Sunday, September 18, 2016

@18:40, 9/18/16

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1
Books

The Latest and Best in Crime Fiction

New books by Thomas Mullen, Lotte and Soren Hammer, Julia Keller, and E.S. Thomson.

These authors are failures at world building.

I would look at other worlds that might work.

2
Books

If It Ain’t Broke

“The Book” is a lovingly designed and illustrated deep history of “the most powerful object of our time.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex

3
N.Y. / Region

People Fled the Bronx in the 1970s. Now Its Population Is Booming.

The borough is growing at the highest rate of any county in the state, according to the Census Bureau, while nearly half the population in Queens is now foreign-born.

Rents are rising.

4
Books

A New Novel Draws on the Dark History of Josef Mengele

Mengele’s experiments on twins inform Affinity Konar’s debut novel, “Mischling.”

There are monsters.

5
U.S.

Gunman Kills One and Injures Five, Including 2 Officers, in Philadelphia

The shooting spree began Friday night when the gunman ambushed a city police sergeant in her squad car. The gunman was later shot and killed by the police.

I hope it is noise.


6
Fashion & Style

Ashley Bryant, Kahlil Williams

The bride and groom, both lawyers, met at a law firm.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

7
U.S.

Duane Graveline, Doctor Who Was Forced Out as an Astronaut, Dies at 85

Dr. Graveline resigned after two months because he was getting divorced and NASA was worried about its image; his later career as a doctor was marred by scandal.

No cause of death is given.

8
Fashion & Style

Debra Halpert, David Greenberg

The couple, who attended the same camp and high school, finally got to know each other at a 2015 high school reunion.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

9        
Fashion & Style

Christina Bucci, William Vanderveer

The couple, who met at New York University, were married in Cutchogue, N.Y.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

10
Fashion & Style

Nina Pejoves, Dana Gorman

The bride, a lawyer, and the groom, an executive in a firm offering strategic counseling, married in Germantown, N.Y.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

11
U.S.

‘We Built an App’: Keeping Track of Louisiana’s Flood-Tossed Tombs

This year’s floodwaters and a history of hurricanes have highlighted the state’s need for a macabre and peculiar undertaking: cemetery recovery.

The wrong kind of resurrection.

12 
Science

People Have Been Dying Fabric Indigo Blue for 6,000 Years

Before there were bluejeans there were blue Egyptian mummy cloths. Before blue mummy cloths? Possibly blue offerings to ancient Andean gods.

OK

13
Business Day

Department Stores Find Room to Grow in Canada

Department stores are closing outlets in the United States, but Canada is looking like a lucrative frontier for some, including Nordstrom.

There is no mention of Walmart.

14
Fashion & Style

Leah Seldin-Sommer, Elvys Contreras

The bride works for the American Cancer Society. The groom is an owner of a restaurant.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

15
World

Viral Sex Tapes and a Suicide Prompt Outrage in Italy

A woman found dead this week had fought in court for a year to have videos of her having sex removed from websites.

Putting toothpaste back in the tube is so difficult.

16
Automobiles

Video Review: Porsche 911 Turbo, a Mix of Performance and Balance

The Turbo is equally at home grabbing a gallon of milk or on the track, where the S coupe model goes from rest to 60 miles an hour in 2.8 seconds.

I don't want to pay their price.

17
Fashion & Style

Jordan Rowley, Shane Sandridge

The couple, who met at Georgia Tech, were married in St. Simons Island, Ga.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

18
Fashion & Style

Roanna Wang, Nathan Bruschi

The bride and groom graduated from Dartmouth, she magna cum laude, he cum laude.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

19
Fashion & Style

Georgina Winthrop, Robert Stevenson

The couple knew each other as children but first connected as adults when their families vacationed together in the Bahamas in 2012.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

20
Fashion & Style

Phoebe McCarthy, Donald Carey

The bride, a Bowdoin graduate, and the groom, a Fordham graduate, were married in Baltimore.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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