In Short

NYC, Reuters photo by Brendan McDermid:

Kudos to Matt Gaetz for stepping aside.

Adding to Quid Pro Joe’s legacy, headline from foxnews.com: “US national debt hits a new record, crossing $36 trillion for first time.” Congratulations.

Another plus for AI, from FN: “AI detects woman’s breast cancer after routine screening missed it: ‘Deeply grateful’.”

I would be remiss not to mention it — 61 years ago today. While I don’t dismiss the possibility of a conspiracy, I’ve yet t see evidence that convinces me otherwise. It is estimated that 95% of the books on the subject cite conspiracy. Here’s one that argues against it:

I have three nasty skeeter bites on my right arm below the elbow. I hope the varmints didn’t catch a ride with all the books I had hidden in the garden for at least a week and had to bring home because of the rain.

Cloudy, cold, windy, threat of rain — no book shop. Among the things I did to fill time today was my first work with MS Power Point. I created a montage of my book covers I hope is nicer than the ones I shot myself with a camera. Of course I’m having trouble converting it to a usable file.