March 21, 2020 in Room 208

  The country's on near total lockdown and I'm concerned about having been not careful enough about what I wished for. True, I'm afforded more reading time, lots more, but I've rarely had occasion to have much to complain about there. My current selection, Umberto Eco's FOUCOULT'S PENDULUM is very dense and slow going. It's easily sent me googling 100 time and I'm just over halfway through. Thinking I'll need a good baseball read from the several unread books in the den, though I did pick up the next Reacher book on my list, PERSONAL, and don't think I'm capable of leaving it sit for that long. However much I pride myself on the quality my reading choices, biographies, histories and well layered fiction, Lee Child has created a character study that I find myself jonesing for, especially in times of trouble such as these.

  Day 748(?) of the Plank Challenge, I can report that there's something to be said for self-discipline. Can't say I've got a abdominal six-pack, but at least it's remained roughly the same over the duration.

  Chico, in fact Butte County, recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19 today. Oh, and the DOJ is requesting privileges akin to suspending the Constitution. I think James Madison might have contracted something today as well.
 

A'musing' Thought #26

The only thing we're allowed to shame is..shame itself

Amherst Motto

Terras irradient: let them illuminate the earth.

Fear Not Flying

Grace Coolidge once asked Mrs. Lindbergh if she ever warned her son about danger of flying. She answered that she did not because she didn't want her fear to cause him to fear. (fr. COOLIDGE-A.Shlaes)

Immigration Policy

My platform's immigration policy is thus:

Any non-citizen must present themselves to an official immigration office and satisfy two requirements. Those being: proof(verification) of income, and a showing of genuine desirousness of being a citizen of these United States.

The first requirement is self-explanatory.

The second requirement requires that said applicant, having met the first requirement, must in the the presence of at least two certified immigration officials answer, satisfactorily, and in the affirmative, two questions. Those questions being:

1) "Are you really certain that you want to become a citizen of these United States?"
and..
2) "Are you really, really certain that you want to become a citizen of these United States?"

Upon successful completion of the two requirement, the new United States citizen is provided with a packet of materials relating to pertinent rights and privileges(including, but not limited to: copies of, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution) as well as a white t-shirt with red & blue print on the front that reads- "USA-Classical Liberal born"

                                                                          ...........

Level: federal

A 'musing' Thought 25

Is Nakamoto's blockchain the digitization of Zappa's conceptual continuity?

A "musing" Thought #24

Fireball is to whiskey as "Sweet Caroline" is to Neil Diamond songs.