Looks like it’s going to be a day of might-have-beens and prognostications. My own (and I hope only): DT will one way or another not finish his term. But I’m wrong about a lot of things.
Post: civics lesson
Japan has launched the first wooden satellite. As a techno-skeptic, I’m not sure what my opinion should be.
Post, unbeaten by the rain.
Brush fires along Cayuga Lake last night, close to Ithaca. (news photo, not mine)
I’ve gotten more comfortable with searching out higher prices (for clothing & other goods). If the person who made That Thing is being paid a living wage, and if it’s well-made, it’s going to cost substantially more than what I’ve gotten used to. Often, though, the only choices are items made in sweatshops, sometimes by actual slave labor. Lots more needs to happen. (I thank @patrickrhone for pointing me in the costly but right direction re clothing.)
The creepy halloween yard decor has reached whole new levels around here. I wish our church did All Saints Day, so I could go there and wash the taste out of my mouth.
Interesting exercise: follow the importance of ὄχλος, “the crowd”, in the synoptic Gospels and Acts.
Snickers is the best candy bar, don’t argue with me. I enjoyed this explanation by a “candy engineer” (!) of how they’re made.