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Current books:
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Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python by Maria Litvin and Gary Litvin
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Statistics In Plain English by Timothy C. Urdan
Recent books:
- Practical Machine Learning in R by Fred Nwanganga, Mike Chapple
- Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse by Chester Ismay and Albert Y. Kim
- The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
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Author Archives: Robert S. Robbins
Brooklyn Urban Exploring
Yesterday I made my first extensive trip to Brooklyn. I have thoroughly explored Manhattan and my recent trips to New York City have gotten very repetitive. Fortunately Brooklyn is like a whole other side of New York City for me … Continue reading
Number One Is The Only Natural Number
I’ve just finished reading Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung and the final chapter concerns how mathematics does not represent reality. After thinking about it, I realized that numbers are purely conceptual. The number two is purely conceptual as … Continue reading
Black Forest Trail
Yesterday I hiked a portion of the Black Forest Trail, one of the hiking trails along Pine Creek on the western edge of Lycoming County. Other hiking trails in that area are the Golden Eagle Trail and the Bob Webber … Continue reading
New Hope and Ivyland Railroad Sunday Brunch
For my final day in New Hope the major goal was to ride the excursion train. I had a reservation for Sunday Brunch on the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad train for 10:30 a.m. However I checked out of my … Continue reading
Bucks County Playhouse Trip
Over the weekend I made a rare overnight trip to a small town in Pennsylvania. I spent the entire weekend in New Hope PA. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t stay somewhere overnight when I can just drive home, but New Hope is … Continue reading
Bucks County Trip
Yesterday I made a trip to Doylestown and New Hope in Bucks County. This was sort of a preliminary trip for an overnight trip I have planned for August 6 to August 7. I had nothing better to do this … Continue reading
Angel Falls Hike
Today I went hiking on the Loyalsock Trail in Sullivan County on a quest to find the Angel Falls. This was a very arduous journey. Just finding the trail was pretty difficult. First you go North on Route 87. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Falls, Brunnerdale Road, Gipson Falls, Loyalsock Trail, Ogdonia Road, Sullivan County
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Tioga County Trip
I’ve been driving north to Tioga County so often that I’m no longer blogging about it. Usually I do the same thing on every trip. I go to Colton Point State Park and do some brief hiking to the lookouts … Continue reading
Trip To NYC To See The Crucible
I saw another Broadway play yesterday, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I’ve been seeing a lot of Off Broadway plays but for this trip I wanted to see something on Broadway, no matter what the cost. I didn’t particularly want … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Travel
Tagged Last Rites Gallery, Sombreo Mexican Restaurant, The Crucible, Union Square, Walter Kerr Theatre
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The Crucible: Dark Play Of The Occult
Yesterday I saw The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. I was really shocked by what I saw for apparently Broadway has turned to the dark arts in its quest for box office success. I’ve never thought of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Writing
Tagged Broadway, occult, The Crucible, Walter Kerr Theatre
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How To Legitimately Piss And Moan About The Theater
I like to read articles on the Howl Round web site for its lively discussion of the theater and playwriting. I’ve noticed there are a lot of articles about gender politics and other social justice warrior concerns. I’m not going … Continue reading
Posted in Theater, Writing
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Daphne’s Dive NYC Theater Trip
On Saturday I made yet another trip to New York City as part of my extensive exploration of the New York City theater community. However, the play I selected to see was partly based on the ticket price, a bargain … Continue reading
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Talent Discovery
I just finished reading the book Respect For Acting by Uta Hagen and watched a documentary on actress Charlotte Rampling, The Look. The book and the documentary remind me that actors can be serious artists and not just attention whores … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Writing
Tagged Charlotte Rampling, Respect For Acting, Robert Edmond Jones, theater, Uta Hagen
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Belles, A Theater Review
Last night I saw the play Belles by Mark Dunn at the Community Theatre League. Mark Dunn is the Playwright-in-Residence at the Community Theatre League. This is a bit of a mystery to me since he does not appear to … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Writing
Tagged Belles, Community Theatre League, Mark Dunn
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I’m A Travel Photographer With A Photo Credit
I take hundreds of photos on my trips and upload them to Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/youtuber/. Currently I have 34,915 photos on Flickr. I often go to the trouble of giving my photos titles and tags. This has finally paid off … Continue reading
Posted in books, General, Travel
Tagged New York City, Photography, travel photography
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night – A Laugh Riot
Yesterday I went to New York City to see my favorite play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” by Eugene O’Neill. This was my first bus trip to New York City with my new camera, a SONY CyberShot DSC-RX100, which takes … Continue reading
Saying Goodbye To Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 reached its end of life today and will no longer be supported. So today at work I migrated my databases to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and uninstalled Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I figured I might as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Databases, General, Programming
Tagged Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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Fonthill Castle Bus Trip
Yesterday I went on a bus trip to Bucks County with Sherry Ault Tours. We visited Fonthill Castle, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and Peddler’s Village. I’ve read about Fonthill Castle in my Philadelphia travel guides which cover the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucks County, Fonthill Castle, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Peddler's Village
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