We're supposed to get 6 inches of snow and it just started coming down. We ought to be able to get it cleared before the Super Bowl. We're dreading the commercials this year. We're really sick of the lectures. As noted before we think Tampa wins a close, high scoring game, but we're pretty meh about the whole thing. Maybe it's us.
The Stroock family Saturday night takeout treat: Wendy's (frosties!). We got a jalapeno burger. This is an experiment as much as anything. Mrs. Stroock found cherry extract pills we can add to the handful of medication we take at night. Gout sufferers swear by them. Fingers crossed.
Inspired by Jerry Pournelle's Janissaries we had an interesting idea. A marine rifle company from 1945 is transported back to feudal Japan. They have to take sides, they have to fight, etc etc. There's a Nisei or two, maybe a commander who's really into Japanese stuff, maybe another guy who grew up in San Francisco, an officer who worked at the embassy in Tokyo. Don't worry, we're never gonna do it. The more we think about Mamelukes, the less satisfied we are with the ending. It really didn't wrap up the series. Maybe they're planning more?
It has occurred to us that people might open a book called The Great Nuclear War of 1975 and expect to read about Looking Glass, bomber wings, nuclear silo crews, keys turned, bombs dropped etc etc. There's none of that in '75. We're far more interested in how one puts the pieces back together. We admit a novel about the actual nuclear exchange is a good idea.
The Substack account is active and the page is up. There's no content yet. We're planning Cambodia month to begin with. We have three articles and are reading through them now. When ready we'll just throw them all up there. In the coming months we'll do an article a week and add something about another subject, maybe some non-military history stuff.
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