Hah! Hadn’t noticed that… no other Lewises in my queue

R u srs?

Just finished Moneyball by Michael Lewis. I think the movie adaptation told a better story, but the book was full of interesting tidbits.

Almost done with Canon by Paige Lewis. A fun, madcap adventure about two women charged by God to defeat The Bad Guys.

Yeah we should have a no confidence vote regularly. Maybe every 2 years for Congress and every 4 for the President

All the planets in the solar system can fit between the earth and the moon

Proprietary standard that’s worse than modern DisplayPort specs. Adds cost without adding features.

Axios coverage: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/05/trump-iran-strait-hormuz-bombing-threat

My dad had a power cable that had frayed, so he cut the exposed copper and threw away the appliance but not the plug???

So anyway, I found the plug with exposed copper mess. I plugged it into the wall and he came FLYING into the room telling me to unplug it. Beautiful sparks and light show

The more I travel (37 countries on four continents) the more I realize everyone is the same. For me, it’s like a mini-version of the overview effect. 

Everyone has a hand wrap (pita, taco, wrap, sandwich).

Everyone has their customs that bleed into public life (religious, secular, religious-cum-secular)

Everyone has to take care of children

Everyone has a grocery store

Everyone likes to drink a hot liquid out of a mug. Everyone likes to drink a cold liquid out of a glass

Everyone has their pockets of disengaged youth who lash out at society, “normalcy” and the status quo

it’s not a weird, scary world. We are all people. We all live here. The content of my pita might be different from what’s in your taco, but it’s basically the same thing. The difference between my town and one a few kilometers away is not that much larger than one on the other side of the world. We are all people living our lives.

Yesterday was the premier episode

Plex operates TURN servers

cross tabs are important

Yeah, I was quick in writing that comment

Darn tough socks out of Vermont is the way to go. I think I have five pairs of mid calf, three above the ankle and one below ankle. No other socks in my life

they offer many weights, but mid sounds like your best bet

To be clear, he’s not being reasonable or democratic.

“What I’ve suggested is that the Democrats have gotten so extreme and unreasonable that I don’t know that they will ever be willing to fund Department of Homeland Security,” Cruz told The Hill Saturday.

“If that’s where the Democrats are, I’ve suggested let’s fund ICE and CBP through reconciliation. That Republicans can do with just 50 votes, we can do that relatively quickly and the Democrat lunacy on open borders can be put to an end,” he added. “I’m interested in any strategy to get the government open, to pay the Department of Homeland Security.”

He’s saying “let’s just separate the DHS funding from the main bill and then pass DHS along party lines through parliamentary procedure.”

- Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall: A broad introduction to geopolitics that argues geography quietly constrains the choices available to nations. Marshall uses maps, mountains, rivers, plains, seas, and borders to explain why countries behave as they do and why some conflicts or alliances are hard to escape.

- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford: A revisionist history of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire that emphasizes their role in connecting Eurasia through trade, law, communication, and cultural exchange. Weatherford presents the Mongols not only as conquerors, but as builders of systems that helped shape the modern world.

- The Anarchy by William Dalrymple: A history of how the British East India Company transformed from a trading corporation into a territorial power that conquered much of India. Dalrymple frames the story as one of corporate violence, political fragmentation, financial ambition, and imperial opportunism.

- Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson: A history of the effort to understand how Polynesian peoples settled the vast Pacific Ocean. Thompson blends anthropology, navigation, linguistics, archaeology, and European exploration history to explain both the achievement itself and the long-running debate over how it happened.

- The Restoration of Rome by Peter Heather: A history of attempts to rebuild or revive Roman imperial power after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Heather focuses especially on Theodoric, Justinian, and Charlemagne, showing how each tried to claim Rome’s legacy under very different political and military conditions.

- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond: A sweeping attempt to explain why some societies became globally dominant by emphasizing geography, agriculture, domesticated animals, disease, and technology rather than innate human differences. The book is influential but controversial, with critics arguing that it can be overly deterministic and too broad in its conclusions, though it still contains useful observations about environment, food production, and historical development.

Just finished:

• How to Be Both by Ali Smith. Interesting concept (two stories, read them in any order, each story recontextualizes the other) that I think I’ll need to read again in the other order.
• Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico. Great satire, really enjoyed it

Haven’t picked my next one yet, but probably from this list:

• Spread Me by Sarah Gailey. Looks like a fun take on The Thing
• Sunward by William Alexander. Don’t know much about it, other than it was well reviewed
• The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine. Was well reviewed

Correct. British English typically calls it a full stop

A linear story is split in two parts. 

The black and white sections explain Leonard’s backstory and show that he’s willing to lie to himself to be happy just like his wife was willing to lie to him because she was unhappy.

The color section is revealing the consequences of Teddy using Leonard, but also Leonard’s willingness to lie to himself.

The special edition DVD had it recut in a linear fashion. It works both ways… linear is a standard detective story without much depth. Recut, it’s a compelling story about Truth and consequences

John McCrea it 32 years ago https://youtu.be/i6BKeODv7Yc