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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Favorite Reads of 2014?

28 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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"Books Most Enjoyed By MillersTime Readers", Books, Favorite Books of "MillersTime" Readers, Favorite Reads

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“A Best Friend Is Someone Who Gives Me a Book I’ve Never Read”- A. Lincoln

As many of you know, each year I ask MillersTime readers to take some time and send me your Favorite Reads of the past year. I then compile the list and post it so that you can see what others have read and most enjoyed over the past 12 months.

If you have participated in the past, please do so again this year. If you are new to this part of MillersTime, please consider taking the time to add to the list for 2014.

Here are a few guidelines that may help in drawing your list and in making my compilation easy:

* When I ask for your Favorite Reads of 2014, I’m seeking fiction and/or nonfiction books that stood out for you above all you’ve read in the past year. What have been the most enjoyable, the most important, the most thought provoking, the best written, the ones you may go back and read again, the ones you reread this year, and/or the ones you have suggested others read?

* You are welcome to send just one title or up to a half dozen or so.

* List the title, the author, and indicate whether it is fiction (F) or nonfiction (NF).

* If you are willing, please write a sentence or two about why each particular book made it to your list for this year. If you prefer not to add this, no problem, but I’ve found readers enjoy the comments and use them in choosing books to read for the coming year.

* Don’t be concerned about whether others will have the same book(s) on their lists. If we get a number of similar titles, that’s just an indication of the power of a particular book/author.

* Your books do not have to be ones that were written and/or published in 2014, just ones that you read over the past year.

* Send me your list in an email (Samesty84@gmail.com) by Dec. 20, 2014 so I will be able to post the entire list at the end of the year.

To see last year’s list, click on this link: The Books Most Enjoyed by MillersTime Readers in 2013.

PS – Dec. 9 – After a discussion with an avid reader and a faithful contributor to this list, one additional guideline: If any of the books you read fit into a category of “must reads” (i.e., “put down everything else and read this book now”), please so indicate by putting a star after the title. Said friend is looking for such a read.

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Things I Didn’t Know – Two Articles to Consider

07 Friday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Articles & Books of Interest, The Outer Loop

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"Rolling Stone", "The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JP Morgan Chase's Worst Nightmare", "Why the Democratic Party Acts the Way It Does", Matt Stoller, Matt Taibbi, “The New Democrats and the Return to Power”

Readers of this website probably know that I am as passionate about US politics and international affairs as I am about baseball, family, travel, and various other ‘escapes and pleasures.’

However, I have largely chosen not to make MillersTime a forum for my views on politics and international affairs. While I have not specifically tried to hide my views on these two subjects (I did write Walking. Knocking. Talking, about spending a week on a ‘get out the vote’ campaign for Obama in Ohio in 2012, for example), I only occasionally post in The Outer Loop and Articles of Interest sections of this website. And when I do post a comment, or a link to an article, it is because I think there is something of value that transcends the usual partisan politics.

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Two Free Sunday Cinema Club Tickets Available

06 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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"Happy Valley", DC Cinema Club, Free Tickets

banner1As we cannot attend, we have two free tickets to the Sunday, Nov. 16th showing of a film at the DC Cinema Club.

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Grandkids’ Extended Visit = Photo Opportunity

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Family and Friends

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Grandkids, Grandkinder, Pix of Grandkids

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida. – Dave Barry

Telling us some story about having their ‘floors’ redone and having to move out of their house for ‘at the most’ two weeks, our daughter, son-in-law and their three kids (it felt like at least a dozen) moved into our quiet, “retirement home” in mid-October. They just left to return to their own house, and I sure hope they like their ‘redone floors.’

For those of you who largely use MillersTime as a way to keep up with the grandkinder, here are some pictures from the last two and half weeks, mostly taken with Ellen’s iPhone.

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Final: All Six 2014 MillersTime Baseball Winners

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Go Sox

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2014 Baseball Predictions, 2014 MillersTime Baseball Contest Winners, 2014 MillersTime Baseball Contests

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With the closing of the ‘polls’ at 7:23 PM Tuesday night, a winner has been chosen for Contest #1: Make a prediction about the 2014 MLB season.

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Two Very Good Documentaries

04 Tuesday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Articles & Books of Interest, Escapes and Pleasures, The Outer Loop

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"Citizenfour", documentary films, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, NSA

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Two very good documentaries, one just released and the second soon to be released, worthy of your attention:

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Vote Now – MillersTime Baseball Poll Closes Tues. , Nov. 4, 7:23 PM

03 Monday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Go Sox

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Contest #1: Make a prediction about the 2014 MLB season:

Below you will find all of the predictions the MillersTime contestants made prior to Opening Day that came true (or, in a couple of cases, almost true.).

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If You Enjoyed John Williams’ “Stoner”…

01 Saturday Nov 2014

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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"Augustus", "Books Most Enjoyed By MillersTime Readers", "Stoner", 1973 National Book Award, John Williams

…you might try his last novel, Augustus.

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