Apparently, they let Dr. Evil name the new asteroid…
About time I gave y’all one of these:
- Biden Warns the World Is at an ‘Inflection Point’ Amid Global Crises — Yes, it is, and I don’t know if I’m as optimistic about the outcome as Joe is, especially with him stepping aside, leaving us with our leadership options currently ranging between inexperience and the tawdry downfall of liberal democracy.
- ‘Russia can only be forced into peace,’ Zelensky tells U.N. — The U.N. was the center of gravity for today’s most important news. And of course, Zelensky is right. We need to quickly sort out whether we’re going to let him make full effective use of the weapons with which we’ve provided him.
- ‘I’ll eat you up,’ SC man told US Marshal before biting him — This is the strongest indication I’ve seen this week that Florida Man is steadily migrating northward.
- Israel vows more strikes in Lebanon as death toll soars — And of course, this is the other place where the “inflection” is slapping us in the face. Does Israel need this? Was Hezbollah being this big a problem at this moment? Maybe. Or is it just that Bibi thinks he needs a new offensive to stay in power?
- Helene brews; SC likely to be on strong eastern edge — Y’all do your best to stay safe.
- A new ‘mini-moon’ comes to Earth this fall — The even better news is, it’s going away after a brief stay, assuming the boffins have done their sums right. It’s actually an asteroid, but calling it “mini-moon” is better marketing.
- Strange Cellmates in a Brooklyn Jail: Combs and Bankman-Fried — This may be my fave story today, like something imagined by a writer of comic books. It’s the real-life version of Gotham City deciding to put the Penquin and the Joker in the same cell. They might have done that in the old campy TV series when I was in junior high. Since then, the DC writers have been too serious to propose something that outrageously absurd…
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Figured I would do this here so I did not end up derailing a conversation …. Are you going to read the new Smiley novel by Nick Harkaway, John le Carré’s son? Titled *Karla’s Choice*, it takes place between *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* and *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*. Harkaway is a novelist in his own right, writing science fiction thrillers (he also wrote two “regular” thrillers under the name Aidan Truhen). His novel *Angelmaker*, a spy thriller detailing a clockmaker’s attempt to stop a Cold War era doomsday weapon, won Best Novel in the 2013 Kitschies and was also nominated for that year’s Arthur C. Clarke award.
Continuations can be hit or miss, but sometimes authors do a great job capturing the “voice” of the series they are continuing. Anne Hillerman is a good example; she’s done a great job of continuing her father Tony’s Navajo detective series.
Ohmygosh, I hadn’t even heard about that. I’ll have to check it out…
At the moment, I’ve just started reading I, Claudius for the first time. Pretty good so far…