The World According to Cosmos
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I am a novelist, poet and retired U.S. diplomat having served 27 years in the Foreign Service. I have been writing poetry and short stories for decades, and have published my poetry and fiction in over 25 literary journals. My poetry can best be described as "neo-beatnik" as growing up in Berkeley I was been heavily influenced by the beatnik writers. I have completed four SF novels, -..
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https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OY Blog Updates
I just updated my blog The World According to Comos, Blog lovin. LinkedIn, Medium, Substack, Tumblr, Wattpad, and Writing.Com with fresh content
Rocking the Blues at age 68 can be found here
#blues #duke #ellington #greatest #music #piano
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Cosmos Reading List 1970- 2024 can be found here
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Cosmos K Drama List can be found here https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2OC
Roy’s Annual Oscar Write Up can be found here
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Making Basketball Great Again can b ..read more
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Cosmos Music List 2023
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Rocking the Blues at Age 68 piano
I am making great strides in re-learning how to play the Piano. I am playing better than I ever had in my life. In short,
I am finally rocking the blues! Not bad for a 68-year-old dude.
Recently I cruised through Blues Standards, and I am working through 100 Greatest Hits and then Duke Ellington Standards before moving back to Bach and then trying Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart Sonatas later in the year. When I am in the States, I am going to buy some more Blues and Jazz standards, perhap ..read more
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Cosmos K Drama List Themes
Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024
Our Blues K Drama Review
Favorite K Drama
Cosmos’s Fav k Drama
Cosmos’s Favorite K Drama
Since 2015, when I moved to Korea I have become a big fan of K Drama. They are perhaps the best in the world at romantic comedies. (“Crash Course in Romance” and “Crash Landing on You” a good examples). They also excel in movies about “Rich People Behaving Badly ”( Mine is the best one) and dark social commentary like “Parasite” (Oscar Best Picture), revenge dramas (Glory is the best example), and epi ..read more
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More Roy Dufrain Writing Roy Dufrain Updates guest post by Roy Dufraine Master Movies Seen 1970- 2024 The 2024 Oscars According to Roy Dufrain THE OSCARS AT OUR HOUSE.
For more than twenty years now, Mrs D and I have made it an annual quest to see all of the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars telecast. This year we saw 9.5 of the 10 movies nominated.
It started in 2000, when there were only five nominees (instead of up to 10 like now) and we usually had to see them in a theater, because they weren’t available to rent on VHS yet. (Yes, I said VHS).
And we ..read more
The World According to Cosmos
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night at the moviesMaster List Movies Seen movies master list
I have been keeping track of movies and TV shows I have watched since I started my journals, going back to the late 90’s. Here’s the list for the last few years. On average I am watching over 150 movies/shows etc per year. I have watched a lot of K drama over the last few years and can finally almost follow them without the use of subtitles!
Assuming I have seen about 150 movies or TV shows per year since I was 5 I would say that I have seen about 10,000 movies and TV shows.
Whenever I travel to the States, I binge ..read more
The World According to Cosmos
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 04: The NBA logo is pictured before the game between the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic at Little Caesars Arena on February 04, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)Making Basketball Great Again
Real World Basketball Series
Real Word Series
Make Baseball Great Again
Make Football Great Again
NBA Official
My thoughts on the dismal state of ..read more
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Make Football Great Again I wrote this letter to the NFL commissioner. They never responded. Letter to the NFL Commissioner:
Making Baseball Great!
NFL.com | Official Site of the National Football League
I am writing to you regarding the future of the NFL and American football in general. The game in which so many love is in danger. For most Americans, going to a game is an impossible dream as tickets are expensive. It used to be affordable, but not anymore. The game has been priced out of the middle class.
Many schools are dropping football as a game due to expense and safet ..read more
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Real Word Series Make Baseball Great Again
Making Baseball Great”
!making baseball great again’
MLB.com | The Official Site of Major League Baseball
My thoughts on the dismal state of Baseball and what can be done to bring it back. I sent this letter off to MLB, but they never responded. Their lost. Letter to MLB Commissioner
Baseball is in crisis. Its long-term viability as America’s pastime is in serious question as fewer people, especially younger viewers, are baseball fans. It is sad to say that more people watch soccer, and even cricket in the U.S. than watch baseball. T ..read more
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https://wp.me/p7NAzO-2MW Roy Dufrain Updates guest post by Roy Dufrain
Roy Dufrain is my college roommate from UOP. We lived at the Euclid House next to campus which became an alternative frat house of sorts. We had wild parties every Friday night for two and a half years – the best parties on campus. Boy, we had fun He taught me so much, became a “deadhead” because of him, and tried various things with him, and we occasionally performed demented music together at campus events. He was a Raymon College student, but unfortunately, because of money problems did not finish ..read more
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GOP Call for Elimination of Trans People
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The GOP war on the LGBTQ community continues unabated
Tasteful portrait of a pre-op transgender woman with long brown hair and no make-up.
The republican rhetoric suggests that if the win the election (president) they will take action against the LGBTQ community including bans on LGBTQ people from serving in the government or military, authorizing discrimination against the LGBTQ community if it violates someone’s religious views, enacting a nation-wide standard regarding pub ..read more