• Arthur Conan Doyle Supernatural Stories

    Arthur Conan Doyle Supernatural Stories

    I am so excited to have begun reading one of the fun books I bought at Borderlands Books during my recent trip to San Francisco. I just finished the first story after reading the intro by EF Bleiler, both of which have made me feel like I got my $5.50’s worth – so far. I’m planning to

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  • Christmas Jazz

    Christmas Jazz

    I thought I should get a post in for December so that I have one per month since I started this blog. One of my favorite personal Christmas traditions is to listen to my collection of jazz renditions of Christmas tunes. I have a few actual albums (LPs and CDs), but now that Apple Music

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  • The Jack Benny Program

    I am a huge fan of the Radio Classics channel on Sirius XM.  I listen to it almost every day on my work commute, and it led me to discover The Jack Benny Program, which has become one of my all-time favorites. I first started listening to classic radio shows on KNX 1070 AM when I was a kid,

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  • Elliott Smith favorites

    Elliott Smith favorites

    I don’t listen to Elliott Smith that often, because his music is associated with melancholy moods.  But when I do, I continually re-discover the beauty of his singing, playing, and songwriting (both lyrics and melodies).  I’ll probably add to this post periodically (so that it’s a living, breathing thing – rawwr!), but here’s the first in what will be

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  • Vintage cameras

    Vintage cameras

    I chose my blog’s theme because it matches my collection of vintage cameras! Above is a quick attempt at an iPhone Pano of my collection (which is apparently too wide for a basic shot, but you get the idea). I acquired my collection of 9 vintage cameras from various places, mostly during the early 2000’s from the

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