Heads up! Potentially dangerous solar storm to hit earth in a few hours…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13402759/Severe-solar-storm-watch-alert-NOAA.html
“A Month in the Country” by J.L. Carr. 135 pages.
A perfect book to read in one’s old age by a cosy fire.
The book claims itself to have been written 50+ years after the events in question…
It is the bejeweled summer of 1920. A young man in his mid-twenties shows up in a small village in the...
I think I know why. In the story, towards the end, there is a chapter titled “the jew”. In this chapter, the bad guy —a French representative of the revolution— throws just about every antisemitic stereotype at the Jew in question. It is pretty bad. However (spoiler alert!), it turns out...
Heads up. UFO whistleblower David Grusch to surface on May 21st at SALT Conference in NYC. See agenda, day #2 at 12:10.
Will his promised Op Ed be published before this event?
Why this event/venue? Stay tuned.
https://www.salt.org/event-agendas/2024-new-york
Decided to take a break by reading something a little lighter.
Just finished The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. 269 pages.
Of course, the story takes place during the French Revolution. It is the dashing tale of a British nobleman, whose true identity is a closely...
Takeaway quote: “This might be a second renaissance.”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/03/how-scholars-armed-with-cutting-edge-technology-are-unfurling-secrets-of-ancient-scrolls
^^^^ Great article. Thanks! I agree.
I’m just nostalgic about nostalgia. :)
Sometimes I just want to wallow in the fantasy of a romantic past where people looked sharp, chivalry existed, and the world was locked in a clear-cut struggle between good and evil, Nazis vs the good guys. (I...
Great headline. “Mysterious underwater anomaly resurfaces off Antarctica.”
A strange undersea marine creature? A ghost shipwreck? An Unidentified Submerged Object?
https://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-underwater-anomaly-resurfaces-off-antarctica-1895910
No. It was caused by a boring data...
Sacre blue!
Camembert is in existential danger because ( if I’m reading this correctly) the over-industrialization of the production process has virtually destroyed the natural bacterial diversity that the cheese needs to blossom.
The threats of nuclear war, climate change, and the upcoming...
Exactly! I almost said that I would even consider reading it again, but I know myself too well. I’m always looking for “ the next thing.” (Sort of like travel. Do you return to a favorite city or opt for undiscovered destinations?)
Well, I am retired now. I got into the habit of reading for a couple of hours after lunch, during the heat of the day. Then a quick dip in the pool followed by cocktails! :)
When I was contemplating reading this book, a friend said to me “There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who have read Anna Karenina, and those who have not. You definitely want to be in the former group.” Nonetheless, I hesitated. Was I really ready for 800+ pages about a fallen...
Great review of Ex-Wife. I especially liked hearing the confirmation that, no matter how the decades tic by, a lot of human behavior remains unchanged.
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