I am laying in my recliner, in an abundance of pain, trying to rest so I can get some work done later. Then Wynn jumped up and reminded me that my real job is to pet her on demand and accept any and all cuddles she will deign to give.
Kevin C. Nolan, PhD, RPA
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Father, archaeologist, commuter-cyclist. Former Democrat Precinct Committeeperson for Precinct 70, Delaware County, IN. Opinions are my own. #archaeology #ADHD #Cycling #ReadingRidingResearch #ChronicIllness #NDPH #CommunityEngagedResearch (he/him)
![Page 24 of Man In The Hogh Castle by Phillip K. Dick. Relevant passage starts in first full paragraph and reads:
"But Africa. They had simply let theor enthusiasm get the better of them there, and you had to admire that, although more thoughtful advices would have cautioned them to perhaps let it wait for a bit until, for instance, Project Farmland had been completed. Now there [emphasis original] the Nazis had shown genius; the artist in them had truly emerged. The Mediterranean Sea bottled up, drained, made into tillable farmland, throigh the use of atomic power-- what daring! How the sniggerers had been set back on their heels, for instance certain scoffing merchants along Montgomery Street. And as a matter of fact, Africa had almost been successful...but in a project of that sort, *almost* [emphasis original] was an ominous word to begin to hear. Rosenberg's well-known pamphlet issued in 1958; the word had first shown up, then. *As to the Final Solution of the Africa Problem, we have almost achieved our objectives. Unfortunately, however *--
Still, it had taken two hundred years to dispose of the American aborigines, and Germany had almost done it in Africa in fifteen years. So no criticism was legitimately in order. Childan had, in fact, argued it out recently while having lunch with certain of those merchants. They expected miracles, evidently, as if Nazis could remold the world by magic. No, it was science and technology and that fabulous talent for hard work; the Germans never stopped applying themselves. And when they did a task, they did it *right* [emphasis original]."
That was difficult to type. It is difficult to read and listen to in the audiobook. If it isn't, you are the reason we can't have nice things, like individual rights. You should seek professional help instead of punishing the world for your insecurities.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:plnz2hfs6eua3dzzq3jgbhdk/bafkreieoqn6gm7sg3d4m3fujytl3doyrwf2smacrrlvlsjz63zodwdxumq)
![Screenshot of the hourly forecast for Delaware County, Indiana, just north of Muncie. Shows predicted temperate and precipitation type and volume for 2 am through 6 am Friday August 14, 2026. The narrative graph of light blue bars across the bottom shows predicted precipitation in inches going from 0.17 at 2 am, to 0.67 at 3 am, then down to 0.26 at 4 am, then 0.18 at 5 am, then zero at 6 am. The four blue bars resemble what some might identify as a hand with the middle finger fully extended. This resemblance is surely a coincidence and is clearly not mother nature telling us to get off her lawn, or at least stop killing everything currently living on the planet. I said, it is NOT a sign. [It is, however, the consequences of our industrial f----ry with the atmosphere and the chemistry thereof. Now, we are in the finding out stage.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:plnz2hfs6eua3dzzq3jgbhdk/bafkreiccakiqcv4ouhl5ycit5pav572k6yei3mmfjbgkruii5rccz6t3vy)
