If I write a biography it’s either going to be called One D_mn Thing After Another or That Did Not Go As Planned.
Notes
More than two writing projercts live at the same time is too many. Two may be one too many.
Trivia
If the Moon rises afternoon, so it’s up in the sky AFTER the Sun sets, the moon is waxing. If it’s up before sunrise, it’s waning.
Waxing means the bright chunk of the Moon is getting bigger, going from new (all dark) to full (all bright). Waning means the bright chunk is getting smaller, going from full to new.
Joseph Stashkevetch
I just discovered Joseph Stashkevetch, and this dude blew my mind. He works with CONTE.
Burns
From the WSJ:
“For one, Ruiz showed up at his Wednesday press conference wearing a New York Knicks jersey, which isn’t something people do when they care about winning.”
Geography
The Alaskan Islands mark oceanic/oceanic crust subduction.
Legislation
The US House just passed a bill which defines Insider Trading. It has not yet been passed by the Senate.
The bill wasn’t on my radar, and I haven’t read it yet. I track the issue. Insider Trading doesn’t have a clear definition. It is rather defined by what people have been convicted of before. The English Common Law created it, and about the Great Depression it was codified as illegal in the US*. There wasn’t a clear definition of it nor well established limits. So basically if someone did something someone else has been convicted of Insider Trading for, the second person was guilty. Sometimes. Not always.
Like I said, I haven’t read the new bill yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic.
*This is a validish statement if such a statement can be made. 1909 is another year if you want antecedents to the 1934 SEC law.
Faeries
Faeries swap babies for changelings at birth.
Rufus is a changeling.
Tectonics
The Atlantic Ocean rift, the line where the NA and Eurasian plates part, doesn’t reach anything at the north end. It just sort of stops where the Asian continental shelf drops off in the Arctic with some but much reduced geological activity beyond. A nebulous boundary extends down to the Kamchatka peninsula. The eastern tip of Russia is on the NA plate.
Grammar
Pictures are hung; people are hanged.