Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Endgame -- Bill Pronzini
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in the ER at M. D. Anderson for what turned out to be a kidney infection. Since I walked in under my own power and wasn't in serious pain, the triage nurse didn't give me a very high priority. I was put on a rolling bed, taken to the area where the rooms are, and shoved up against a desk, where I remained for the next six hours. Luckily I'd had the foresight to take a book with me, and luckily it was a book that could hold my attention while people were constantly coming and going. The book was Bill Pronzini's latest Nameless novel, Endgame.The agency has two cases in this one. Jake Runyon's handling one of them, in which a man's body is found inside a locked and barred cabin. Clearly he died by accident, right? That's what everybody thinks until Runyon shows up. He thinks it's murder.
Nameless is working a case in which a woman has disappeared. Her husband says she couldn't have left on her own because of her extreme agoraphobia. When her body is found, he's arrested for murder, and Nameless is his only hope.
Over the years the personal lives of Nameless and his operatives have become as important to the stories as the cases the agency works, and it's good to see a good bit of that kind of thing included here. I found the book gripping and entertaining. It got me through an unpleasant time, and I can't think of a better recommendation than that.
The Sunken World
The Sunken World Hiding Under the Water's Surface: 27 drowned places that used to be above ground.
Cool Looking Castles In And Around Los Angeles
Cool Looking Castles In And Around Los Angeles: The castles of Los Angeles aren't limited to Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland (which is actually in Anaheim, not L.A.) or Hogwarts Castle at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter inside Universal Studios Hollywood.
I Miss the Old Days
America's Malls and Department Stores Are Dying Off: Why the Death of Malls Is About More Than Shopping
Voynich manuscript update
Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar: One of the world’s most confounding literary mysteries may finally be, in part, solved: the author of the mysterious and as-yet untranslatable Voynich manuscript has been identified as a Jewish physician based in northern Italy, an expert in medieval manuscripts has claimed.
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Illuminating the Secret Language of Lightning Bugs
Illuminating the Secret Language of Lightning Bugs: Lightning bug lamps can glow yellow, orange or, as is the case with the ghosts, even shades bordering on electric blue. They can appear as single blinks or long, glowing trails. Some fireflies will flicker when threatened by a predator or caught in a spiderweb. Others light up to compete with rivals or after they’ve been rejected by a suitor. Some females are completely dark, while others offer flickers to let males know they’re on the market.
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