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Book #68: The Abductors: Conspiracy by Jonathan Frakes

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  The Abductors: Conspiracy Jonathan Frakes (with Dean Wesley Smith)   Released: January 1st, 1996 My 11th book for 2025 was Jonathan Frakes’ “The Abductors: Conspiracy”.  It was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith. Growing up, my dad was a big Star Trek fan.  As a young child, my dad would often point to the screen on a weeknight or weekend and go "Look Bryan!  It's Mr. Spock!".  I never really cared much for the franchise growing up. Later on, in college, my roommate Ed Lawrence was a huge Trekkie, and got me into it.  I found a deal that got me all 3 seasons of Star Trek: The Original Series on Blu Ray for $60.  I jumped at the deal and was hooked.  [Blogger’s Note: Getting old means getting my history mixed up.  I got all 3 seasons on DVD for Christmas that year, and later upgraded to Blu-Ray a couple years later with the deal.] After watching the entire series, I got into Star Trek: The Next Generation.  I never really cared for ...

Book #67: “Elevate and Dominate” by Deion Sanders

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  Elevate and Dominate Deion Sanders   Released: March 12th, 2024 My 10th book for 2025 was Deion Sanders' “Elevate and Dominate”. I feel behind on my reading goal.  I set out to read 63 books this year.  So far, I'm only 10 in.  I keep reminding myself that at this point last year, I was still on my first book of the year and still hit 27 books.  Slowly getting there. I was a little surprised by this book.  I expected an autobiographical piece, yet it's actually a full-on leadership book.  Lots of great lessons for not only life, but work and home life as well. Primetime himself.  Deion Sanders.  You will never find another athlete who not only can talk the talk, but back up that smack talk time and time again. Growing up, I was a Washington Redskins fan.  So I knew of Deion from his time with the Dallas Cowboys.  I hated watching them dominate us year-in, and year-out.  We won a few games, and even in the year 2000, we r...