This is the personal blog of Walt White. I am a Drafter/Designer living in Berks County, PA. I have 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.
You are probably wondering why you are seeing a second post this week entitled Fiction Friday, neither of which were posted on a Friday? As I mentioned on Monday, I stumbled onto a creative writing blog entitled Write Anything. On this site there are weekly activities which get the creative juices flowing and encourage a [...]
Last week I wrote a short piece of fiction as a way to have a little fun and do something different. To my surprise, it was not only well received, but I was asked to include more of this type of writing on my personal blog. With the request of more fiction, I began poking [...]
It has been said in the past, but it is worth saying that my wife and I are not big movie-goers. Every now and again we will go see something new but we tend to go to the earlier shows which aren’t nearly as full. Seeing movies in this manner generally has us in he [...]
A Beautiful Spring Day Saturday was beautiful. Not only was it the first day of Spring but it was also the first day in nearly a week that wasn’t tainted by cloudy skies and persistent rain. This little ray of sunshine was just the kind of motivation required to stretch the legs and do something [...]
Title: Assassin’s Quest Series: Farseer Trilogy Author: Robin Hobb Published By: Bantam Published Date: 1998 ISBN: 0-553-56569-9 Length: 757 Pages Purchased From: Amazon @ $7.99 The Story: After narrowly escaping King Regal’s Dungeon in Buckkeep, Fitz is in dire need of rehabilitation to get back into everyday life after being tortured to the brink of [...]
I like to think of myself as a mans man. I love building things and getting my hands dirty. Having spent more than a decade in the cabinet industry, I’m always interested in seeing a new tool operate or getting my hands on something new for around the house. Being comfortable around tools and machinery [...]
Earlier this week I made a post explaining why an article was delayed. I spent my evening chatting it up with a friend while smoking cigars and drinking rum. This time around I was frantically working on getting a cigar review posted on Stogie Review. Due to time constraints earlier in the week, I was [...]
Being a creature of habit, I like to have things prepared and ready to go at a certain time. This is very true about my blog, and if you are like me you were probably wondering where todays post was when you checked the site? The simple answer is that I was slacking off last [...]
Like the rest of the sane world, I do not enjoy being under the weather. Not only do you feel miserable while sick, but even simple tasks seem to take far more mental energy to accomplish. The last four to six weeks has seemed far longer than it has actually been. It all started with [...]
I find it funny that with every year that I age, I worry a little less about my outward appearance. If you think about it, you will probably see that you are very much the same. I suppose the reason for this is that with each passing year, we become more set in our ways [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
