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Vintage Photos

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These are from a collection I acquired at recently

Vintage Photos

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Some vintage photos I scanned, I've also posted them to Pinterest, here:  Vintage Photos

Pasadena Rose Parade 1939 Vintage Photos

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I scanned some vintage photos of the Pasadena Rose Parade 1939, I posted them at Pinterest also, here's the link:  Rose Parade 1939

Sonic Adventure Review

Sonic Adventure review by Fausto Chavez After playing through this game, I've concluded there are really three games going on here: 1) the 3D action stages, 2) a puzzle game mostly between those stages, and 3) sub-games consisting of riding vehicles like airplanes, go-carts, etc. The action stages are terrific, while the sub-games seem lazily designed and largely forgettable (except the Snowboard) and the puzzle sections are more infuriating than fun and break up the action. Thank God for online walkthroughs, since it can take some time figuring the pointless tasks. These puzzles required to solve were a new element to the sonic system and in my opinion unnecessary and bring down the game. I don't think anyone is playing this game for the puzzles; just have to wade through them to be rewarded with an action stage, which are genuinely awesome. Thankfully, the game became more action oriented the it progressed. The action stages are well designed and still have the speed and aggr...

Recovering from Parkinsonism

Here is a two part story of how I overcame Parkinsonism. The first part is an overview that's been published at TogetherforSharon.com , the second part is more detailed published only here https://www.togetherforsharon.com/recovering-from-parkinsonism-a-parkinsonism-pemf-journey-by-fausto-chavez/ Recovering from Parkinsonism ; A Parkinsonism/PEMF Journey I have never been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but for many years I deeply studied this condition and what its sufferers go through. I became interested in Parkinson’s because overnight I developed symptoms similar to Parkinson’s.  I developed Parkinsonism through the use of recreational stimulant drugs in my early ‘20s–having used too much drugs, too soon. Stimulant drugs typically enhance dopamine activity, but their overuse can cause problems, such as in my case, where I blew out some dopamine production, which led to resting tremors, dyskinesia, fatigue, sleep and mood disturbances. When symptoms happen acutely ...

Phantasy Star - Master System, blog

Hello In this blog, I will relate my experience playing the Phantasy Star game, the original Master System Version. I have played Phantasy Star 2, 3, and IV, and have never played the first game, so I am quite excited about playing the first title. PS3, by the way, is not a true Phantasy Star game---it was not created by the Phantasy Star team--and did not resemble the other games in the series. Not a true sequal, it's fair to say that PS3 is a very poor game. OK, my first impressions with Phantasy Star ONE is that it resembled II and IV very much in music, the city layout,  the world outside the city, the battle scheme, and the text menu. Basically, this is the real thing;  PS II and IV were clearly built around this original model. I am impressed and happy with how similar it is to the aforementioned games (save for the first-person cave view in the caves). Phantasy Star ONE is also like part 2 in the way that you have to be very careful in the beginning ...