From the New Yorker:

The Nihilistic Euphoria of the Fish Tube

Dropping The Boy off at college.  Over 110F here.  But it is a dry heat.   Decided to stay a few  more days since the Biltmore is so cheap this time of year.  Did I mention it is 110F? Last night we saw two hotel workers poking around the gardens with black light flashlights.  They were looking for scorpions which are florescent and glow green in a black light.  Of course they were killing them.  Makes me want a pet scorpion.

Most expensive game console ever.

Q&A: Francis Ford Coppola on ‘Apocalypse Now’ 40 years later

Going to Phoenix on Tuesday.  Tried to get Alexa to find some “Phoenix music” but she came up empty.  Best I could come up with was Glenn Campbell’s “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”. I requested it and this is what Alexa served up (the 18 minute long Isaac Hayes version).

Had a lightning hit here a few weeks ago.  Lost power for a few hours.  Could have been worse.

Florida home sees freak toilet explosion during thunderstorm

From Time:

The Mississippi River Is Under Control—For Now

Heard that Toni Morrison died.  I have to admit I have never read any of her books.  But I did read something she wrote less than a year ago (it seems so much longer ago than that) that I’m will repost for a second time.

Mourning for Whiteness

Here is what is going on in this country today.  I try to steer away from “politics’ in this blog, but this is important stuff.  From the UK newspaper The Guardian.

From Outside Online.  The end of meat may be closer than you think.

This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry

Alt meat isn’t going to stay alt for long, and cattle are looking more and more like stranded assets