Bloggin' On: Autumn 'House Cleaning' at A Certain Point of View

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Hello again and welcome to A Certain Point of View. It's a nice Wednesday afternoon here in my corner of Florida; currently, it's 79℉ (26℃) under sunny skies. We may see the temperatures rise a couple of degrees (81℉/27℃) by late afternoon, but it's definitely not a bad day to go out and get a bit of sun and fresh air.

I had hoped to have that long-promised review of Strategic Command WWII: World at War at least half-way done by now, but I haven't played the game in a couple of days and I don't believe I could give you a decent review based on my experiences to date. So if anyone out there is eagerly waiting for my opinion about Strategic Command WWII: World at War (or WAW), please be patient. I'll write a review as soon as possible.

I also don't have anything to offer on the political commentary side of the blog. I used to find inspiration for my political "stuff" at Quora, but I stopped writing there last week and now coming up with new material is...challenging. I need to remember how I used to write my opinions column back when I was in college.

Oh, yeah. I plan to do some "housecleaning" and either rewrite or delete posts on my blog that I feel are not well-written or no longer relevant. This might take some time, and if I decide to delete some stuff, the tally of posts will be adjusted accordingly.

The Battle of France drags on into 1941, at least in this session of Strategic Command WWII: World at War.  © 2018 Fury Software and Slitherine Ltd.  (This is an actual screenshot and not a promotional image.) 


Anyway, that's all I have for today. Maybe I'll play a couple of turns of WAW later to get some more experience with it and, of course, for the sheer fun of it.

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