Author: Daniel Boyd

I am a computer geek, a gadget lover, a music lover, an open source technology junkie, a pack rat, a chess patzer, a writer, a political conservative, a father, a husband, and a Christian saved by grace. I blog recreationally here on my site about topics such as current events, politics, writing, music, chess, faith, or whatever pops into my head.
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25,000 Words and Other Milestones

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This post was originally published June 6th, 2012. While Bradbury actually died on June 5th, I didn’t actually post until after midnight.

The same day that I pass 25,000 words in writing my book, one of my favorite authors, Ray Bradbury, dies.  It is interesting that I reach a (very minor) milestone the same day that Ray Bradbury reaches his last.  “The Martian Chronicles” was one of the first books I ever read.  I have a paperback copy almost as old as I am.  The pages are yellowed and dog-eared, the spine is disintegrating and the cover art is fading into oblivion.  It started a journey in reading for me that covered other giants of science fiction, including Heinlein, Asimov, Clark and Pournelle.  It stirred my imagination, even though I already knew that the events of the “Martian Chronicles” were as much fantasy as the C.S. Lewis Narnian Chronicles I also read around that time.

How many books have I read?  I have no idea.  How many books have I loved and re-read?  A small exclusive group, most of which are science fiction and fantasy – “Stranger in a Strange Land”, “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, the Foundation Trilogy, the list goes on and on.

I loved losing myself in the imagined worlds of others so much that I want to bring that excitement to a new group of readers.  I aspire to only a fraction of the greatness of the authors I have mentioned and if I reach that goal I will be truly blessed.

The world of sci-fi and fantasy will miss you, Ray Bradbury.

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An Update on My Site Rebuild

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As mentioned in my previous post, I am completely rebuilding this site and restoring old articles. I will probably skip my political rants, as they mostly refer to “The Great Divider’s” time in office. I’m referring to Obama, by the way, not Trump. Trump has his own issues, and I’ll probably address some of them once I start posting new blogs. I don’t think any president has done more to erase progress in race relations than Barack Hussein Obama, but I’m not chasing that thread right now, or ever again, if I can avoid it.

This site will not be primarily a political site, but I may have helped you decide whether you will continue reading my blog or not with that last statement, and that is OK. I don’t want you to continue reading under any illusions. I want you to know where I stand, and not just on politics. If I don’t, this blog is pointless.

I’ve posted a variety of articles over the years, writing about politics, writing, music, chess, religion, current events, and other topics. I’ll put the more interesting ones back on this site and let the others disappear into the digital dustbin. I plan to post more, and hopefully I can overcome my history of not updating this site. We’ll see.

I’ll present the articles I decide to repost in chronological order, putting the original post date at the top of the article. I know I can simply change the post date, because WordPress is awesome, but I don’t want to exactly recreate the old blog. I want to pull the best of it to this new site. I may scatter some new content in amongst the old posts, so bear with me as I cull through my old writings and repost the best.

Stay tuned.

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Hello Again World!

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This site is under heavy reconstruction and redesign. I am looking for a new theme. I am looking for new color scheme because the old ones was BAD!

I hope to finish this work in a couple of weeks.

Hang with me!

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