New & Old
Paper White/Antique Yellow
Infinite memory – original model
Instantaneous access – no “boot” time
Glare-free design with readable size display
Centuries of life – no recharge necessary
Does not require “Airplane Mode”
The New American Digest
For Followers of Gerard Van der Leun's Fine Work
In San Jose for the week. Got in Sunday afternoon then found a local Catholic church for service. The entire congregation, minus me, was Vietnamese American. The service was spoken in Vietnamese. Very interesting. Many of the women wearing the traditional ao dai and long black hair. Very nice.
Oh, one more thing. Sustainable. What a scam.
I got a survey recently from one of our clients and they wanted to know if we had an active sustainability program in place.
Looked it up:
“Sustainability is the practice of meeting current human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It is an interdisciplinary framework built on three pillars—environmental protection, social equity, and economic vitality—ensuring that natural systems and human societies can thrive together indefinitely.”
In other words, an impossible situation.
There is no way, other than time travel, to know what future needs will be.
When they invent time travel, get back with me, K?
Books are the best.
If you can’t hold the non-digital version in your hands, you don’t own it (see Joe’s recommendations below for worst case scenario, or near enough).
Audio books are the worst.
I have a really hard time giving away my books. Especially the ones I love the most. ‘cuz I’m going to read them all again…someday. Really. I am. Really.
Just so. The procedure I’ve forced myself to follow is, read a new book and don’t read another new one until I’ve re-read one of the “old” ones. But it’s a hard discipline (roughly a dozen new ones are stacked up and waiting impatiently) and sometimes I fall off the wagon. Kipling: “A man can never have too many books, too much red wine or too much ammunition.”
that’s some impressive discipline.
(I like the quote)
Jean, From your lips to my ultimate estate sale; sadly… I need more life. God bless you, and thanks for all you do for us out here in Webland.
I highly recommend “One Second After” is a 2009 science fiction novel by American writer William R. Forstchen. The novel deals with an unexpected electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States as it affects the people living in and around the small American town of Black Mountain, N.C.
A sequel, One Year After: A Novel, was released on September 15, 2015. The plot premise is: “One Second After was a dire warning of what might be our future…and our end. Now, One Year After returns to the small town of Black Mountain, and the man who struggled so hard to rebuild it in the wake of devastation-John Matherson. It is a thrilling follow-up and should delight fans in every way.”
The third book in the series, The Final Day: A John Matherson Novel, was released on January 3, 2017. In this book, it is revealed that only 30 million Americans survived up to this time. A fourth book in the series, ‘’Five Years After: A John Matherson Novel’’, was released on August 22, 2023
All three books are worth buying and keeping on your book shelf after you have finished enjoying them..
Thanks for the recommendation, Joe. I discovered a rather interesting woman today – Julia “Butterfly” Hill, who lived on top of a Redwood tree for
2 years to save it. She’s still alive and advocating for forrests.
jd, thanks. Looked her up on Wikipedia and found this “Butterfly” to be as you say, rather interesting. I am going to send the link onto my grandchildren.