Secret of the Seventh Son

by Codewiz51 November 30, 2009 19:30

Secret of the Seventh Son

I bought this book right after I came back from San Antonio.  It's by Glenn Cooper, and it is his first novel.  It's marketed outside of the U.S. with the title "Library of the Dead", which I think is more appropriate.  The book storyline is "fair".  However, it has one of the best twists of what is stored in Area 51, tying together medievel Catholicism in Britain, World War II, a supposed serial killer and an odd library with recordings of births and deaths.  The real kicker comes at the end, with BTH (Beyond the Horizon).  It will be interesting to read the next novel, as it offers the possibility of a new twist on the end of the Mayan calendar.

 

Enjoying Home...

by Codewiz51 November 10, 2009 22:50

I've been away from home since July 5th, with only a four or five weekends home.  Here's what I do now that I am home: doze off while being surrounding by my daughter's cats.

Dozing with the cats. A bored black cat.

Life is much better at home than in a motel!Smile

Coca Cola and the devalued dollar...

by Codewiz51 November 09, 2009 12:46

I happened to notice (no really, just this weekend) that Coca Cola is being sold in 20 can packs.  Not 24, 20.  I don't follow this sort of thing regularly, but the price did not seem all that different than what I used to pay for a 24 can pack of Coke.  So we are buying 20/24 = 83% of two dozen for nearly the same price!  I guess this re-packaging gives us a realistic idea of what a devalued dollar means to our future.

Doesn't mean much when you are paying $6 for a 20 pack, but how about watching oil jump from $59 to $71, or a gallon of gas jump from $2.04 to $2.46.  Those sorts of devaluations really hurt at the end of the month, don't they?

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