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Well, I just got into town an hour ago

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It’s Fri-Yay! Y’all made it! It’s a cool breezy day here in TinyTown. Yesterday was grocery day. We blew through it in record time, and was back to the house by noon.

I bought a bag of books dirty cheap at the second hand store, and set up my own bookshelf, moving some Nora Roberts and JD Robb out of the way to make room for some awesome books.

Watched Donnie talk at people last night. Standing ovations each time he said god. Fear mongering at its finest. It’s frustrating listening to him try so hard to emote and talk about love and then blame everyone else for what’s happened. Shut that off and went to bed.

It got cold in the night, but it was a good sleep. I always sleep better when it’s a little colder out. I was all snuggled in blankets and the alarm scared me this morning.

Today, I’m gonna be heading to a garage sale. The last one we went to was ok, nothing but crafts, but this one boasts “EVERYTHING MUST GO”, so we’ll see what they have to offer. I’ve been watching car shows so I now know how to negotiate very well. Maybe something will jump out at me. We’ll see 🧐

So it goes

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Welcome back, friends. I’m going to try and do two reviews in one, and to try and remember the books because it’s been a while since I’ve read these books. And they are great books. Good use of dead trees. So it goes.

Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death

Think of Slaughterhouse-Five as a science fiction anti-war book. In it we’re introduced to Billy Pilgrim. It’s about his experiences during the firebombing of Dresden, and after the war. It really grabs me right from the start, because I like the fact that Billy is an unreliable narrator. You are thrown right into the thick of things, because of time travel.

“So it goes”. Every time someone dies, or death is mentioned, the refrain – “So it goes” is said. For me, I believe it just accepting death and what’s happened. You find that you barely even notice that you’re reading “So it goes” after a while. “So it goes” is written 106 times in the book.

I had never read Vonnegut before, I really enjoyed the Sci-fi aspect of the novel. I never had to deal/worry about being drafted into the military, but this book really helped me to begin to understand war, violence, and death associated war. So it goes.

Cat’s Cradle

According to Wikipedia, Cat’s Cradle is satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements.

What? Again like the Slaughterhouse-Five, it’s completely foreign to me. It’s a completely different time. Over a generation apart from my time. For me, it was making fun of religion. Sure, there’s other things going on, but on just one reading, religion is what i took away from it.

Bokononism the religion secretly practiced by the people of San Lorenzo. It’s a very complete and well thought out religion. Example:

Pool-pah: a shit-storm, wrath of god.

Both of these books grabbed me right from the beginning, and kept my attention all the way through. It’s cliche, but I seriously laughed, and cried. So go out to the library, bookstore, wherever, and pick both of these up.

Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true

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According to the the grandfather clock that just went off, it’s 8 am. It was an ok sleep last night. Still stuffed up and I got a cramp from coughing last night. I got up and stole one of my gramma’s cough drops. It helped, and I fell asleep again

Last night, Crystal and I watched part of the RNC. We made fun of Eric “I’M ERIC” Trump, and had a blast roasting Melania and her speech last night. It’s amazing the lies they can spit out. But like Brian “I was there” Williams said, she’s been the first one that has actually expressed remorse and sadness over the deaths from COVID-19. While I’M ERIC! bunny eared the term ‘fly-over state’, and is the president of Trump Winery.

Apparently, there was a shooting in Wisconsin, and the talking head was saying there was a guy with a rifle or assault weapon strapped to his chest with his hands up, and people were yelling “he shot someone! He shot someone!” And two cop cars just drove right past him. Insanity.

While here in TinyTown, it’s a quiet overcast morning. Mom has to go to get a part, and drive it out to the farm, I’ll probably go. If I am, I should be drinking my coffee faster.

No speed limit… this is the fast lane

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What a wonderful afternoon! Quiet. No noise other than a fan going. My mom had to pick up some parts for my dad in the SlightlyBiggerTowns and asked if I wanted to come for a drive. I declined. All. Alone.

It’s nice to just be alone. I ate lunch, and then, because I can, took a shower. I didn’t have to ask if anyone needed to use the bathroom, nothing. I walked, naked, from my room to the bathroom. Then when I was finished, naked from the bathroom to my bedroom.

Glorious.

I didn’t have to say where I was going, when I went to the second hand store. Just popped my headphones in, cranked some tunes, and went for a walk.

Now, I have some water, and I’m going to read ‘Ship of Theseus’ for a while, until my mom and gramma get back. What a wonderful afternoon!

Well I’ve run through rainbows and castles of candy

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Guten Tag. Ich bin Eddie. Ich hab Brot und Wasser. Willkommen!

That’s for all my new friends from Germany that have been visiting my site and poking around. Well good morning. Happy Tuesday. It’s overcast here this morning, but it’s supposed to get sunny, and hotter in a few hours. I’m sitting here watching CNN, and drinking coffee. It’s pretty much a dumpster fire down there, huh!?

Not too much going on, will probably head over to the second hand store today, and see what they have, if anything that jumps out at me.

But happy Tuesday, I’m gonna drink my coffee now, and find something less depressing than CNN.