Monday, October 19, 2026

Work in progress:


My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.


Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.



Themes:


Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.


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The Breaker is an on-going series.


I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!



Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in movie history - Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006):


Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film

a documentary directed by Tom Thurman,
written by Tom Marksbury,
was released at the Hollywood Film Festival in the United States on October 19, 2006.
Music by Otto Helmuth and Frank Schaap.
Narrated by Nick Nolte.


Cast:

Ed Bradley, Bob Braudis, Douglas Brinkley, William F. Buckley, Gary Busey, John Cusack, Benicio Del Toro, Johnny Depp, F.X. Feeney, Gary Hart, Art Linson, Leonard Maltin, George McGovern, Bill Murray, Laila Nabulsi, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Harry Dean Stanton, Ralph Steadman, Anita Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Juan Thompson, Nick Tosches, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe.

On this day in movie history - Clerks (1994):


Clerks

directed and written by Kevin Smith,
was released in the United States on October 19, 1994.

“You know, there’s a million fine-looking women in the world, dude, but they don’t all bring you lasagna at work.
Most of ‘em just cheat on you.”
– Kevin Smith, as Silent Bob, speaking his only dialogue in the movie.


Cast:

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier, Scott Schiaffo, Al Berkowitz, Walt Flanagan, Ed Hapstak, Pattijean Csik, Ken Clark, Ernest O'Donnell, Kimberly Loughran, Gary Stern, John Henry Westhead, Betsy Broussard, Grace Smith, Frances Cresci, Donna Jeanne, Virginia Smith, Leslie Hope, Connie O'Connor.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Disaster.
Released October 19, 1991.
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.
Written by Ronald D. Moore, Ron Jarvis, Philip A. Scorza, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Michelle Forbes, Erika Flores, John Christian Graas, Max Supera, Cameron Arnett, Jana Marie Hupp, K.C. Amos, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Michael Echols, Grace Harrell, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Alex Landi, Mark Lentry, Christina Wegler Miles, Ivonne Perez Montijo, Denise Lynne Roberts, Nanci Rogers.

On this day in movie history - The Outfit (1973):


The Outfit

directed and written by John Flynn,
based on the novel by Richard Stark,
was released in the United States on October 19, 1973.
Music by Jerry Fielding.


Cast:

Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Felice Orlandi, Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Henry Jones, Joanna Cassidy, Tom Reese, Elisha Cook Jr., Bill McKinney, Anita O'Day, Archie Moore, Tony Young, Roland La Starza, Edward Ness, Roy Roberts, Toby Andersen, Emile Meyer, Roy Jenson, Philip Kenneally, Bern Hoffman, John Steadman, Paul Genge, Francis De Sales, James Bacon, Army Archerd, Tony Trabert, Lee de Broux, Raven Grey Eagle, Bob Harks, Charles Knapp, Mike Ragan, Jeannine Riley, George Savalas, Jeffrey Sayre, Arthur Tovey, Ralph Volkie.

On this day in movie history - Charley Varrick (1973):


Charley Varrick

directed by Don Siegel,
written by Dean Riesner and Howard A. Rodman,
based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese,
was released in the United States on October 19, 1973.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.


Cast:

Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott, Marjorie Bennett, Rudy Diaz, Colby Chester, Charlie Briggs, Priscilla Garcia, Scott Hale, Charles Matthau, Hope Summers, Monica Lewis, James Nolan, Tom Tully, Albert Popwell, Kathleen O'Malley, Christina Hart, Craig R. Baxley, Al Dunlap, Virginia Wing, Don Siegel, John Vernon, Robert D. Carver, Joe Conforte, Art Cribbs, Carol Daniels, Thom Dunbar, Richard R. Hogan, Fred Little, Holly Nutter, Fred Scheiwiller, Bob Steele, Carlos Velasquez, Walt Wallace.

On this day in music history:

Wednesday Morning, 3 AM by Simon & Garfunkel (1964)
Time by Fleetwood Mac (1995)
The Vivaldi Album by Cecilia Bartoli (1999)
All One World by Anne Trenning (2004)
Moon and Shadows by Barbara Hills (2014)
Where Night Never Comes by Olivia Belli (2018)


Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
Album by Simon & Garfunkel,
released October 19, 1964.
Credits: You Can Tell the World; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Bleecker Street; Sparrow; Benedictus; The Sound of Silence; He Was My Brother; Peggy-O; Go Tell It on the Mountain; The Sun Is Burning; The Times They Are A-Changin’; Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.; Bleecker Street; He Was My Brother; The Sun Is Burning.


Time
Album by Fleetwood Mac,
released October 19, 1995.
Track list: Talkin’ To My Heart; Hollywood (Some Other Kind Of Town); Blow By Blow; Winds Of Change; I Do; Nothing Without You; Dreamin’ The Dream; Sooner Or Later; I Wonder Why; Nights In Estoril; I Got It In For You; All Over Again; These Strange Times.


The Vivaldi Album
Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released October 19, 1999.
Track list: Dell Aura Al Sussurrar; Dopo un’orrida procella; Di due rai languire costante; Qual Favellar...Andero Volero Gridero; Zeffiretti, che sussurrate; Alma Opressa; Dite Ohime; Sventurata Navicella; Sorte Che M’Invitasti: Ho Nel Petto Un Cor Si Forte; Fra Le Follie.../Siam Navi; Gelido In Ogni Vena; Anch’il mar par che sommerga; Di Trombe Guerriere.


All One World
Album by Anne Trenning,
released October 19, 2004.
Track list: All One World; Ben’s Song; That The Night Come; Walking Through My Tears; Clarecastle; The Road to Dunlavin; Dusk Until Dawn; Maggie Rose; How Fair My Love; Give Me Your Hand (Irish traditional arr.); La Valse Des Jeune Filles (French traditional); Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming.


Moon and Shadows
Album by Barbara Hills,
released October 19, 2014.
Track list: Desert: Midnight Ride; High Pines; Hidden Depths; Landfill Tango; Galaxies; Moon on the Moat; Deer at the Brook; Winter River; Woods After Rain; Pebbles; Field of Clouds; Indigo; Walk to the Fallow Meadow; Caverns; Kingdom of the Swan; Suburban Dawn; In the Shadows of Roasting Spring; Dark and Sleepy Forest; Snowflakes; Sea: Sunrise; Northern Lights; Leaving Orbit; Return of the Butterflies; Rain on the Road.


Where Night Never Comes
Album by Olivia Belli,
released October 19, 2018.
Track list: Your Morning’s Sweet; Sea Scales; Quiet White Sky; Spiderwebs of Clouds; The Secret Vein; February Never Dies; Butterflies Danced; Invisible Pain; Inside the Perfect Circle; The Usual Road; Old Roots; In Dry, Glassy Air; Salt Sea Wind; Happy Sand; Along a Wall; Wheeling Stars.