Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY, Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is not responsible for any such silliness... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (1961) – A satire of the American military, capitalism, and morality set in a WWII bomber squadron in the Mediterranean. At the center of it all is the way out of the madness – Catch 22. That may be the greatest madness of them all. Two devastating World Wars stripped... Continue Reading →
Just a quick word about some changes I'm planning here at The View From The Phlipside blog. Starting in September, the book reviews will move to my other blog, From A Craxy, Mized Up World. If you're unaware of this other project of mine it is dedicated to my creative writing, photography and a few... Continue Reading →
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (1895) - A young man yearns to join the fighting during the American Civil War, only to discover that the reality of the war and who he is are different than he imagined. This book appears on the list of "Required Reading in School" for a lot of... Continue Reading →
A Bite-Sized History of France - Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment by Stéphane Henaut; Jeni Mitchell (2018) - A husband and wife team of a French cheesemonger, and an American ex-pat academic lead the reader through French history one bite at a time. France is all about food, and food is woven deeply into... Continue Reading →
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) - The mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby, throws magnificent parties for the glitterati of the Jazz Age. Among the people swept into his life is his neighbor Nick, a young bond trader from the Mid-West, and Daisy, the great love of Gatsby's life. This was the first time... Continue Reading →
From My Shelves is a series of occasional posts that look at items from my personal collection to which I have a special attachment. The Soul of a Business - Managing For Profit and the Common Good by Tom Chappell (1993) - There has been a steady market for all kinds of "business philosophy" books... Continue Reading →
Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer (2016) - The 25th Century offers humanity's latest attempt to create a perfect society. It offers both the comfort of stratified roles with the option to exist outside those boundaries as well. All gender distinctions have been rejected. Status is based on technological/economic competition that is equally stringently... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 