One of the great, perhaps greatest, insights of these and other giants of science and mathematics was to see the hand of the Creator, and the beauty of what He willed into being.
I just got around to listening to I think it was the August 18th America This Week, the one with the ass wipe list. I think they meant baby wipes for a baby and I think they had young kids because of the s'mores cereal.
On the other hand, the second part looks as if it was written by a very old or infirm person. Incense and bleach blonde aren't staples of baby care.
They make diapers for older adults too, I think they make wipes for older adults. And maybe he or she has false teeth and has to eat cereal or maybe it's someone caring for an elderly person. I can't see a mother referring to the wipes as ass wipes. . . Probably an older woman who wants to bleach her hair blonde. That doesn't explain the incense.
Walter, the first time I read “THS” I was freaked out by the grotesque and dark imagery. I also thought it was a jumbled mess of sci-fi, horror, fairytale, fantasy, and Christian tropes. The next time I read it, I realized it was a comedy of sorts, and I laughed at how the innocents/little guys/bear beat the tech monsters in the end. So glad you chose this book! Also, I was moved at how you were moved by CSL’s tender rendering of the thoughts of a bear.
A few mayors ago, the mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, was federally indicted for running a book / money-laundering scheme, where she supposedly wrote a children's book ("Healthy Holly") of which all the copies were bought by... folks who wanted to do business with the City of Baltimore. The warehouse-full of books was never found, i.e., the books were never printed. The University of Maryland Medical System bought, for $500,000, 100,000 books which were never delivered (because they didnt exist). Pugh resigned in disgrace (after disappearing for about two weeks, claiming "health reasons"), and was soon convicted for fraud and tax evasion, and sentenced to three years eventually in jail.
Walter, thanks for referring to John Bolton as Michael Bolton. I've done this a few times myself, and I don't know why...unless John has a hidden talent for singing songs about love in a soulful voice. BTW, love the comparison of him to the CIA creep in "Apocalypse Now."
Thanks also for the "cold equity" revelation; that explains so much.
I also really enjoyed the story about the Uber driver and his theory on Goodwill. The idea that the Department of Weights and Measures has its own police force reminds me of Johnny Fever from "WKRP" and his belief in the phone cops.
The nihilists didn’t pee on the Dude’s rug, that was Jackie Treehorn’s thugs. The nihilists dropped a marmot in the bathtub with the Dude. I expect better from you two.
The publishers give the politicians big advances, corporate supporters buy the books in bulk and give them away (or warehouse them), the publishers make back their advance and the politicians rake in the legal bribe. The amount of the advance is directly tied to the amount the politician can guarantee their “supporters” will buy.
Could you all do an investigation into FEMA funding for NC? Is Noem truly “slow walking” funding as the biased main stream media says? Or is the funding coming at the same rate as when fed funding was needed for Katrina? NC needs help desperately.
I genuinely look forward to your weekly streams
Same here. Definitely a part of my weekly routine.
“Ezra Klein is the Paul Revere of mid-wits.” Thank you, Walter. EK is like nails on the chalkboard of my soul.
BTW- Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, Euler, Pascal were all deeply informed by personal spirituality. Even Galileo’s battle was with the Pope, not God.
It’s hard to see personal religion as an inherent impediment to math or science.
One of the great, perhaps greatest, insights of these and other giants of science and mathematics was to see the hand of the Creator, and the beauty of what He willed into being.
The derivation of Euler's Identity convinced me that God exists. Only in a created universe could such elegance be discovered.
It takes a village to achieve the higher calling of becoming filled with the audacity of hope in the room where it happened in 107 days?
Actually, I think the above sounds rather like Kammie Harris's slightly smarter (I hope) elder sister.
A micro-aggression is one one millionth of an aggression.
So pico- and nano-aggressions are smaller than micro-aggressions.
It's like homeopathic meds. Eventually, after repeated dilutions, there's really no aggression left.
Ah but like homeopathic the tiny grain has great impact! Ah ha it’s fentanylistic! Minuscule but deadly!
I just got around to listening to I think it was the August 18th America This Week, the one with the ass wipe list. I think they meant baby wipes for a baby and I think they had young kids because of the s'mores cereal.
https://www.amazon.com/Members-Mark-Fragrance-Wipes-count/dp/B07BK74G7W/ref=asc_df_B07BK74G7W?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80814222102156&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=95998&hvtargid=pla-4584413749907439&psc=1#
You may be right, but imaging it as a lost list of a tweaker is so much more fun!
On the other hand, the second part looks as if it was written by a very old or infirm person. Incense and bleach blonde aren't staples of baby care.
They make diapers for older adults too, I think they make wipes for older adults. And maybe he or she has false teeth and has to eat cereal or maybe it's someone caring for an elderly person. I can't see a mother referring to the wipes as ass wipes. . . Probably an older woman who wants to bleach her hair blonde. That doesn't explain the incense.
Walter, the first time I read “THS” I was freaked out by the grotesque and dark imagery. I also thought it was a jumbled mess of sci-fi, horror, fairytale, fantasy, and Christian tropes. The next time I read it, I realized it was a comedy of sorts, and I laughed at how the innocents/little guys/bear beat the tech monsters in the end. So glad you chose this book! Also, I was moved at how you were moved by CSL’s tender rendering of the thoughts of a bear.
Please, PLEASE, Pretty Please review Milan Kundera's "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting." We're living through it now.
A few mayors ago, the mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, was federally indicted for running a book / money-laundering scheme, where she supposedly wrote a children's book ("Healthy Holly") of which all the copies were bought by... folks who wanted to do business with the City of Baltimore. The warehouse-full of books was never found, i.e., the books were never printed. The University of Maryland Medical System bought, for $500,000, 100,000 books which were never delivered (because they didnt exist). Pugh resigned in disgrace (after disappearing for about two weeks, claiming "health reasons"), and was soon convicted for fraud and tax evasion, and sentenced to three years eventually in jail.
"Forget it, Matt -- it's Baltimore."
Walter is hilarious today 🤩
While working at Barnes and Noble in college, I laughed out loud at the placement of books on the "bestseller" racks on the day they were put on sale.
An assistant manager tried to convey that there was a process where smart people do smart things and predict correctly.
20 years later, one of us looks REALLY stupid.
Those new books at the bookstore all look the same. Written by AI?
Book names are much like the names of Subdivisions, which are named for the animals, plants or other natural place they destroyed.
That was a fun episode, guys.
Walter, thanks for referring to John Bolton as Michael Bolton. I've done this a few times myself, and I don't know why...unless John has a hidden talent for singing songs about love in a soulful voice. BTW, love the comparison of him to the CIA creep in "Apocalypse Now."
Thanks also for the "cold equity" revelation; that explains so much.
I also really enjoyed the story about the Uber driver and his theory on Goodwill. The idea that the Department of Weights and Measures has its own police force reminds me of Johnny Fever from "WKRP" and his belief in the phone cops.
The nihilists didn’t pee on the Dude’s rug, that was Jackie Treehorn’s thugs. The nihilists dropped a marmot in the bathtub with the Dude. I expect better from you two.
Either way, I hate the f*ckin' Eagles man!
The publishers give the politicians big advances, corporate supporters buy the books in bulk and give them away (or warehouse them), the publishers make back their advance and the politicians rake in the legal bribe. The amount of the advance is directly tied to the amount the politician can guarantee their “supporters” will buy.
Could you all do an investigation into FEMA funding for NC? Is Noem truly “slow walking” funding as the biased main stream media says? Or is the funding coming at the same rate as when fed funding was needed for Katrina? NC needs help desperately.