Happy Independence Day! Independence Day the movie was enjoyable enough, but my favorite patriotic movie for the occasion is The Crossing starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. I have an old VHS tape of the The Crossing taped off A&E back when I was living in a condo with cable. The Crossing is available from [...]
My good friend Mike R. is a Civil War buff. He loaned me a book entitled Ranger Mosby by Virgil Carrington Jones. I finished the book this past weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ranger Mosby tells the story of John S. Mosby beginning with his life at the University of Virginia before the Civil War [...]
Filled with high quality pictures, Steam’s Camelot by Jim Wrinn is one of my favorite books of all time. Typically I won’t reread books once I’ve read them, but this is a book I’ve referred to time and time again. The book tells the complete story of the Southern and Norfolk Southern steam program, through [...]
I thought I’d take this opportunity to write about a bit about George Washington and his Mount Vernon Estate. Mount Vernon is the perfect place to take a trip back in time and enjoy the history, scenery, and fine dining. If you are not likely to visit Mount Vernon anytime soon, I can recommend an [...]
Robert Scoble, a top hi-tech blogger, recently asked his readers, “Are you ready for virtual actors in movies?” For me, the answer is no. I do occasionally enjoy watching a cartoon, like The Simpsons, or a claymation production, like Wallace and Gromit. However, in general I’d rather see real actors instead of computer generated faces [...]