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Bob Ossler

Bob Ossler

What I think 🤔, what I hear 👂, what I see 👀

Here you will find a fairly random selection of posts covering baseball, hockey, music, photography, and things on my mind. Every once in a while I will throw in reviews of software, PS4/PS5 games, music releases, and concerts. My posts are random and when I am motivated. 😆

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Sci-Fi Reading

Book Sci-Fi Russian Brothers
I am reading a Sci-Fi novel from a pair of Russian authors that was recommended to me. The book is Hard to be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The previous two quotes I posted, were found near the Prologue of the book and are directly tied to the theme of the book.

Restrained authority

Quotes Authority Restraint Rules of Engagement

Now one thing I have to tell you. In this
particular show you have to be armed to
enforce your authority. But you’re not to
use your weapon under any circumstances.
Under any circumstances. Is that quite clear?
– Ernest Hemmingway

Sorrow

Quotes Sorrow Desperation

The sorrow that tortured me,
the shame that overwhelmed me,
the desperation that wracked my mind,
all these I could feel, but even now
I can find no words to express them.
– Pierre Abelard

Chaos

Quotes Chaos Life

Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.
– Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Demon in My View

Create music

Quotes Music Mood Creating

To me, that’s what music is:
Creating a mood, and taking the listener
to the place that you’re going.
– Paul Rodgers