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18 degrees here this morning. The cold is brutal on my RA. Even Ranger, the Great Pyrenees, is spending most of his time in the house. If he would just quit going in and out the doggie doors....

Except for the last couple of years, I read exclusively non-fiction. I have read Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel. Excellent writer! Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Do we need to pre-purchase tickets to the event?

Another set of audio books I have enjyed over the years are the "Great Courses" series written by professors and consisting of a series of lectures on specific topics.

I listen to audible books due to the amount of driving I do. Judy likes action thrillers, so we listen to a lot of those. We are on the last book in the Mitch Rapp series written by Vince Flynn. A "superman" operative that does the impossible. The interesting take on his books are the self-serving profiles of Washington politicians. Our next series will probably be the Jack REacher series of books having thoroughly enjoyed the first book a couple of months ago.

That was supposed to be EMP Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

I have just started One Second After about an EMPLOYEE strike on the US. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

Judy and I will be there on the 17th. Wouldn't miss it!!!

Not travelling on Thanksgiving, but leaving on Friday to Chicago, watch the grandson play hockey, then on to Michigan. Seeing The Pretenders and Stevie Nicks in Auburn Hills Sunday night, the off to Ohio for a Monday night dinner, then back home. Got a call last night and thought I was going to have to work in Carthage, Mississippi but got out of it this morning. Whew!

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/pbs-series-soundbreaking-explores-recorded-music-brian-eno-preps-new-lp/

Anyone been watching this series? I think it is great!

I have about an 80 year old pecan that I was thinking of turning into a stereo rack. Never worked with pecn either, but I would like to do some. I have some 6 inch logs drying, but this old pecan tree will make 10-12 logs 8 to 10 feet long just from trimming it this winter. I hate to take it all the way down since it has been a fabulous producer, but the city has butchered it keeping it off the power lines.

as close to my mother's recipe as I could find: Chocolate gravy Yield: About 2 cups 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder2 tbsp flour1 cup granulated sugar1 1/2 cups whole milk4 tbsp butter1 tsp vanilla In a medium sauce pan whisk together the dry ingredients. Pour in the milk and whisk vigorously to combine. Heat over medium-high until the mixture bubbles. Turn heat down to medium and stir until mixture has thickened to a gravy consistency. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.Let cool slightly then transfer to a gravy boat. Serve warm over buttermilk biscuits.

There is so much more that could be said about that conflict....

Strategy : A History by Lawrence Freedman In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is extraordinary, moving from the surprisingly advanced strategy practiced in primate groups, to the opposing strategies of Achilles and Odysseus in The Iliad, the strategic advice of Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, the great military innovations of Baron Henri de Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz, the grounding of revolutionary strategy in class struggles by Marx, the insights into corporate strategy found in Peter Drucker and Alfred Sloan, and the contributions of the leading social scientists working on strategy today. The core issue at the heart of strategy, the author notes, is whether it is possible to manipulate and shape our environment rather than simply become the victim of forces beyond one's control. Time and again, Freedman demonstrates that the inherent unpredictability of this environment - subject to chance events, the efforts of opponents, the missteps of friends - provides strategy with its challenge and its drama. Armies or corporations or nations rarely move from one predictable state of affairs to another, but instead feel their way through a series of states, each one not quite what was anticipated, requiring a reappraisal of the original strategy, including its ultimate objective. Thus the picture of strategy that emerges in this book is one that is fluid and flexible, governed by the starting point, not the end point. A brilliant overview of the most prominent strategic theories in history, from David's use of deception against Goliath, to the modern use of game theory in economics, this masterful volume sums up a lifetime of reflection on strategy.

Confirmed by the Lifers.

Still waiting to hear from the family.

http://www.leonrussellrecords.com/news.shtml

Who knows yet? His verified FB page has posted it, but nothing verified through news sources.

http://en.mediamass.net/people/leon-russell/deathhoax.html

Googled the Google New and nothing had been posted. I just received notice that it was just posted on his FB page.

Can't find anything in the news. A lot of Leon Lifer's are unaware and asking me for sources.

I remember those two.

I still grind the 8 O'Clock original, or, I should say, y wife grinds it for me so it is ready when I get up in the mornings!

I just have to find the box!