Nearly 4 years of labor represented here.
  • Since I use a PC, every Sunday is back-up day. I save everything I’ve written during the preceding week to an external hard drive and two flash drives – even it’s just one line. If you’ve ever lost anything to a BSoD, you’ll certainly understand.
  • Last night, I received a “MACHINE CHECK EXCEPTION” error. This proved the wisdom of a regularly scheduled Back-up Day.
  • Back-up Day is not to be confused with Bag Changing Day. Though both may be scheduled on the same day, they involve different paraphernalia.
  • Reading three books simultaneously is more difficult at 67 years old than at 27 years young.
  • What are they? – Satis’ Redemption of Erath Book 1, Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, and Mankiw’s 7th Edition of Principles of Microeconomics.
  • Why do I read more than one book at a time? Idon’t know. Been doing it since I was in the engineering program at Pitt. Even did it when I was in the USAF’s basic training program. “Are those books in your locker, Fedorka? Sergeant, yes, sergeant. Are you a book-learning man?Sergeant, yes, sergeant. The UCMJ, Nine Princes in Amber, and The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Which are you reading now? Sergeant, all three, sergeant. You read three books at onetime, book-learning man? Sergeant, yes, sergeant. Well, you’re gonna read one tonight, aloud, to all of us. Which one will it be, book-learning man?Sergeant, the UCMJ, sergeant. Good choice, son. I look forward to it.”
  • In truth, Lewis and Mankiw are re-reads.
  • Lewis was given to me by a close friend. Thanks,Mike.
  • Mankiw was undertaken to patch the potholes in my memory. Thanks, chemo.
  • If you’ve never read Lewis, you should. Start with Main Street, Babbitt, or Arrowsmith before you tackle It Can’t Happen Here. Lewis is an acquired taste akin to the enjoyment of Yalumba grapes.
  • As for Mankiw, meh. It’s a textbook.
  • Now Satis’ story is well written and way imaginative and perfectly offsets the other two, sort of like a cold glass of cow’s milk with a plate of spaghetti in Terri’s red sauce.
  • Spent too much time the last 3 weeks on Book 4.
  • Okay, back to Chapter 62 – Wilkins’ Goods. See y’all (yinz) later.