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J. J.'s Marina
Edward L. McClendon

eBookstand, 2002

J.J.'s Marina is a docking of the Love Boat at Gilligan's Island, which is run by The Honeymooners. It's somewhat like M*A*S*H. on a boat. The episodes are heavily drawn from actual boating and fishing episodes experienced or heard about by the writer, covering many years of boating. The book's focus is on realistic story lines, written for sophisticated viewers in a humorous context. The setting is the beautiful Delta area, which is bounded ...

The (Science Based) Human Value System
Edward L. McClendon

eBookstand, 2002

Since my early teens I've been a Humanist. This followed a few years of attendance at a Quaker Sunday School, where I grew to respect the general Christian values supporting recommended behavior. I became convinced that a faith-based philosophy was simply inadequate, let alone an error in logic. I had early-on found an interest in, and a comfortability with, science, and had made a decision to explore the subject matter fully, in high school and ...

The Sharing of Some Very Private Thoughts
Edward L. McClendon

eBookstand, 2002

The writings in this small book go back several years. I've always found a deep satisfaction in writing, especially in the working-out of my feelings about significant life experiences, and about my still evolving personal philosophy. I've added commentary on each writing, to help the reader better understand what I was trying to say, and why I was saying it. The writings cover a number of thoughts about the human value system (on which I have ...