This is the personal blog of Walt White. I am a Drafter/Designer living in Berks County, PA. I've got a fondness for Cigars, Photography, and Firearms. Take a look around and you may find something interesting regardless of how different your hobbies may be from my own.
Title: Royal Assassin
Series: Farseer Trilogy
Author: Robin Hobb
Published By: Bantam
Published Date: 1997
ISBN: 978-0-553-57341-1
Length: 675 Pages
Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99
The Story:
At the end of Assassin’s Apprentice, Fitz is deathly ill as a result of poison and must rest. After an extended stay in the mountain region, the remainder of the party from Buckkeep head back to their [...]
Between the people that I have met online and those that I have met in person, a small percentage of them have asked why I ignore then on Facebook. After giving the same explanation time and time again, I thought it would be worth explaining it one last time, here on my personal blog.
There are [...]
A few days ago, a friend of mine forwarded me an email featuring a mutual friend of ours. This email contained a video on a Swedish website which allows anyone to create a parody from a photo. My guess is that the video uses some green screen techniques to embed a photo within a stock [...]
Title: Assassin’s Apprentice
Series: Farseer Trilogy
Author: Robin Hobb
Published By: Bantam
Published Date: 1996
ISBN: 0-553-57339-X
Length: 435 Pages
Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99
The Story:
Assassin’s Apprentice is the memoirs of one FitzChivalry Farseer. The story begins as Fitz explains that each time he attempts to write the history of the Six Dutchies, he winds up telling the story of his youth [...]
After a truly good meal, an outstanding cigar is still the most satisfying after-dinner activity that doesn’t involve two human beings.
Brad Shaw, Radio Announcer
The quote above by Brad Shaw is one that instantly triggers memories. Having a cigar after your run of the mill dinner is secondary to what comes to mind. When I think [...]
Imagine, if you will, spending a week just feeling miserable. You came down with a nasty cold that started off as a mere tickle in your throat and blossomed to the equivalent of a brick wall in your sinuses.
After several days of extra rest you begin to feel better and see the cold you’ve managed [...]
Title: Mistborn – Hero of Ages
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Published By: TOR Fantasy
Published Date: May 2009 (Mass Market Edition)
ISBN-10: 0-7653-5614-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-5614-7
Length: 724 Pages
Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99
The Story:
The Hero of Ages starts off much like The Well of Ascension and takes place after a years time has passed since the previous book. An this time, Ruin has [...]
Maybe it’s like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace.
A Quote by Raul Julia
I must admit, I am not well versed when it comes to cigar quotes, or any quotes [...]
The day before Reading was hit with more than eighteen-inches of snow, Syrus was acting a little strange. He seemed to be favoring one of his hind legs, at the time I simply thought he must have slept on it improperly and it fell asleep.
After his morning outing, he came into the house walking on [...]
On Saturday February 7, 2010, Reading PA was hit with a snow storm. In all I believe there was an accumulation of about a foot of snow. Just a mere four days later, the Reading area saw a second snow storm. This one dumping more than a foot and a half in some areas.
The first [...]
