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Chris Estes

About Chris Estes

Chris Estes pretending to write novels and study the neat things in Shenandoah Valley, but mostly sits around and complains.

SF isn’t “always” progressive

July 19, 2017 By Chris Estes

Ripley kicking ass

Recently a well-written Washington Post article about the new Doctor was headlined “Of course ‘Doctor Who’s’ new star is a woman. Sci-fi has always been about progress.” First, I want to say it’s usually an editor, not the writer who comes up with the headline. And my problem isn’t really with the article. It’s with […]

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12 hours

June 21, 2017 By Chris Estes

Morning News

Against all odds I have arisen from a perfectly good bed earlier than usual and begun putting words to that ever-more-virtual paper as the world changed and yet remained the same. In the Georgia 6th, the person who was most likely to win did win despite millions of dollars and lots of hype. In the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: politics, progressive

30 years of sobriety, not very well explained

October 6, 2014 By Chris Estes

Before you go any further it should be noted this is very personal and very, very TMI and way too over-sharing.  If bared personal truths make you feel uncomfortable, it’s best you leave now.  That’s not a dare.  I’m terrified of what you might read next.  It’s OK if you don’t read it.  It’s OK […]

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Day 18 – Nature’s Answer to Our “Plans”

September 26, 2013 By Chris Estes

Pikes Peak

Today was to be the penultimate day of our journey.  It was to put the icing on our cake, the cherry on our sundae, the nail in our coffin??????  After all, we had dodged disaster for two-and-a-half weeks, so even a good outcome sometimes came with risks. Chris has wanted to drive Pikes Peak practically […]

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A Life in Mugs

June 6, 2013 By Chris Estes

All my mugs

I am neither a collector or a keeper of things. I came into this world an Army brat who was used to losing most of what he had every few years, and then I became a soldier myself. Even after the Army I moved often. The only thing that seems to follow me are bad habits and […]

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