Winter continues, below typical temperatures which are likely to continue. So the snow we have so far will likely stick around for a while. Which means a white Christmas for a change. Some people are happy with the colder weather, the local ski hills which can make snow. Then everyone can come out and snow board and ski.
We had a successful night at trivia this week. We won with 64 of 84 points and the next closest team was 58. There were five teams this week. Got to keep those brain cells firing. Lots of laughs, fun talking with our favorite guy on the wait staff. Good guy, student and a responsible person. Maybe there is hope for the future.
Not making much progress on Christmas stuff. I did carry up the small Christmas trees from the basement. Barely started on cards, I have at least printed out the mailing labels and got the box of cards out. Made sure I have enough stamps. One of these days I will sit down and finish.
I did finish one thing which was making the last three batches of peanut brittle. Gave each of my trivia gang a quart size storage bag and some for the wait staff too.
Orbital, winner of the Booker Prize, best fiction written in English published in the UK or Ireland. It also has the distinction of being the second shortest book every to win the prize. Story is of a day in the lives of six astronauts in the space station.
Wild Houses I found this book to be confusing and I didn't read the whole book. A couple of brothers kidnap a drug dealers brother. Stash him at their cousin's house. Set in a small town in County Mayo Ireland.
Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism or how the ultra rich get richer by using tax and investment havens. While the average person gets by and in some countries actually support the system of the rich. Author went through a two year training program to become a wealth management advisor which then gained her access to the people she wanted to interview.
How to Read the Constitution and Why a timely book for this point in our history. A law professor lays out what is in the constitution and what it means now versus when it was written. Published in 2019 it draws heavily on examples from the more recent political issues. Also addresses if there is a need for a new constitution.
That is why there are book marks to keep you in place!
Happy Reading
Am in the same place as you are: cards, stamps, list...but no fire in my belly to get it done!
ReplyDeleteI know a book that covers that villain's point of view, but if I tell you...then you'll be spoiled, and when I read it, my brain was just blown right out of my skull.
yes fur your trivia win! dee mum playz trivia once a month but they haz not wun yet this year
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ReplyDeleteOrbital and the book on the Constitution are two I'm going to look for.
ReplyDeleteI just hope we don't get snow, we had enough of it last year to last the swamps a couple of decades.