List of states I will not move to: California, Texas, Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Ohio. I reserve the right to add others at any time.
Long article but well worth reading, discussing where the US population will migrate to due to the effects of climate change. Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration
I just checked “The New Avengers” DVD price on Amazon: US $120 for 1976 season, used and near $300 for 1977 season. Crazy. I’ll have to pass. Fortunately I have all the original The Avengers episodes, that are extant on DVD, already.
Books are good. I like books. They are fortified with vowels, a good source of words, ideas, worlds and thoughts. And when you are done reading them you put them on a shelf and people think you are smarter than you really may be because you read books. But you just might be.
We’re in a perfect storm. Seems like everything is going wrong in the world at the same time. Too many things to count in the long parade of horribles. So it’s easier to find some good things. Er…
It rained today. We needed it.
Also it got cooler and I’m good with that too.
Microfibers: it’s not just our polyester fleece zipup that is shedding micro-fibers into the oceans and waterways, it’s our natural cotton blue jeans as well.
I can hear the squeak of the unoiled swingset in the park going on for hours. Swingsets are like hamster wheels for small humans.
History will record that the last great triumph of American civilization was the 50 cent greeting card at the dollar store. #romefellfromwithin
They are remaking the TV series, All Creatures Great and Small. Why? Why not just rerun the original? I can’t imagine ACGS without Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy. They played the characters so well.
It’s 92 F, humid and intensely sunny. There is a 10 mph breeze which helps but it is hot. And I’m reading the first “Charlie Chan” detective novel while guzzling iced tea.
My 2016 Subaru Forester is at the dealer fixing two recalls from before the Covid lockdown, so it’s taking some time to repair. No hardship, they gave me a 2020 Legacy as a free loaner. That Subaru Legacy is really a nice car and it was fun getting to try it out.
The thing I like about my Forester is it has lots of headroom. So many cars built today don’t have any headroom and you have to be an acrobat just to get in and out.
I think all political Party conventions should be subdued like this DNC one is. It focuses the reportage on the speeches and avoids the distractions of drama manufactured for the cameras, cheesy rah-rah stuff, protests happening outside and endless studio talking heads at a traditional convention. It’s not lke there are any surprises anymore at these things, the candidate isn’t going to reject their own nomination so we may as well just focus on the speeches and get it done with minimal padding.
One lesson from this whole Trump presidency and Covid 19 crisis: we need to figure out a way to make US States less dependent on the Federal Government. Far too much money, material and power has been concentrated in Federal hands. This may mean States have to raise taxes but so be it.
I don’t know if we can resurect the USPS in the 70 some remaining days before the US election. But I will vote. Even if I have to wear a Tyvek hazmat suit to the polls, I will vote, because Trump and the National Republican Death Cult must be stopped. Stopped cold.
The US Postal Service (USPS) is a “government corporation” that is supposed to be run like a business. That’s not worked out well. The USPS needs to go back to being a government agency, like the Defense Department and the US Park Service. Government is not a business.
Kamala Harris. Good, I’m glad it’s somebody younger, qualified but younger, because the 70 year olds have had their day and it’s time for somebody with some energy.
Okay, so maybe the pyramids of Egypt were not built built by aliens, but I know a couple of highway interchanges here in #Indiana that had to be designed and built by them.
Search for “water enhancer” on Amazon. I didn’t know they were a thing, but it’s a neat idea. Except it seems like everything is fruit flavors.
Do we understand that carrying firearms in a peaceful demonstration is not wise, nor is it normal?
Somebody told me Twitter is considering charging a fee for use and wanted to know if I would pay. I haven’t laughed so hard in months.
Pfft. To be an anti-vaxxer is so 1990’s. I want to know, is are you pro Alternating Current or anti Alternating Current? And what are the links between Alternating Current, Spontanious Human Combustion, Tele-Tubbies and the Kremlin?
It’s a shame when the Left gets things wrong. When you get it wrong, you undermine the legitimacy of a worthwhile cause.
I just finished reading a series of 20 (so far) cozy mystery novels that make up The Pitkirtly Mysteries by Cecilia Peartree. There are also a couple of short story collections in the same setting but I haven’t gotten around to reading them yet.
The Pitkirtly Mysteries are very character driven books. While the plots were interesting, it was the characters that kept me on my reading marathon through the series. The main protagonists are a quirky, eccentric, mainly introverted group who range from middle age to retirees. I wasn’t completely charmed by the characters with the first book “Crime in the Community,” but by the second book, “Reunited in Death” I started really liking them.
Things I liked about these cozies is that they work their charm without becoming sickeningly sweet:
Some of the above might sound like negatives, but the author blends all these together very deftly over the series. She avoids what I consider the pitfall of many modern cozies by not getting too cute, too sweet or overdoing the romance.
The characters, make this mystery series. As I started each novel I felt like I was hanging out with old friends. And yet the mysteries kept me engaged. I give them a solid 4 out of 5 stars because I enjoyed them so much.
I bought these on Kobo at US .99 cents per book (with some freebies), so for less than US $20 you can immerse yourself in this cozy world without breaking the budget. It also shows that it’s worth browsing through the self published ebooks wherever you buy. There are some real gems out there.
Besides Kobo, the Pitkirtly novels are also available on Amazon US, Amazon UK, Smashwords and others you can find some quick links on “Cecilia Peartree’s” blog (look at the blogroll for links.)
Just looking through Twitter, there is a whole lot of totalitarian thinking going on there and it isn’t all just from the extreme Right either.
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, we may have to tweek the Green New Deal (GND). Let’s Make Sure We Get the Green New Deal Right