Ru's Room

The Spy Who Played Them All

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:01:06 GMT

Back in 2017 America was all abuzz about the infamous Steele dossier. We now know that the whole dossier was part of a Hillary Clinton dirty tricks program. Even the author, Christopher Steele admitted to its falsehood in a trial in England. However, there was a crime committed and documented in the dossier. In effect, the dossier about Trump actually had nothing to do with Trump. It was there in black and white in an article in the April 2017 Vanity Fair. And that's what this podcast is about.

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My Beau Geste Connection

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:51:29 GMT

My Grandfather may have been the inspiration for a character in the novel Beau Geste. He was a WWI veteran who suffered from PTSD and it cost him his life. But the actions that won him a chest full of medals including the Distinguished Service Cross are the stuff of legends.

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Baseball

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 04:01:30 GMT

From A River Runs Through It to Field Of Dreams, I have been blessed to have experienced several perfect moments that revolved around Baseball. The first was in Yankee Stadium with the Yankees playing the Washington Senators; the second was at Shea Stadium with the Mets vs. the Reds; and lastly in Chicago with the Cubs against Pittsburg. This podcast covers 50 years of baseball memories and good times and good friends.

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9/11 From Ground Level

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:59:49 GMT

People have forgotten. But I haven't. Governments have turned this attack into a reason for their own agendas. But then the attack was an act of someone with an agenda of their own. I was there when it happened. I was on the ground watching as people responded to the attack in their own special ways. I had to put this into words lest we forget.

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Bird Watching With George Hamilton

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 04:28:59 GMT

It's 1967 and a chance encounter with the world famous Flamenco dancer, José Greco, sets me on a Hemingway-esque like adventure to Spain. I met bull fighters, rock stars, and hobnobbed with the rich and famous on the Costa del Sol. Not bad for an 18-year old kid from Connecticut.

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On Control Of Fleas

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:20:20 GMT

I have been fighting fleas on my boat since 2009. Over the years, I have found a non-toxic formula that helps me get control of the situation during the hot summer months.

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Playing With Hemingway's Cats

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 04:21:11 GMT

My Ernest Hemingway and James A. Mitchner connection. The story behind the publishing of THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. While bicycling across the country, I took a breather and traveled to Key West, Florida for the Hemingway Days Festival. Cajoled into the storytelling contest, I won. Oh, yes... and Hemingway's cats.

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What If Dawkins Was Right?

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:14:35 GMT

Dawkins once postulated that it would take an infinite universe with an infinite number of galaxies with an infinite number of suns with an infinite number of planets for the probability of life to reduce to 1. What if he were right?

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Why I Love the Brits

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:57:41 GMT

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Midnight, Memphis and Paris

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:28:57 GMT

As a teenager, I spent a glorious summer in Paris tripping down the streets and alleys finding a wonderful club where Memphis Slim was in residence.

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Ru's Room Trailer

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:51:16 GMT

Once upon a time, I was known as The Ru or Ruie. In fact, I was so well known by that name that the first license plate I had on my 1953 MGTD was RUIE. I picked up that name in prep-school so I decided to use is for my personal podcast in which I will regale you with my life as it should have been. Actually," my life as it should have been" was pretty much as it was. I had me some adventures and some good times. But all of that will fade into nothing unless, I put it somewhere for people to witness. It's sad to say, but as we grow older, the witnesses to our lives drop by the wayside, until, one day, there is no one left who knows what really happened. Well, these podcasts are as i remembered my life.... and who's to say... it might all be true.

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