Today in History January 30th

January 30th I have a link on my computer and an APP for my phone which links me to this site which does This day in History Snip-it’s.  This Day In History You didn't think I was just so much of a nerd that I keep all this stuff floating around in my head, did you?  I do have a wealth of useless information rattling around upstairs but I do try and filter it to crap I can use in my books. Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code which is 400 lines long and disguised as an apple boot program called “Elk Cloner.”  This High School students prank turned into a 38 billion dollar a year security industry. I find it interesting that not only can human beings not get along after all the years of being...

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Once upon a midnight dreary . . .

Thus begins Poe’s classic poem “The Raven” which was published on this day, January 29, 1845. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) is famous for his mysteries and stories of the macabre. He was one of the first to make famous the use of the short story and generally considered by many the father of the detective fiction genre and the beginning of Science Fiction genre. He was one of the first American writers to earn a living through writing alone...

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The English Langauge

The English language has more than 800,000 different words.  Most people know at the most barely 100,000 words.  That means most people who speak, write, and read English are only aware of and using one eighth of the words that make up this amazing language. I have an Internet site I have signed up with that sends me a different English word every day. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/definition Please check it out.  This sight gives you the definition of the word.  Examples of how it has actually been used in writing and the origins of the word.  Each day I get a new word with the definition and examples of how it is used. I actually copy and paste them into a word document and then run the spell...

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Two Year Anniversary of my Blog

This is my second Anniversary of Blogging! I have 57 followers.   I have done 535 Posts and had 47,261 page views over the past two years. It's amazing how the time has flown by, how the blogs posts have piled up and the variety of the subjects I have commented on and done posts about. Some of my most popular posts are the following. Batman Robs a Bank    http://thomaswilsonstoryteller.blogspot.com/2011/12/batman-robs-bank.html The Grumman Goose    http://thomaswilsonstoryteller.blogspot.com/2012/07/grumman-goose.html Persistence and Consistency  http://thomaswilsonstoryteller.blogspot.com/2012/07/grumman-goose.html Guns in America           http://thomaswilsonstoryteller.blogspot.com/2012/05/guns-in-america.html Battleship...

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Leviathan Deterrent Cover Reveal

Last year I wrote two more full novels, the sequels to my first two books.  Due to Editing short comings I haven’t been able to get either of them published yet. Hopefully I should be getting the corrections for my third book, “Leviathan Deterrent”, the sequel to “Whisper” any day now and tonight I just received the cover art for the book. For any of you who have visited my blog post about the “Grumman Goose” a version of that plane is featured in this story which is named the ‘Wild Goose’. http://thomaswilsonstoryteller.blogspot.com/2012/07/grumman-goose.html For those who have read “Whisper” the adventure continues with the cast and crew of the ship. If you haven’t read “Whisper” yet, please check it out before the...

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Replacing Two Bolts

If you read my blogs you know that I have ideas that range from enormous vacuum airships, submersible aircraft carriers, robotic lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners.  In stead of working on these projects I write about them on my blog and write science fiction action adventure novels. The perfect example of why I am not a prolific inventor is my extreme bad luck with fixing or building things and with home repairs.  Case in point was this weekend I decided to attempt to fix something which only required changing two bolts.  My youngest boy loves to help me with any project and was excited about getting to help me and use some tools. The project was to replace two bolts that hold the tank on the back of the toilet to the base...

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You Can’t Pick Your Family

Family means as many things as there are different people.  What it all boils down to in the end is Family is those people who you accept as they are and decide to spend your time with.  Many Families love each other but for some reason or another they don’t spend time together or do things together.  For Many people their families are not actually their biological families.  Instead it’s the people who accept them for who they are, the Good and Bad, and love them unconditionally. You can’t control other people.  You have no control over what they do with their lives, how they behave, the things they say, the things they hear or the hard feelings they harbor.  As time passes and each member of our families...

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