tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Dubious ProspectsGraydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1461125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-28595460239942845712023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:002023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00+arborman
Thank you!
It is not that I doubt the ...+arborman<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />It is not that I doubt the market; the market has never been much of a concern. It's finding the time beyond the requirements of necessity to get much writing done that has challenged me this past few years. I would like to believe that situation is improving, but I've thought that before. So, alas, time will tell, and little else might hope Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-75749442279810126782023-03-24T15:35:56.565-04:002023-03-24T15:35:56.565-04:00Just a note to mention I am really looking forward...Just a note to mention I am really looking forward to the next novel, whenever it may manifest.<br /><br />Finding myself waiting in a ferry lineup without book was a recent problem, solved by a casual readthrough of The March North again. It was only through sheer force of will that I avoided moving right on into the rest of the existing books, and that only because I look forward to a full arbormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501087479028638982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-58079605229530570632023-03-07T10:51:07.170-05:002023-03-07T10:51:07.170-05:00Sorry. Deleted.Sorry. Deleted.JReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280938482651545982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-53760953819130588342023-03-06T19:21:06.296-05:002023-03-06T19:21:06.296-05:00+JReynolds
This is not the place, and I would hav...+JReynolds<br /><br />This is not the place, and I would have thought a remembrance was obviously not the post, to ask Commonweal questions.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-19716896150104476402023-03-06T15:54:52.323-05:002023-03-06T15:54:52.323-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.arbormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501087479028638982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-70568074433551260952023-03-05T17:46:00.825-05:002023-03-05T17:46:00.825-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.JReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280938482651545982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-35763239109005875592023-03-02T12:28:03.836-05:002023-03-02T12:28:03.836-05:00Oh no. I only knew her from the Commonweal group, ...Oh no. I only knew her from the Commonweal group, but her comments were insightful, and often delightful.<br /><br />Rest in peace, Shirley.Amithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128526411032027820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-17471196472881310032023-03-01T18:52:34.391-05:002023-03-01T18:52:34.391-05:00Oh!
Rest in peace, Shirley. You were a light (an...Oh!<br /><br />Rest in peace, Shirley. You were a light (and a delight) in the community.ctatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041150269180501508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-26899092339961165822023-02-28T15:02:29.180-05:002023-02-28T15:02:29.180-05:00I'm sorry to report that Shirley Allan passed ...I'm sorry to report that Shirley Allan passed away, quietly in her sleep, at 02:30 yesterday, Royal Terrace, Palmerston ON. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-20830471640165732872023-01-28T15:13:11.878-05:002023-01-28T15:13:11.878-05:00+JReynolds Not too badly.
Motes and beams, but ...+JReynolds Not too badly.<br /><br />Motes and beams, but maybe one of the few places to say it that will get past editorial.<br /><br />(That is what being rich is about; transferring risk to other people. Lifespan vampires, instead of blood.)Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-86939668442405230542023-01-27T17:09:14.008-05:002023-01-27T17:09:14.008-05:00Hey Graydon. Hope you're doing OK.
Had to chu...Hey Graydon. Hope you're doing OK.<br /><br />Had to chuckle at today's article in the Globe and Mail. It's by Eric Reguly & describes the mess that Lebanon is in. It concludes:<br /><br /><i>"In Lebanon, the poor are poorer and the middle class is being wiped out. The rich are still rich, and many of them have left the country. There are a million lessons here, but a biggie JReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280938482651545982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-31484808695078434542023-01-08T19:00:48.582-05:002023-01-08T19:00:48.582-05:00+Andy Jones
That is the best way!
Anything in th...+Andy Jones<br /><br />That is the best way!<br /><br />Anything in the way of tangible book progress will show up here.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-26056717149378173002023-01-05T06:17:08.546-05:002023-01-05T06:17:08.546-05:00RIP the Google group. It was a lovely little peek ...RIP the Google group. It was a lovely little peek behind-the-scenes, and I'll miss it sorely. If that's the cost of Commonweal getting more popular though, well, so it goes.<br /><br />Is the best way to get updates on future books to subscribe to this blog's RSS feed?Andy Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623227811033225145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-65692797978812608462022-12-31T04:39:31.214-05:002022-12-31T04:39:31.214-05:00Hi Graydon, please publish a note on the progress ...Hi Graydon, please publish a note on the progress of the next book? Even if it is just changing the date of the previous update?<br />Thank-you for the books!Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06414912700174592017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-76760177902292551352022-12-16T20:57:54.307-05:002022-12-16T20:57:54.307-05:00No, I haven't had covid. We don't yet kno...No, I haven't had covid. We don't yet know if immune compromise is a certain outcome of covid. On the other hand, the odds of some long-term consequences of infection are perhaps 1 in 5, so it doesn't do to be careless.<br /><br />N95 masks seal around the nose and mouth; it isn't quite an elastomeric seal, but it's close. Combine that with careful avoidance of exposure, randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339055650788207159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-84874379815223364232022-12-16T18:00:33.700-05:002022-12-16T18:00:33.700-05:00+Randolph
Have you had COVID? You're immune-...+Randolph<br /><br />Have you had COVID? You're immune-compromised. ("immune dysregulation" seems to be the key phrase.) How much? still being investigated.<br /><br />Also, nothing without a gasket performs all that well against omicron. Seems to be about 90% at best in practice. That's probably not good enough because the effort has to be sustained long enough to get Rt Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-80460276744856127832022-12-16T17:16:48.590-05:002022-12-16T17:16:48.590-05:00Having worn both N95 and P100 respirators, I disag...Having worn both N95 and P100 respirators, I disagree; the P100 respirators are more intrusive and less comfortable. As someone who is retired and can afford to isolate, N95s have proven more than adequate. N95s can fit well (unless you have a beard) and, if most people wear them and vaccinate, N95s will do the job - the miasma (it seems miasmas exist after all) of indoor airborne covid that randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339055650788207159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-67888463024795227772022-12-12T10:40:58.189-05:002022-12-12T10:40:58.189-05:00+randolph
Three reasons:
- poor price/performance...+randolph<br /><br />Three reasons:<br />- poor price/performance due to being disposable<br />- lack of a gasket<br />- filtration is at the bottom edge of sufficiency<br /><br />Omicron is the spreadingest disease in human history and <i>it continues to get better at it</i>. We're trying to live through a selection event.<br /><br />For a year's worth of N95s -- you need at least a Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-1471712661586275362022-12-12T02:28:28.999-05:002022-12-12T02:28:28.999-05:00Why not mandate N95 masks? They are comfortable, e...Why not mandate N95 masks? They are comfortable, effective, and easily available. Add a vaccination mandate, and covid would probably come under control.<br /><br />Addressing IAQ is worthwhile, but those standards have yet to be written.<br /><br />https://www.ashrae.org/about/news/2022/ashrae-commits-to-developing-an-iaq-pathogen-mitigation-standardrandolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339055650788207159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-27116943040972415852022-11-12T08:49:09.212-05:002022-11-12T08:49:09.212-05:00+JReynolds
Oh, I have no expectation that's g...+JReynolds<br /><br />Oh, I have no expectation that's going to happen with this government.<br /><br />On the other hand, there's a truism that you don't get a revolution until the actual bourgeois -- middle-aged, affluent, and supposedly secure -- are angry. If the perceived inevitability of pediatric disease and deaths ever cracks, things get interesting.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-87289394905091478582022-11-12T01:46:49.384-05:002022-11-12T01:46:49.384-05:00"Between the idea
And the reality
Between the..."Between the idea<br />And the reality<br />Between the motion<br />And the act<br />Falls the Shadow"<br />--T.S. Eliot, "The Hollow Men"<br /><br />Having those policies in place would require the people in charge to actually give a shit about the people they are supposed to be leading. I don't see much evidence of that, sadly.<br /><br />The final lines of that poem? <JReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280938482651545982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-47343621426946270872022-11-08T21:38:53.514-05:002022-11-08T21:38:53.514-05:00+JReynolds
I would say the labour movement hasn&#...+JReynolds<br /><br />I would say the labour movement hasn't internalized certain things.<br /><br />Dougie's going to come back with a worse offer. He can no more agree to increase public spending than he can fly to the moon by sheer force of will, the capacity isn't in him. And he's not honest and sees no reason not to exploit anyone's inability to remember that.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-13761793657728758352022-11-08T18:37:38.091-05:002022-11-08T18:37:38.091-05:00To my immense surprise, DoFo backed down when face...To my immense surprise, DoFo backed down when faced with serious opposition to his union-crushing plan. I was sure that this whole issue was going to play out over weeks of pressure. Instead: bathos.<br /><br />2022-11-08JReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280938482651545982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-88718000680160707122022-11-06T20:53:52.752-05:002022-11-06T20:53:52.752-05:00+JReynolds
There's no current constitutional ...+JReynolds<br /><br />There's no current constitutional fix. There's a couple obvious things like petitioning the feds to dissolve Ontario. (The provinces are hangovers from early 19th century communications technology at best; at worst they're fossil oligarchical factions. We'd be much better off without them.)<br /><br />I hope the General Strike works; I worry the organizersGraydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-57655653546527866702022-11-06T20:50:27.556-05:002022-11-06T20:50:27.556-05:00+lynch it absolutely does. Also any conceivable r...+lynch it absolutely does. Also any conceivable regulation or anything else perceived as a barrier to profit.Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.com