A total solar eclipse is occurring in India and China, and a lengthy one, so they say. Speculation is that gravity is slightly disrupted during these solar eclipses and the Chinese are on top of the research with Gravimeters and pendulums spaced apart at random spots and elevations. Apparently, in France back in the 1970's a prominent pendulum went wobbly and berserck in its motion during a big eclipse, sparking this speculation. I'm nowhere near a scale just now, but I wonder if I'd be lighter if I were to step on one. Wishful thinking, Old Man! Still...
It's such a pleasant night after a typical hot, sunny Georgia July day. The air is clear and light and gently warm, the breeze is ever so slightly caressing, and I'm listening to Echoes ambient and space music as I write from the porch of a busy Starbuck's coffee shop. Drink of choice is iced coffee, tall as it comes, and ice water.
In my next post, I'll get back into Hayek's Road to Serfdom. I started to compose a rather lengthy entry a few days ago with some long quotes from Hayek's text, but encountered some glitches in the typing program. When I clicked the save button, my efforts weren't saved either. The next time I try that, I'll write it out as a Word Document and cut and paste. We'll see if that works better.
Anyway, earlier this evening I spent my $35.00 Barnes & Noble birthday gift card on some additions to my already considerable library and a couple of birthday cards, one for LeeAnn, my younger daughter, and one for Laurie, my lovely wife, and a gift certificate for LeeAnn, whose birthday is coming up on the 29th. Laurie's is on the 24th. All my life, July has been a big birthday month, sharing the month with 2 brothers (Pete on the 2nd and Ivan, now deceased, on the 9th) and an ex-wife of 20 years on the 29th.
The books I purchased were as follows:
Color of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies by Michelle Malkin
Catastrophe: How Obama, Congress, and the Special Interests Are Transforming... a Slump into a Crash, Freedom into Socialism, and a Disaster into a Catastrophe...and How to Fight Back by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Saving Freedom: We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism by U. S. Senator Jim Demint
Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths to Power by Alexandra Robbins.
Now, I read.
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