Recent content by Tiki Tom

Of course, who would have thought that Les Miz would translate into such a great musical?

Heads up! Potentially dangerous solar storm to hit earth in a few hours… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13402759/Severe-solar-storm-watch-alert-NOAA.html

I love musicals. But sometimes you have to wonder.

“A Month in the Country” by J.L. Carr. 135 pages. A perfect book to read in one’s old age by a cosy fire. The book claims itself to have been written 50+ years after the events in question… It is the bejeweled summer of 1920. A young man in his mid-twenties shows up in a small village in the...

So sorry to read this. Wishing them —and you— peace. My mother-in-law just moved in with us and is starting hospice care.

I think I know why. In the story, towards the end, there is a chapter titled “the jew”. In this chapter, the bad guy —a French representative of the revolution— throws just about every antisemitic stereotype at the Jew in question. It is pretty bad. However (spoiler alert!), it turns out...

Heads up. UFO whistleblower David Grusch to surface on May 21st at SALT Conference in NYC. See agenda, day #2 at 12:10. Will his promised Op Ed be published before this event? Why this event/venue? Stay tuned. https://www.salt.org/event-agendas/2024-new-york

Decided to take a break by reading something a little lighter. Just finished The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. 269 pages. Of course, the story takes place during the French Revolution. It is the dashing tale of a British nobleman, whose true identity is a closely...

Takeaway quote: “This might be a second renaissance.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/03/how-scholars-armed-with-cutting-edge-technology-are-unfurling-secrets-of-ancient-scrolls

^^^^ Great article. Thanks! I agree. I’m just nostalgic about nostalgia. :) Sometimes I just want to wallow in the fantasy of a romantic past where people looked sharp, chivalry existed, and the world was locked in a clear-cut struggle between good and evil, Nazis vs the good guys. (I...

Great headline. “Mysterious underwater anomaly resurfaces off Antarctica.” A strange undersea marine creature? A ghost shipwreck? An Unidentified Submerged Object? https://www.newsweek.com/mysterious-underwater-anomaly-resurfaces-off-antarctica-1895910 No. It was caused by a boring data...

Sacre blue! Camembert is in existential danger because ( if I’m reading this correctly) the over-industrialization of the production process has virtually destroyed the natural bacterial diversity that the cheese needs to blossom. The threats of nuclear war, climate change, and the upcoming...

Good one: https://www.newsweek.com/excalibur-sword-found-spain-ancient-1893880

Exactly! I almost said that I would even consider reading it again, but I know myself too well. I’m always looking for “ the next thing.” (Sort of like travel. Do you return to a favorite city or opt for undiscovered destinations?)