$2.3T spent in Afghanistan ends with Taliban back in charge. They also have a lot of new equipment.

 

If 2 years ago they had said, "In the region yesterday there was 9 cases of the flu, would you have cared?"

Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) - Ken Follett

 

I love history and reading these books by Follett is like reading a history book but better. The characters are woven into the actual events bypassing the cold hard facts of history and making them come alive. Through the eyes of the  characters we see the events as if they are happening now. Well written and hard to put down.

 

As I read about the Covid passport, I'm wondering if it a good time to buy stock in barbed wire companies. 

 

Some people should not be sitting down when they read puns otherwise ....

 

I don't know why people get sleeve tattoos, they look like a big blur to me. What a waste of pain.

 Sitting on the patio, I feel like Michael Corleone in his last scene. 

 At this point in time, the Green Party seems to be more in the red.

What Seems True by James Garrison

 

When I started this book, I thought it would be a modern western. It had a murder, a Texas Ranger

but it soon morphed into a union problem at a Texas refinery. Soon, the murder and the Ranger 

fell into the background and the story became an arbitration hearing with union employees. 

The story had a good lead in and the descriptions were good but the author had trouble finding 

names for his characters, falling back on celebrities' like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and others.

The arbitration went in circles, no one was charged with the murder, a black man by the name of

Billy Graham, by the way. Being a black man might have had something to do with it.

The Oil Drum

Who invented the oil drum?

She became one of the most famous journalists of her day as a reporter for the New York World. Widely known as the remarkable Nellie Bly, Elizabeth J. Cochran Seaman, investigated conditions at an infamous mental institution, made a trip around the world in less than 80 days – and manufactured the first practical 55-gallon oil drum.

My Sketchers

Both of my Sketchers have a hole in them. Not in the bottom where you would expect but in the top where the big toe touches. 

The Latest NEWS

 

What news? We are being bombarded with agenda-bases journalism.

AM Radio

Sometimes I turn on my old AM Radio just to hear the hum. It's a 1951 Crosley and still works. No AM stations in the area but in the middle of the night I can hear something. 

Some of One

This morning I asked my wife if she bought bread yesterday and she said "some". I asked her how many was that and she said "one|". So my question is, can one be some? 

I've thought about it and found where this is true. You can say, " I bought one car and it is some car". 

Voting

Voting is our way of deciding who will fleece us rather than have it done randomly or by family inheritance.

Hamer's Quest - Jack Walker

Hamer's Quest is a book of fiction, a total fabrication bordering on the absurd. I wanted a western, something different from my usual reads but was disappointed by my choice. The pages are filled with name dropping of famous people, products and books, all to fill in pages. In a western one expects the usual fare of gunplay but this has been replaced by explanations of faith from old time religion, running on for pages and pages. Silly conversations make up another large part of the book. I am giving it three stars because it might be suitable as a screenplay.

You would think that with 36 million people we would find at least one intelligent person to vote for in the next election.

 

West to Bravo: A Western Novel - Eric H. Heisner

 

I was looking for a change from my usual reading
but found this was not my style of writing. It would
make a decent movie.

Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy #3) - Michael Connelly

 

A crime story that has us believing that and old reporter is a seasoned member
of the information highway. The book has great flow and holds us from beginning
to end. It leaves us with the belief that there are more stories to come.