Flip This, Greedoid
Saturday was the day a much-hyped plastic pocket watch, jointly designed by Swatch and high-end watchmaker Audemars Piguet, went on sale at Swatch outlets around the world.
"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Saturday was the day a much-hyped plastic pocket watch, jointly designed by Swatch and high-end watchmaker Audemars Piguet, went on sale at Swatch outlets around the world.
I’ll leave the debates to others: I’m Team Homage.
Say what you will about Mark Zuckerberg, his moderation policies have kept his three sites from going the way of TikTok and Twitter, which have been overrun by MAGAbots and Nazis.
I saw the most recent “top ten” (actually eleven) list of challenged and targeted books in America and realized the title in the number one position, Patricia McCormick’s Sold, was one I’d not heard of before. Since my library had a copy, I decided to read and review it.
… that’s just me, trying to anticipate what Congress, the Department of Defense, and the USAF will do … even though I know these days that’s a sucker’s game.
Last night’s tornado in Enid, Oklahoma, which also hit Vance Air Force Base, happily killed no one, though it did destroy dozens of homes in town. Vance AFB was our first USAF assignment, and news of the tornado brought back memories.
Six short book reviews: fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, memoir, travel, history, thriller, espionage
So … we meet at last, Mister Bond.