Book Lover's Day and Duran Duran

1. Have to make dinner - but no clue what I want. I want carbs, but I'm not allowed to have any on account of the blood sugar issue and ceiliac issue.
I bought some white corn cakes - that I can grill in my George Morton grill, and have gluten free bagels (which don't appear to be moldy but probably are). Also, what I should have which is lamb sausages and broccoli.

Lunch is either salmon salad or herring and sour cream salad (like the past two days). I make it the night before.

I wonder if I have chili? Probably don't and shouldn't eat that either - tends to cause blood sugar to sky-rocket.

Been doing yogurt and nuts in the morning - because of high blood sugar issues. Oatmeal makes it go up to 210 and above, if I'm not careful and if it is already tracking high.

2. Book Lovers Day: Do you love books? Have you always been a reader? Did your parents read to you when you were young? What were some of your favourite books or authors as a child? How has your taste in books evolved over time?

- Do I love books? Do ducks crack? Do bees buzz? Yep. I adore them. As a co-worker once stated..."You're one of those people who always has a book with them, aren't you?" Yep.

- Have you always been a reader? Well since, I figured out how - it took a while. Not until the second grade unfortunately. They were teaching Phonics. I can't do phonics, because I do not think phonetically, I think visually - when I read words, I see pictures in my head and hear them at the same time. I don't see or hear sounds.

- Did your parents read to you? Yes. Constantly. (All the Little House books, and all the EB White)

-What were some of your favorite books or authors as a child?

Pretty much everything by Judy Blume but in particular Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, Witches of Worm by Zelphia Keatley Snyder, Escape to Witch Mountain, Nancy Drew series, Lisa Bright and Dark, All thing Great and Small series by James Herriott, Watership Down by Richard Adams, The Hobbit by JR Tolkien, the Chronicles of Narnia, Little House on the Prarie books, Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Boxcar Family, Swallows and Amazons, The Outsiders by SE Hinton....Misty of Chintoonk (the horse books), Dragon Riders of Pern Series, Harriet the Spy, and The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach...

3. Duran Duran Appreciation Day: Do you appreciate Duran Duran – a band who pushed the limits of acceptable music video content and helped change the face of new wave music in the 1980s? Do you have a fave Duran Duran song or album? [Why Duran, Duran of all bands? Weird.]

Yes, but I have wildly eclectic taste as you already know by now. I taped them off the radio in the 80s, and listened to them on the sly in college.
Favorite? I like Hungry Like a Wolf and A View to a Kill (yeah they did a James Bond theme song too).

1980s music was kind of fun. Easy to dance to.

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1. Read "Immortal X-Men" issue 14 last night - and it was hilarious.
( these comic book writers have a wicked sense of humor )

2. Oppenheimer is getting a lot of interesting controversy - which should make Nolan happy.

I just saw an article today - where someone was arguing how it was well known fact that the atomic wasn't needed to end WWII, and they did it to avoid having to negotiate splitting up the Asian Quarter with Russia, like they did Germany.

I don't know about that.

Here's the article: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan was based on Lies.

Eh, the problem with people reviewing the past, is hindsight is often 20-20 and what seems clear to someone today, wasn't in 1945. You are judging a time period that you aren't in, and only have the vague recollections of those who were there to inform you. And of course whatever was maintained historically.

Keep in mind - that the WAR was going on full steam ahead. Communications weren't rapid. And not everyone was in the loop. I mean we didn't have the internet or cell phones back then. They barely had the telephone. Long distance calls weren't always reliable if existent.

Considering there are people who were born in the 1950s and 40s, and lived during that period who are still convinced that the atomic bomb was required to end the war, and millions more would have died without it ...I know I fought with these folks over this about a month ago.

So I don't know how reliable that argument is. I didn't read all of it.