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    The Near-Death Railway of Burma (Revisited)

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    This is a post from the archives of my former travel blog, UnrealTravels.com.  It was published in a variety of places, including the PilotGuides website (which I did some community/forum development work for several years/decades ago).  A recent article on Jalopnik about the joyless experience of American Amtrak service lead me to re-publish it. NOTE:…

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    For The Love of Marketing Prose

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    I believe in the power of the written word to inspire an audience and to lead them on a visceral journey of self-discovery. I am writer, but I still make mistakes, leave drafts riddled with typos, drop letters from words, invent new words, and militaristically support the oxford comma. But I always try to get…

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    Film Recommendations for Movie Lovers (Part I)

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    Updated: January 23, 2017 Fun and Quirky Films You’ve Never Heard Of I’ve spent the better part of my life watching movies. My first job was at a small town video rental store. I was paid $5.35 an hour, but I got unlimited movie rentals. Nearly every night I would grab whatever was left on…

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    Films: To Watch List (2017) – Part I

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    How many times have I spent hours looking through the never ending list of movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime trying to remember what movies where on my “to watch” list? I rarely like to re-watch movies, which is what always seems to come up. Perhaps that’s a product of me watching every movie that…

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