RM1(SS) (ret)
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- A Fuse #8 Production - Blog on School Library Journal
- a geezer's corner
- Age Of Sail
- Atomic Nerds
- Big A little a
- Book Aunt
- Book Niche
- Charlotte's Library
- children's books for grown-ups
- Crossover
- Everyday Paleo
- FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES
- GottaBook
- Home on the Range
- Inhabiting Books
- Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Jenny's Wonderland of Books
- Mafia Wars Maniac
- Mega Munch
- Middle School Book Reviews
- Nitchfield News
- Read Write Believe
- Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American
- Sisson Times
- Tetrapod Zoology
- The Children's War
- The EM Log
- the excelsior file
- The LawDog Files
- THE PLANET ESME PLAN
- The Stupid Shall Be Punished
- The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
- thebooknosher
- View From The Porch
- Weldinchick's Running Adventures
Gender | Male |
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Location | Connecticut |
Introduction | Retired sailor with 21+ years of service - including 13 years on 688-class submarines, and three on a sub tender. Born and raised in the Midwest, now living on the East Coast. |
Interests | reading, archaeology, palaeoanthropology, submarines, history, cribbage, Society for Creative Anachronism, single-malt Scotch, Imperial Rome, GURPS, tall ships, alternate history, SF |
Favorite Movies | Noises Off!, Silverado, A Bridge Too Far, For a Few Dollars More, Billy Jack, Yours Mine and Ours (original version), Kelly's Heroes, Bringing Up Baby, 1776, The Magnificent Seven, Nate and Hayes, Band of Brothers, The Bounty, Once Around |
Favorite Music | Chad Mitchell Trio, Bach, Mozart, Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Kathy Mattea, the Seekers, bagpipes, Arbeau, Playford, Merle Haggard, bluegrass |
Favorite Books | Dies the Fire, Swallows and Amazons, Tarzan of the Apes, Island in the Sea of Time, The Dark Dimensions, The Time Patrol, Tunnel in the Sky, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers, Lest Darkness Fall, A Man Called Noon, Sackett's Land, Star Rangers, Dark Piper, the Richard Bolitho series, Metzger's Dog, The Ancestor's Tale, Death of a Citizen |
You're going to the moon! What did you forget to pack?
The haggis and kumquats. (Remembered the Lagavulin, though!)