Author Archives: Austin Gisriel

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About Austin Gisriel

You know the guy that records a baseball game from the West Coast in July and doesn't watch it until January just to see baseball in the winter? That's me. I'm a writer always in search of a good story, baseball or otherwise.

Play by Play the Old-Fashioned Way

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

I love my high-definition television, especially when it comes to watching baseball games. I like replay and all the different camera angles and I like seeing it all from the comfort of my couch. Despite the visual splendor that modern … Continue reading →

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In the Mood for a Heart Update

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

I am happy to say that I have a surgery date to fix my leaky heart valve. That will occur on March 13th and I am excited at the prospects of having my energy restored. I met the surgeon, Dr. … Continue reading →

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Hearts and Hours

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

The last night I spent in a hospital was early March of 1957. I checked out of my mother and into the hospital on March 1st of that year and I’ve never been back since. That streak is about to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Nail Your Laptop Battery In Place

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

I recently bought a replacement battery for my laptop and I happened to glance through a small foldout entitled, User Manual. There, I came across some admonitions that I did not think needed to be put in writing, chief among … Continue reading →

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Repost This Or Else

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

Keeping in touch with friends through Facebook is one of life’s little pleasures. Among life’s great irritants are the Facebook posts that demand I repost something as my status or else I am not a true friend; or I am … Continue reading →

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Musical Harassment

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

I read in the paper recently that the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has come under heavy criticism for what some consider its promotion of sexual harassment. An Internet search reveals that the debate over this song, written in 1944 … Continue reading →

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Creating People

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Austin Gisriel

I create people. As an author, I create characters, endow them with a past, present, and future, put them in predicaments and then extricate them. I can make them tall, short, handsome, ugly, and I can make them make you … Continue reading →

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December 18, 1941

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Austin Gisriel

Thursday, December 18, 1941 Christmas is one week from today. The excitement of children grows and the scurrying of adults increases. Imagine this date in 1941, however. Christmas is still one week from today, but Pearl Harbor occurred only 11 … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Christmas Gift

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Austin Gisriel

Giving someone a new idea or perspective is a perfect gift. So is the gift of laughter or even a good cry. When you give someone a book, you give someone any and all of those thoughts and emotions. Most … Continue reading →

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Pearl Harbor Remembered

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Austin Gisriel

It’s an early December Sunday, the first Sunday of the month, in fact. “Chattanooga Choo Choo” is the number one song on Billboard’s National Best Selling Retail Records chart, despite the fact that it is the “B” side to “I … Continue reading →

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