by dave petraglia | Dec 12, 2018 | ARTS & LEISURE, TELEVISION | 
(First published in Points in Case – December 12, 2018) Hi, welcome back. So glad you could join me. Today we’ll be working on the manual for a happy little shoulder-held surface-to-air missile, the Raytheon FIM-92 “Stinger.” Here I’ve got a prepared canvas,...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by dave petraglia | Apr 23, 2018 | ARTS & LEISURE, TELEVISION | 
(First published in Points in Case – April 23, 2018) Game of Calzones In Dragonstone, Dany’s fire-breathing house pets have powered the castle’s pizza ovens since the stars were new in the Valyrian sky. Recently, a chef abducted from Winterfell introduced an...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by dave petraglia | Apr 11, 2015 | ARTS & LEISURE, EVOLUTION, MUSIC | 
(First published by Arcadia Literary Magazine – April 14, 2015) Paul Simon, the singer/songwriter, recently shared his views on Genetically Modified Organisms. An artist who revels in contrasts, in mixing metaphors and far-flung imagery, both in his art and...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by dave petraglia | Jun 7, 2014 | ARTS & LEISURE, CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY | 
(Originally published in theNewerYork, May 6, 2014) The Da Vinci Code.  Hit book and movie series.  But there’s also a little-known repository of the master’s documents that have eluded public scrutiny.  Until now.  And it took the recent discovery of an...