Friday Fanfare
From pinterest.com: Arguably the most talented person ever, Sammy Davis Jr., made a cameo on Batman in 1966, Season Two, Episode Eleven, The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes:
Headline from nypost.com: “FAA rewards air traffic controllers who worked during government shutdown with $10K bonus — here’s how many received the payment.” Kudos to the 776.
NYP caption: “Employers added 119,000 jobs in September, up from the 4,000 jobs lost in August following a revision and far above expectations of 50,000 added jobs…” May it continue.
And we thought James Patterson and Danielle Steel are prolific. From 35 Pieces of Pop Culture Trivia to Pestle Into Your Brain Mortar by Jesse (no last name cited), msm.com:
Headline from foxnews.com: “Scientists unveil daily pill that cuts bad cholesterol by more than half.” According to the article by Khloe Quill: “The most common issues were mild and temporary, such as headache or cold-like symptoms.” If my cholesterol ever rises above borderline, I will ask about it.
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I thought this had been swept under the rug. From FN regarding Temple University: “Lawyer responds after NCAA probe finds college basketball star bet on his team to lose.”
Even geniuses are wrong sometimes. Cautionary warnings about progress such as AI is feared by many. I hope it’s just as wrong as this from 38 Fascinating Factoids That Are Firmly Embedded in Our Psyche by Jay Wells L’Ecuyer, msm.com:
Amazon used to immediately post book sales on my author feed. I received a pleasant surprise this morning in an email that notified me of September sales of Rising Star and Billionths of a Lifetime. They must have been posted after the calendar turned to October. Whatever, I’m happy to have them.
A pleasant day and the Anti-Inflation Book Shop did well. My thanks to the two ladies who donated six books between them, and to the teenage male who took home two Pokémon DVDs; and to the woman who bought Paleo Cooking With Your Instant Pot: 80 Incredible Gluten and Grain-Free Recipes Made Twice as Delicious in Half the Time by Jennifer Robins, and Drink Your Way to Gut Health: 140 Delicious Probiotic Smoothies & Other Drinks that Cleanse & Heal by Molly Morgan; and to the gentleman who caught me as I was packing up and chose three Russian translations of Danielle Steel novels, and two in English by Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol and Inferno. That freed up space for the new arrivals.
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