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The Falcone Report
Happy New Year to all of you fine folks who are kind enough to subscribe to this newsletter! 2024 was a wild ride and 2025 is shaping up to be even bigger! At this point the year 2025 seems so futuristic. I don’t know if it has landed exactly where I thought it would back when the year 2000 hit though. We all have tiny computers that carry the entire repository of human knowledge available at the touch of a button, but everyone has also gone back to collecting records, so some things are eternal I guess.
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Long term readers of this newsletter know that I lay out meticulous plans for the year only to have them dashed by the fickle fortunes of life, and I can confidently tell you that this year will be no different! I do have plans to start a Youtube channel. Fans have been asking me for a few years and it might be time to offer some neat, behind-the-scenes extras that delve into the world of writing and creative productivity. So stay tuned!
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Puppies by Maurizio De Gionvanni
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The Bastards of Pizzofalcone is one of my favourite Italian crime series (and not just for the name) but the English translations are quite a bit behind the Italian originals. While I probably could muddle through the originals with patience and a good dictionary, I tend to just exercise a bit of patience and wait for the English versions.
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In the series a rag-tag group of disgraced police officers have been forced to work together and are surprisingly effective at solving crimes. The Naples-based series is immensely popular in Italy, spawning a comic book series and television show.
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This month come and walk on down the yellow-brick road with Andrew and I as we look at the smash hit movie Wicked!
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from all of us at the RAID Studio. I hope that you are off to a great start. The Studio has a bunch of fun projects set up for 2025 and we can’t wait to share it all with you. Keep an eye open here https://raidpress.com/ for more info.
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Mix the above ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a little nutmeg. As with many drinks its origins are in terrible dispute, mostly attributed to some king and/or bartender named Alexander.
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It’s warm and hearty and cozy and for me was the perfect drink to ring in the new year on a chilly Dec 31st.
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