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Tom Nixon
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Author, Husband, Father, Dispatcher (Not Always In That Order)

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My knowledge of Vasco Da Gama stopped as soon as he got around The Horn of Africa, but Roger Crowley's excellent book #Conquerors tells the rest of the story of Portugal's conquest of the Indian Ocean.

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'Conquerors: How Portugal Forged The First Global Empire' --A Review
No One Does Narrative History Better That Roger Crowley
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December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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#Smashwords is having an end of the year sale, and you can find all my books there for FREE! Check out this excerpt of my second book #TheArrowsofDefiance, and if you like what you read, you know where to get a copy!

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December 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Because sometimes the best cheeseburger is a bad cheeseburger... #cheeseburgers #kwikstar

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The Best Bad Cheeseburger
A Salute To The Kwik Star (Or Trip) Cheeseburger
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December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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#TheCalculatingStars is fresh, readable and fun... also some of the best alternate history I've read in a long time. If you like #HiddenFigures or #TheRightStuff, this will be right up your alley:

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · 'The Calculating Stars' --A Review · I listen to Writing Excuses now and again, so I knew who Mary Robinette Kowal was long before I actually read one of her books. I've heard her…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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My #TikTok algorithm sucked me into another rewatch of #TheWestWing, and I found myself reconsidering Season 5... it actually holds up pretty well.

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The Hinge Point Of 'The West Wing'
A Reassessment Of The West Wing's Weakest Season
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December 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Alistair Coney is drowning in his grief. Newly widowed, they send him to Titan to finish his book. A chance encounter there leads him to the upper atmosphere of Saturn, where he gets to see... #TheImpossibleRain. #newrelease #preorder #newnovella

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The Impossible Rain
My New Novella Arrives December 20th
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Not really *super* into #JackDaniels, but with their #TennesseBlackberry they may have a bottle that could be a regular tenant of my liquor cabinet:

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Jack Daniel's Tennessee Blackberry
A Jack Worth Drinking
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November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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We're six chapters into #TheRebootProject, so it's time for an #archivepost! Check out the master list of all the chapters I've got so far and links to the original versions so you can see what's changed (if you're interested in that kind of thing)

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The Reboot Project Archive, Pt. 1
The Liner Notes
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November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#Massachusetts is in the final stages of potentially picking a #newflag: really hoping they don't overthink this choice.

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Don't Overthink This, Massachusetts
The Way To Move Beyond "Seals On A Bedsheet"
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November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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#Shrinking could have easily been unbearable; instead, it assembles a stellar cast, underuses none of them, and ends up being poignant, funny, and just about perfect:

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Poignant, Funny, and Just About Perfect
'Shrinking' (Streaming Club #9)
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November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Drove over that bridge so many times, I decided I was going to answer the question: Who is John Corse? (And why he (and a few other folks) deserve more than a bridge.

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Who is John Corse?
And why he deserves more than a bridge
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November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Hey, I've got some books out there in the world and if you want a little preview of what they're like, here's an excerpt from my latest, #TheLastPresident:

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The Morning After
An excerpt from my latest book, The Last President
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November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Reflecting on the failure of my generation in the wake of the passing of Dick Cheney: litcityblues.substack.com/p/im-okay-wi...
I'm Okay With That
Privacy Is An Illusion Now
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November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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My review of Netflix's nuclear nightmare, #AHouseOfDynamite...

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The End Wasn't The Point
'A House of Dynamite' (Film Club #9)
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November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The next chapter of #TheRebootProject is here-- check is out today over on my #Substack and if you like what you read- stick around and subscribe!

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6. Raid
The next chapter of The Reboot Project
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November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I've never been a big DC guy, but with the upcoming Supergirl movie, I decided I wanted to learn a little more about the character and ran down #WomanOfTomorrow to check it out. I was surprised in all the best ways!

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow' --A Review · One of the weirder contradictions of my life has been that, despite growing up in the heyday of the Batman movie franchise and the Batma…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The final chapter of The Wheel of Time #RewatchReread is here! #PartFive covers #TheFiresofHeaven and brings the journey to an end:

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Wheel of Time Rewatch/Reread Pt. 5 · Friends, I guess you would have to call this our 'there were no endings on the turning of The Wheel of Time' moment, because... You know, t…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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#Atmosphere is well outside my usual genre preferences, but I'm glad I read it because it was a genuinely good book. I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed it!

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'Atmosphere' -A Review
Not My Usual Read, But A Great One
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October 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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The Final Verdict on #TheWheelofTime is up over on my #substack... #rewatchreread

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The Wheel of Time Rewatch/Reread
My Final Verdict On What Went Wrong, Right and Unfair Criticism Of The Show
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Perfectly serviceable in every way, #TheFamousGrouse was a decent sip:

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The Famous Grouse, A Tasting
Bird Isn't Exactly The Word
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October 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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This is one of those weeks where it seems like I'm accomplishing nothing at all, so it's nice to remind myself that I have #receipts proving that the opposite is true:

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10 For 2025: 3rd Quarter Update
1. Look, I've been saying it for years now, but this has to be the year of Book 4 . It's grinding away, little by little but at minimum, ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I heard about the Louvre Heist in passing, but this was the best way to learn the details of what actually went down. #NewsYouCanUse
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I don't remember what this one is about, but people are yelling at us even louder than they usually do on Wednesday mornings, so it must be a special one
The Double Heist Episode, Brought To You By None Chirporactics
Podcast Episode · Shutdown Fullcast · 10/22/2025 · 1h 43m
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October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The next chapter of #TheRebootProject is up on my #Substack... as always, if you like what you read, stick around and subscribe today:

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5. Messages
The next chapter of The Reboot Project
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September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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My birthday was this month and that meant it was time to dig up the old bucket list and give it an overhaul-- still a work in progress at this time!

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50 Before 50: Three Year Overhaul
Ok, I'm three years in, and I'm going to start expanding some of these and defining them a bit more clearly. You'll notice some blank spaces...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Not a huge mystery guy, but #WeSolveMurders was a relaxing read and a ton of fun:

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'We Solve Murders' --A Review
A Relaxing Romp of a Mystery That's Plenty of Fun
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September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM