I finished this book for the second time last night. I read it first time and immediately started to re-read it. It was a very complicated read to me, and I had to read it twice to figure it out. I still have questions. It has an excellent plot with many many twists, and a lot of good comedy.
I’m not going to try to explain the plot here, because it would be my longest post ever. But I will say it is a really good book to read, take notes when you’re reading it. I give it five stars!
Hurricane Rafael has passed Grand Cayman with very little effect..Little Cayman and Cayman Brac probably got it much worse.. I’ll be finding out today.
Donald Trump won the presidency. I don’t think the Democrats can find a way to dispute or complain about it.
On the BBC this morning the topic was the US elections today. The snippet from Kamala Harris was something like “it’s not who we beat down, it’s who we build up. We need a new way forward”. The Democrats campaign has been largely putting down Trump. A new way forward, would be more Trump than Kamala, who will continue the same path the US has been on for decades and the same path Joe Biden was on. Kamalas snippet did not seem to match what her campaign path has been.
Trump’s snippet was about increased wages, cleaner and safer streets, and a better way of life. No negatives.
This election is going to be a mess. If I was voting, I don’t know who I would vote for. Trump’s sanity is in question, Kamala Harris will continue to hurt the working class overall.
I like Kamala better as a person, which is irrelevant. But I was put off by the way she avoided answering some questions.
Gerald Ford said that once the US gets a female president, they’d have a hard time putting a male back in the office.
In other news…
Cayman Islands has a hurricane coming!
Tropical Storm Rafael is looking like it’ll pass between Grand Cayman and Little Cayman. It may or may not be a hurricane as it passes through, but we’re definitely gonna get whacked.
It should start raining this afternoon or tonight.
it was a great weekend. When diving Saturday and Sunday. Took the dog to the beach and the new car, tested out the four-wheel drive. There’s not really anywhere on this island that needs four-wheel drive, really. But at least I know it works.
I’m pretty happy with the vehicle now. I got rid of the bicycle tires it came with, blacked out the rear windows on a whim (better hide the dive gear in the back) and got a good roof rack. It is really fun to drive with the 5 speed and keeps getting better.
We have a storm coming. It looks like it will pass between Grand Cayman and Little Cayman.
I remember Hurricane Charlie passed between the islands years ago and Grand Cayman barely got any weather at all. But we can’t be complacent and we have to prepare for the worst! I never really got “un-prepared” from the last time.
Other than the storm, it’s a typical Monday and I hope you have a good week!
I have Glaucoma , epi-retinal.membrane, and in one eye, cataracts. I take drops morning and night for the glaucoma, and a different eyedrop just before bed. These eyedrops dry the surface of my eye till it’s painful. I used to used a lot of eyedrops that you buy at the grocery store. All day and waking up a few times at night to go the bathroom to put eye drops in.
Then I discovered gelatinous eye drops, a drop of slime for your eyes! Best thing since sliced bread.
I get them at the pharmacy, no prescription required just ask, they keep them behind the counter. I drop in each eye and you’re good for hours and hours.
the only downside is blurry vision for about 5 minutes. Can’t read or drive during that short time.
Today China launched three astronauts to its own orbiting space station where they will stay for 6 months. China collected samples from the far side of the Moon. China is making great strides in it’s space program and in space. Because they’re putting in effort.
the director of NASA said that the United States and China are in a space race. What? It seems to me that NASA has been holding down the brake pedal of the space program for years. Nothing to replace the space shuttle, nothing to replace the International Space station which is due to be trashed soon. The US is not putting any effort in its space program.
How can you call it a race? The US is busy with its internal squabbles. Cranking up their deficit and getting nothing in return. The US looks like it’s not even not even trying to be in any race.
All talk, no action . Do they think the privately funded space programs are going to be faithful to the US needs? It can’t be relied on.
Wasn’t yesterday Saturday and today is Sunday? What am I doing going to work today? It can’t be Monday already!
It looks like more weather coming. It rained last night, it’s cloudy now, and it’s supposed to rain more today. And we’re not even in the orange zone in the picture above. The weather here has been nice and cool, so we probably won’t have a hurricane here in Cayman but as it moves North to the Gulf of Mexico who knows what might happen?
I bought these horrible tortillas the other day.. Usually if I buy something I don’t like, I’ll choke it down anyway, but these were terrible. They crumbled when you tried to roll them up. And they were non usable .I threw 4 of the 6 away.
I bought them because there were only these, and some cauliflower tortillas which I had already tried and was not impressed with..
I’m not into vegan or gluten free. I avoid fluffy bread and added sugar. That’s my criteria for buying food. (I’ll eat bread in a restaurant).
i got a new package of tortillas from the Mexican food aisle and I’ll probably be sticking with that from now on, like usual. I tried the above because they were out of the Mexican kind.
The van is gone, sold, money in pocket, title transfered. All is well.
I woke up at midnight, exactly 0000 hours thinking about my new car, and the missing key.. The seller said he only got one key when he bought it new from the dealer. But the dealer says he got two. Where’s the missing key? I paid $300 for a spare key with electronics inside (locksmith keys won’t work). The dealer told me the guy probably lost the key and didn’t want to say anything, but I wonder where that key is. Does somebody have the key who is can steal my car? Is there some loan shark repo man holding the key for some illicit debt? What would my course of action be if someone took the car and said they needed x amount of dollars to return it, Saying it was collateral for a loan?
In this way, my mind always finds a way to keep me from relaxing and living in peace. At the same time it seems like a legitimate fear.
What are your thoughts? The seller has left the island.
