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Cake day: July 19th, 2023

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  • I just finished “Drop City” by T.C. Boyle and picked up “Blue Skies”. I’m only 2 chapters into “Blue Skies” so can’t really say much about it, though it feels a lot like “Tortilla Curtain”.

    “Drop City” did not involve any characters who were writers, was not set in LA and established two sets of characters in highly disparate settings in the Sixties and of their eventual intersection. Well worth it.


  • I would be happy with a voting age of 16, serving in public office at 26 and no voting or serving in public office at 70.

    Sixteen year olds have the most skin in the game from the standpoint of having to live with the consequences of election outcomes. Sixteen year olds were allowed to vote in the Scottish independence referendum for exactly this reason.

    Full brain maturation (fronto-cortical pruning) is not finalized until 26.

    The incidence of cognitive impairment goes up significantly at 70 years old.