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  1. MikeKardec

    2016 Goodwood Revival

    That rainy Saturday was spent in another corner of the March Estate, the Rolls Royce Factory. My "cousin" (she's kind of a step cousin acually) who got us into Goodwood works for a promotions agency and Rolls is one of their clients. When we got down there we discovered that she had us booked...
  2. MikeKardec

    What are you Writing?

    I really like some of Pressfield's stuff. The War of Art and Turning Pro were full of good advice. Killing Rommel was terrific fiction and Gates of Fire was so extraordinary I couldn't think straight for days. Really amazing. My way of overcoming "resistance" deals with it in two ways - 1)...
  3. MikeKardec

    Filson coats - anyone?

    I love Filson and they will even cut the sleeves to different lengths and such if you ask nicely. The wool stuff is the best! BUT ... ... with the waxed canvass beware the Filson Stench! After awhile that stuff can really reek, like 'leave it outdoors' reek. Some companies use oil or wax or...
  4. MikeKardec

    What if FDR had lived?

    I totally agree. I never thought of it before but the LaGuardia alt history is pretty convincing. And then there is always the pendulum effect or as I like to call it the doggie balloon effect. Squeeze one part of one of those long thin balloons that clowns like to sculpt into little dogs and...
  5. MikeKardec

    What if FDR had lived?

    HUAC was formed during the FDR admin and had several predecessors. The Dies Committee, somewhat ineffectively, chased communists that I knew as a child years later all over the mid west. Compared to how "out" many of these people were it seems kind of a Keystone Cops affair but possibly they...
  7. MikeKardec

    Is there a line and, if so, how/where do you draw it?

    I'm pretty good at having no debt (except house) and having some money to put away. BUT ... I'm a sucker for "education," the process of discovering what is the thing I will really appreciate the most, the thing that is really the best for me. I'd happily go right to the quality item if I...
  8. MikeKardec

    What are you Writing?

    Been traveling and wound up the trip in NYC. Contracts finally seem to be finalized (except for the signatures and $$$) and the new pub date seems to be Fall '17 for Book One. That's a long way off but is a real relief. There's been a lot of nail biting involved in making this deal! I'll...
  9. MikeKardec

    The Short Story

    In my opinion King is a much better short story writer than he is a novelist. That was a common issue in the days when it was easier for a beginning writer to develop his short story creation engine than it was to have the time and money to write novels ... but King is a late addition to that...
  10. MikeKardec

    2016 Goodwood Revival

    It was great. I'd love to come on the Friday rather than Sunday sometime ... it might be a bit less crowded!
  11. MikeKardec

    2016 Goodwood Revival

    Here's a few more ... A celebrity of some ilk showed up ... no idea who, the place was crawling with people who owned and raced expensive cars. There was a Swiss and Italian component to the trip too. We stayed at Le Grand Hotel des iles Borromees where Hemingway used to dry out and on...
  13. MikeKardec

    The End of the Era ...

    Interesting links - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/09/spacex-reveals-mars-game-changer-colonization-plan/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/03/spacex-advances-drive-mars-rocket-raptor-power/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/54souf/spacex_carbon_fiber_tank/
  14. MikeKardec

    2016 Goodwood Revival

    I was able to get there for a day. Here are some photos ... The word is that one of those Spitfires actually fought in the Battle of Britain.
  15. MikeKardec

    Science Fiction Genre - Religion vs Scientific Origins, and the Nature of Self Destruction

    Not to dismiss Wayward Pines but it and Hugh Howie's Silo series (a Kindle Direct phenomenon that has redefined what "self publishing" means) are currently very popular yet wouldn't have been but the barest blip on the radar during the heyday of SF in the 1970s. Both are post apocalyptic tales...
  16. MikeKardec

    Science Fiction Genre - Religion vs Scientific Origins, and the Nature of Self Destruction

    Both this post and the OP are put in pretty intellectual terms and I'm not sure if I can really speak to that since my approach to the world is a bit more blue collar, however, the following is what I'm thinking at the moment ... In the world of books, which is where most of these ideas get...
  17. MikeKardec

    Sold! Hitler memorabilia goes to Argentine buyer

    I know how you feel. I have a couple of Nazi Medals captured insignia and a knife collected by previous generations of my family. I've thought about selling them but don't want to encourage anyone to want that stuff even though it is legitimate history in many ways. I might just bury it...
  19. MikeKardec

    Vinatge Racing and Vintage Cameras

    The Morgan is a very cool car, it's not uncommon to see them around LA. They were raced in the day and still probably take turn in SCCA and Vintage events. The larger motored units are no doubt beyond the Cobra in performance though their front end's are pretty primitive these days.
  20. MikeKardec

    Is nothing sacred? Remaking Casablanca.

    Totally right ... except it's definitely more wonderful if it's a GOOD cinema. Too many today are really terrible, tiny, dim, badly calibrated. The days of the single house theater with one projectionist who takes pride in putting on a good performance for every showing are dwindling. I may...
  21. MikeKardec

    Is nothing sacred? Remaking Casablanca.

    Yes but ... she'd just keep saying "Rick, you'll have to think for the both of us. I'm too emotional to save myself ... I can't ... I mustn't ... weepy, weepy, weepy ..." Eventually, the fact that she looks like Ingrid Bergman would wear off and he'd volunteer for a suicide mission. "Just...
  22. MikeKardec

    Is nothing sacred? Remaking Casablanca.

    It's only semi likely this remake idea is real or will come to fruition. The film is not announced on IMDB, Feig is, I suspect (I hope), um ... unlikely. Generally there's better than a 30 to 1 development to production ratio in Hollywood and period pieces (even classic remakes) are not...
  23. MikeKardec

    Getting People Into Movie Theatres

    Well, entertainment or not all of that IS the art. For some subjects slick and sharp is good while for others grainy is perfect. It's the interpretation that is the art BUT a lack of interpretation IS interpretation! It's hard to make the presentation of something "not art" but it can...

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