I’ve been boycotting the news (kinda) since the Mueller report came out. Every time I peek to see what’s happening, it’s the same stuff. It’s some weird cycle of stupid at the moment.
1. Trump does something outrageous
2. The media forgets about yesterday’s outrageous thing he did and reports on this one.
3. Democrats subpoena someone in the Trump administration which is promptly ignored.
4. Democrats write strongly worded letter to Trump who doesn’t read anything anyway.
5. Media asks if Trump has gone too far this time.
Rinse, repeat.
And the Winner of Today’s Internet
Say what you will about the #GameOfThronesFinale, the John Hughes homage was a bold choice to end on. pic.twitter.com/kKJrJyV9d7
— Dan Olson (@FoldableHuman) May 20, 2019
GOT Spoilers so don’t click if you still haven’t gotten around to seeing the ending.
RIP Grumpy Cat
Some days are grumpier than others… pic.twitter.com/ws209VWl97
— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) May 17, 2019
AOC to Shitty Drug Company CEO – Why Does Truvada Cost Almost $2000/Month Here When It’s $8 In Australia?
.@AOC to Gilead CEO: The list price [for Truvada for PrEP] is almost $2,000 in the US. Why is it $8 in Australia? pic.twitter.com/kPnMQSZE0G
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) May 16, 2019
Ted Cruz: We Need a Space Force to Defend Against Space Pirates
I’m trying not to post as much about politics here but some things are just too stupid to not post:
“Pirates threaten the open seas, and the same is possible in space,” he said during his opening statements. Since “the ancient Greeks first put to sea,” Cruz argued, we’ve recognized the “necessity to protect waterborne traffic and commerce from bad actors.”
And now, he says, it’s time for the Space Force to do the same in space.
Netanyahu Vows to Put a Bible on the Moon
Using science to put superstition on the moon. Yawn.
Noting that the lander carried a digital copy of the Bible, he announced, “that’s not enough…. We’re going to send the spacecraft again, and it’s very likely it will be carrying a small [printed] Bible. I want the Bible to land on the moon, because it is written [in Psalms 8:4], ‘When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established.’ The State of Israel will reach the moon.”
Books I Read in April
I know, I know. I’m 2 weeks late in posting this. But, you know… life.
Shakespeare: The World as Stage, by Bill Bryson. I really love Bryson’s writing style and it helps keep what could have been a dry biography and makes it quite entertaining. Great book if you want a quick read about Shakespeare and Elizabethan theater.
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. So I’ve been on a Bryson kick. This is a terrific read that doesn’t nearly have everything in it. But close.
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham. I wanted to read Ulysses before going to Dublin in April. I read about 3 pages and realized it was not what one would describe as a light airplane read. So I picked this up instead. I knew that Ulysses was considered obscene when it was published but didn’t realize that since it was serialized, every new episode that was published cause problems and how the Postal service had a lot more power in the early 20th century. This is half biography of the book and half biography of James Joyce. Very well researched and written.
Young Skins by Colin Barrett. Short stories set in Ireland. Some are good, some not so good. So it’s like any other collection of short stories. Skim mode was set to high during some of these.
Bill Bryson’s African Diary, by Bill Bryson. I went back too often to the Bryson well this month and this book wasn’t worth the read. It was short and I think the profits went to a charity but it was also boring as hell.
How to Set a Fire and Why, by Jesse Ball. I really enjoyed the first half of this book before it turned into a cheap knockoff of The Catcher in the Rye. Very angsty which is fine but it just lost me.
What have you guys been reading?