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A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.
03 Nov

California Zephyr to San Francisco,

Family / Travel / Uncategorized
James R.C. Cook, Khorat RTAFB, Thailand,...
Baseball player in a red uniform ready to bat.
12 Jun

Publisher and Writer – Landowner and Serf

Publishing / Russia / Soviet Union
  Cardinals Curt Flood 1968 I've spent a great deal...
Cover of 'The Serpentine Code' showing two figures under a large tree in a mystical setting.
01 Apr

Codes, Ciphers and Cryptanalysis

Book Reviews
The Centerville Code Justin A. Day...
Portrait of a serious man in Renaissance attire and hat.
16 Mar

Reformation and Counter-Reformation–Traditional Publishing and Indie Publishing

Publishing
Martin Luther by Martin Cranach I am a Germanophile. My...
25 Feb

Robert Olen Butler and A Small Hotel

Book Reviews
Robert Olen Butler (A Small Hotel) I mean being a...
A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'
27 Jan

Sense of Deception

Uncategorized
I write about deception not to train the reader in...
26 Jan

Spirit Falls in Russian

Publishing
Spirit Falls-Ледоход_dual language Book CoverDownload   Sergei has sent me...
Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.
27 Oct

Misdirection

Soviet Union / Wisconsin
You don't have to fool all of the people all...
A t-shirt with a provocative political statement and Che Guevara's image.
04 Oct

Denial – hide the truth

Uncategorized
I add two caveats before I go on. Though I...
Soviet-era illustration with a happy family reading Pravda and a worried yellow figure.
18 Sep

All deception is based on truth

Soviet Union / Uncategorized
A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works...

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