03-Aug-2020

Long time since I’ve referenced Thomas PM Barnett

I remain a fan. Good thinker. On 28 July he posted a pithy piece: How badly US performs on COVID compared to rest of G20, here’s a quote: Now the underperformers ranked by severity (defined as the biggest gap in percentage shares): EU: 27% COVID – 4% world pop = 23 percentage pt. gap United…

03-Aug-2020

Peanut Butter Cookie Grief

A few weeks ago I made the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook peanut butter cookie recipe. Now, this is the same cookbook which was gifted to me when I moved out of my parents’ house. I gathered the ingredients, and started making the cookies. As I was stirring the mixture I suddenly found tears were…