Monthly Archives: August 2024
The Silkworm
The Silkworm is book 2 in the Cormoran Strike series by J. K. Rowling (writing under the pen name, Robert Galbraith). Written in 2014 (456 pages in Kindle), in this book we find private detective Cormoran Strike doing a tiny … Continue reading
Kennedy dropped out
J.F.K. Jr dropped out of the presidential race two days ago and endorsed Trump. Well. Sort of. What he did, exactly, was drop out of 10 battleground states where he thought his campaign would hurt Trump. He’s continuing to run … Continue reading
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Swim IX
Completed the 5 mile swim challenge today. Mercifully, this will be the last blog entry about me swimming for a while. 2 x 200 2 x 100 1 x 200 2 x 100 Total distance: 1,000 yards. Total distance in … Continue reading
Swim VIII
2 x 200 crawl 2 x 100 crawl 2 x 200 crawl 3 x 100 crawl Total distance: 1300 yards Total distance in the challenge: 8500 yards Total distance required by the challenge: 8800 yards Could I have finished this … Continue reading
The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling is book 1 in the Cormoran Strike series. Written in 2013 by J. K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith, this is a true mystery novel without any strange embellishments. 550 pages on Kindle. The protagonist … Continue reading
Swim VII
400 yards 200 yards 200 yards 150 yards 50 yards 50 yards 50 yards 50 yards 50 yards Total: 1200 yards I continue to improve, even if I’m only doing 50’s at the end.
Female Sexual Fantasy
Since most fiction these days is written by women (or so I believe), and since most readers tend to be women (or so I believe), and since most fiction is written to a formula that certainly includes catering to the … Continue reading
Political discourse
As things stand, Kamala Harris refuses to take questions from the press. In fact, she’s said nothing since she became the Dem nominee unless she had the benefit of a teleprompter. If you go to her website, you’ll be bombarded … Continue reading
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Swim VI
First interval, 300 yards (was having troubles with allergies, and thus breathing, so I didn’t do more). Second interval, 200 yards. Third interval, 200 yards. Fourth interval, 200 yards. Fifth interval, 100 yards. Total: 1000 yards. I’ve been fighting allergies … Continue reading
House of Earth and Blood
In keeping with my desire to limit my exposure to politics — and, thus, safeguard my sanity because, let’s face it, politics are insane these days — I have decided to read more. Which is new. I used to read … Continue reading