to give up the register, even before they hustled him aboard the Range Rover. It was worth an effort though. Dealing with Eddie was easier than dealing with Kurtz—they both knew that. Eddie still liked this man—Bryce was a survivor. He had told the truth when he promised to ask Colonel Kurtz to let Bryce go unharmed. Finally, the conversation suffered a slow death.Outside, the darkness deepened by degrees. Inside, Eddie reflected in silence. His old friend had chang
THE EVERETT INTERPRETATION (opens the original)
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Her attention focused upon the road ahead and the dark clouds gathering in the distance, Ellie became absorbed in her own thoughts. Sam seemed to understand what was at stake. He sat rigidly in the shotgun seat, refusing to lie down so he could keep watch through the windshield. Occasionally, he’d let out a small whimper of concern, looking at Ellie as if to say, Drive faster. Otherwise, like Ellie, he never took his eyes off the road.Interstate 40 stretched endlessly to the horizon. Ellie had s
THE EVERETT INTERPRETATION (opens the original)
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Kurtz settled into his chair, a lit cigar casually held in his right hand. Atop his desk, within easy reach, a half-drained tumbler of Scotch. What passed for a smile touched his lips. Kurtz rarely smiled. Tonight he had reason to.Eddie Langford had just checked in. He didn’t have the register—but he had DeWitt. Almost as good. In a few short hours, Kurtz would face the man eye to eye. Obtaining the register was a foregone conclusion.Kurtz drew slowly on the cigar. He held the smoke in his mouth
THE EVERETT INTERPRETATION (opens the original)
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Ellie held a six pack of ice-cold Dr. Pepper in one hand, a water bottle for Sam tucked under her arm. In the other was a cardboard tube of Pringles, for later. She placed them on the counter next to the cash register. Glancing past the cashier, through a large plate glass window behind him, she saw the parking lot, with its cluster of four gas pumps on two islands. The nearest of the two was empty. On the further island; a black Range Rover had pulled in behind the Humvee. A tall, slender black
PERFECT ELOQUENCE (opens the original)
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I am currently reading a fabulous book entitled Perfect Eloquence. Subtitled, An Appreciation of Vin Scully. Scully is probably the greatest broadcaster to ever pick up a microphone. For sixty-seven years he was the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. And Dodgers fans didn’t have him all to themselves. He also had a national audience as he covered football and golf for CBS and later NBC and ABC later still.Vin Scully and Hank Stram covered the famous 1982 NFL playoff game in which Dwight Clark of
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