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Friday, September 29, 2017

The Writer's Life 9/29 - Cloudy with a Chance of Fish

From Yahoo's Odd News: Officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish falling from the sky. According to the U.S. Library of Congress, it's a phenomenon that has been reported since ancient times. Scientists believe that tornadoes over water may be responsible for sucking fish into the air, blowing them around, and eventually releasing them to the ground. This is what a street in Thailand looked like after such an event:



There is encouraging news on the economic front: Second quarter GDP growth was revised upward from 3 to 3.1%. Hopefully, it's not a temporary blimp similar to that seen in the previous eight years.

Technological advances continue to wow. An Ohio lawman shot a GPS tracking device into an armed gunmen's car. This obviated a dangerous high speed chase, and eventually allowed other officers to set a trap with devices that flattened the perp's tires. I'm surprised the thing's so large. Here's a pic:



The situation in Puerto Rico is terrible, as roads and ports are blocked or damaged. This seems perfect for the delivery of supplies by drones.

Here's another example of racist America: Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook’s new contract guarantees the six-time All-Star $233.5 million through 2022-23.



All the floating book shop's sales were concentrated in its final hour. My thanks to the gentleman who bought a work of non-fiction, to the one who purchased When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman, to the elderly woman who bought a Danielle Steel novel translated into Russian, and to the middle age one who overpaid for Steel's The Sins of the Mother and Heartbeat - in English, and Catherine Coulter's Blind Side, and a non-fiction book in Russian.
Vic's Sixth novel: http://tinyurl.com/zpuhucj 
Vic's Short Works: http://tinyurl.com/jy55pzc

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