Ghostbusters tried to warn us. Don't let the streams cross!
Fortunately, Marco arrived before Laura, and Marco was at Tropical Storm level when it hit. Maybe Tropical Depression. Or Tropical Manic-Depressive. I get confused.
Laura, on the other hand, is building towards major Hurricane status. Currently, it is projected to hit Category 4, and land in Louisiana/Texas at Category 3. That's pretty intense.
The hotter Gulf waters are contributing to the strength of hurricanes, but I'll let others debate by how much.
I pray for the safety and well-being of those in its path.
One more joke:
I just feel like if you’re going to have two hurricanes/tropical storms in a row to the same basic area, and the first one is named Marco, the second one should be named Polo.
That's a meme I put on Facebook. Yeah, got a lot more likes than when I post a blog post from THe Strait Line. Yep. I can't even compete with myself.
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Ok. One more joke -
Ok. That one's not as funny anymore. Id love to continue to satirize him, but good Lord, he is such a dangerous and hostile man.
I've seen very little of the Trump coronation, but in my defense, I watched very little of the DNC convention - at least directly. Some of the speeches I saw on YouTuber later. Ok. I watched maybe 25% of the DNC convention. My favorite part was the roll call vote, where the voting for each state and territory was done from their state/territory.
I saw a little of Kimberly Guilfoyle screaming. She's like Donny Jr's mistress or some such thing? I don't know. I lose track. I do have one special thing to point out to her - you're not a first-generation immigrant if your family is from Puerto Rico. All Puerto Ricans are already Americans. Puerto Rico is a part of America. People like our racist President treat Puerto Rico like crap, but that doesn't mean they're not American.
Territorial status should not be a 21st-century thing. Make them a state or set them free.
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My fiction writing thing is not going well. I've written a bit more, but I'm still having trouble with schedule regularity. That may be just an excuse. I may just not have it in me anymore.
I have a completed novel, The Extra Credit Club. I sent it out to somebody two months ago, and I haven't heard anything, not even an acknowledgment they received it. I hate querying and promoting myself and all that crap. I guess I'm going to have to buck up and decide what to do with it.
In re-reading the books I have so far, Here Comes Tommy is okay but filled with typos. Adventures in Time and Space has some, but mostly it's just thematically fractured. History of the Trap Vol. 1 is my best seller (a truly relative term) - it has typos but I think it tells a pretty good, fast-moving story.
My best, however, is Crowley Stories: Swamp's Edge. It still gives me the shivers when I read it (not due to being scary, but being scary good). And yet ... it's been a lead balloon. Very few purchases, even fewer reviews. I wish I could engage more readers for it.
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Family? Doing pretty good - COVID-19 creeps closer, as schools start up and so many around here are anti-mask extremists.
My health? Not bad. Exercise good, including mowing the lawn with a push mower with defective power steering and no Benjamin to help. I like food, however. I like it all too well.
TV? Watching Season 3 of GLOW, enjoying movies like The Peanut Butter Falcon. I've seen the first season of The Magicians and soon should start Season 2, which is the first season that my son, Greg, worked on.
And my introversion continues to accelerate. It's going to be very difficult to re-engage when it is once again safe to do.
Wanderingly yours,
T. M. Strait
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