R.A. McCandless's Blog, page 45

In the Category of Ouch

Two please!The only thing worse than a brain-splitting, eye-blinding, world-killing migraine is . . . ummm . . . I’m not sure.
I’ll bet you can fill in that blank.  I’d possibly have to go with stomach surgery as my own relative worse.

But a shout out to my good friends Naratriptan and Norco!

Mindless Menace of Violence in America

Listen to the whole speech.  It's only ten minutes of your life.

Extra Chili-Cheese

This man needs some chili-cheese!The nice thing about being on steroids is that I can finally eat again.  Not back to 100% with eating whatever I want whenever I want, but at least I can eat solid food.  I have nothing against soup and Ensure specifically, but after a while I want chili-cheese fries and a chili-cheese hotdog and a chili-cheese burger with a side of chili-cheese!

#DaylightStupidTime is STUPID!

My bedside clock read: AFTER 6:20 YOU’RE LATE!
“Oh my god!&nbs...

Voter Beware

If I can change, and you can change
Is that change we can believe in?If you’re reading this, you probably know my stance on a lot of things.  Unless you’re just here for the girls and guns bit, which might have skewed your view of me.  Twenty-odd years ago, I was pretty centrist politically.  A few of my opinions, mostly fiscal, would have leaned to the right.  As a child of the Reagan Era, I was aware of vast government spending on the military, but not really understandin...

Inspiring Woman? Yes, Please!

Hope you enjoyed it!

Virtuous Pagans

Roaring not required.In honor of International Women’s Day, here’s a sneak peak of the next book in the Flames of Perdition series:
Del kicked the metal door hard.  It shattered the frame, tore free of the hinges, and careened into the floor.  Sparks struck as it skidded across the broken tile and drove itself into a concrete column.  A large chunk of masonry broke free and fell on top the door.
“Breech,” Del yelled, and started through the doorway.  “Go, go, go!”
As point, s...

Facebook and Politics

But not against the willfully blind, grasshopper!I have to share a little story with you.  Today, out of the blue, someone questioned a Trump quote that I posted up.  Now, you know me, so I was about 99.44% certain the quote I’d posted was real.  Still, there’s a margin for error and called into question, I’m willing to go the distance.  I did the research, a simple enough matter with my Google-fu, and found the quote in a video on CNN.
Easy-peasey.
But before I could post u...

Individual vs. Group Fighting

I'm pretty much the best general I know . . . Napoleon once gave some simple statistics* on tactics and order of troops:
Two Mamelukes can defeat three Frenchmen100 Mamelukes are a match for 100 Frenchmen300 Mamelukes would be overcome by 300 Frenchmen1500 Mamelukes would be easily defeated by 1000 Frenchmen
What old Bonaparte is talking about is a matter of individual skill versus group training.  “Mamelukes” or Mumluks, were a warrior caste in Medieval Egypt and great individual fig...

The Dabbler Interview

Del is back!It’s always great to have a warm welcome from an interviewer. Enjoy!
Today’s author is working on a fascinating series about a pair of Nephilim–the children of angels and humans–that I am quite excited to sink my teeth into(if I ever finish the million other books on my To Be Read list). The second novel in The Flames of Perdition, Hell Becomes Her has just been released.
Please give RobRoy a warm welcome.
1. Can you tell us a bit about your books?Most of the background on the Flames...