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Shall We Play A Game?
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Shall We Play A Game?

Everything in this 1983 movie is obsolete—except the part that matters. This week I rewatched WarGames and took a nostalgic, slightly cranky tour through the dead technology inside it: arcade quarters, acoustic modems, floppy disks, payphones, and pull-tabs. It's the gadgets that time forgot, the prices we used to pay for a long-distance call, and the one thing in the movie that still hasn't aged a day.📖 Read Shall We Play a Game? on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
A Fading Friendship
#42

A Fading Friendship

Best friends, inseparable, until one day they weren't. Two boys in my neighborhood have gone their separate ways, and I don't know why. Or what will happen next. So I imagine endings for a story whose truth I'll never know. How would you write their next chapter?📖 Read A Fading Friendship on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
Tick Tock
#41

Tick Tock

Time moves differently in a warm, still room. Liam counts the minutes to escape, certain it will last forever. The clock has other ideas.A short tale about the daydream we never quite outgrow—the one where freedom is always just a few minutes away. You might recognize the feeling.📖 Read Tick Tock on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
To Boldly Split That Infinitive
#40

To Boldly Split That Infinitive

I lost a point in college for writing "to boldly go." Turns out the grammar guides say otherwise, and I've been splitting infinitives ever since.Join me as I take a friendly swing at one of the most persistent grammar myths in the English language. Where did it come from? Why won't it die? And what do Chicago, Dreyer, and a certain starship captain have to say about it? Pull up a chair. This won't hurt a bit.📖 Read To Boldly Split That Infinitive on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
Exploding Oatmeal & Gelatinous Blobs
#37

Exploding Oatmeal & Gelatinous Blobs

My doctor believes a man of my age should deal with exploding oatmeal and gelatinous blobs. My mostly true experience with psyllium husk.📖 Read Of Exploding Oatmeal and Gelatinous Blobs on my website📚 Curious about the reference to Mad Maverick McDougal and his band, Exploding Oatmeal? Check out my novel, Sour Notes. Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
Writers Write
#32

Writers Write

The New York Times recently profiled a person who claimed to publish 200 novels in a year with the assistance of AI. That article inspired this week's tale: a Faustian bargain between soulless creation and the simple belief that writers write. 📖 Read Writers Write on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
That Old Familiar Hum: From Rama to Hail Mary
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That Old Familiar Hum: From Rama to Hail Mary

Why do some books imprint a hum in our souls? Project Hail Mary echoed a classic that sparked the same wonder as watching the moon landing.📖 Read That Old Familiar Hum: From Rama to Hail Mary on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appTitle Image: A photograph from the James Webb Telescope of the Nebula PMR 1, aka the “Exposed Cranium” nebula. Public domain photo. Credit to: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI). For more information, visit https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-studies-cranium-nebula/Music licensed through Adobe Stock.
Forever Valentine
#25

Forever Valentine

What is the secret to everlasting love?For Hubert, the answer is simple. It isn't expensive roses or fancy restaurants, but a picnic basket packed with fried chicken, a glass of sun tea, and a simple bouquet of wildflowers for his beloved wife, Ava.Forever Valentine is a story about listening, the beauty of quiet gestures, and a Valentine's Day picnic that holds the weight of eternity. It’s a tale that proves some bonds can never be broken.📖 Read Forever Valentine on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
Snow Mythology
#24

Snow Mythology

Exaggerated accumulations. Claims of driving skills. Legends of regional toughness. Winter reveals Snow Mythology under every drift.Over the past two consecutive weekends, Asheville has been hit by winter storms. Much of the eastern half of the U.S. has felt the pain. Social media has been on fire with claims that seem more mythical than real, at least in my experience.This story was originally a musing I wrote back in 2017, but it's as true today as it was then. I dusted it off and recorded it for the podcast.📖 Read Snow Mythology on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.
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