Interesting Authors Blog

Book Review: “Caught Inside – A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast” by Daniel Duane

Five Stars – Nostalgic – Exquisitely written expose’ on Surfing The book’s description on Amazon was more than enough to convince me to order a copy. I read the preface as soon as it arrived and wasn’t able to put it down until reading the final, evocative pages of the…

Gregory LambJuly 12, 2017November 26, 2017

Experience Road Trips Stories

My 1980 AMC Concord

This is a bit of a follow-on to my earlier post about woodies. The only reason it is happening is I was looking for the photo I had of Jack Goeken giving a speech to us at Airfone. I saw it a few months ago and said to myself “You…

Roland HughesJuly 10, 2017April 1, 2024

Experience Society

The Definitions

A great deal of bickering occurs over the various words we try to associate with ourselves as well as the titles we attempt to grant ourselves. Admittedly, most writers have some kind of ego so the most grandiose title we can stretch to some how fit us the better. So,…

Roland HughesJuly 9, 2017November 26, 2017

Experience Humor

It Was Just Working!

While most people won’t admit it, there are few things funnier in life than the self inflicted misery of others. Oh come on! You’ve never had friends go out drinking and wake up looking like they’ve been drug through a knothole? Did you help them out by talking loudly, banging…

Roland HughesJuly 8, 2017November 26, 2017

Experience Society Stories

Cork Dork Ruminations

You have to love a title like that. No, I have not actually read the book, I read an article in the April 3, 2017 issue of Time Magazine about it and just had to weigh in. Why? The final statement in the article. Americans spent almost $2 billion on…

Roland HughesJuly 6, 2017November 26, 2017

Experience Stories Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Is it any wonder we don’t get along?

A writer’s mind can be a terrible place. Even if we choose to never write about dark and evil subjects we cannot help but notice them both in real life and the works of others. One thing which has been bothering me a lot lately is how we are forced…

Roland HughesJuly 5, 2017November 25, 2017

Technology

Dead Tech: Blu-ray

I wonder just how many people received an obsolete blu-ray player this past Christmas. Yes, it looks like blu-ray is finally being sunset but retailers haven’t told you that, still trying to unload the inventory before it has to be sold as scrap. What leads me to this prognostication? Quite…

Roland HughesJuly 2, 2017November 25, 2017