The 11th book in the Lucas Davenport Prey series is quite good.
… the strangulation victim is Alie’e Maison, she of the knife-edge cheekbones and jade-green eyes: as models go, one of the biggest.
… there are a few small complications. Such as the drugs in her body and the evidence that she had recently made love to a woman. Such as the fact that one of Lucas’s own men had been at the party, and is now a suspect. Such as the little surprise they are all about to find when they search the house: a second body, stuffed in a closet, with a deep dent in its skull.
The whole case is going to be like this, Lucas knows — secrets piled upon secrets, the ground shifting constantly under his feet. …
The Studio is an American satiricalcringecomedy-drama television series created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez. It stars Rogen as an embattled Hollywood studio head struggling to balance corporate demands with his own passion for producing quality films. …
It’s brilliant in many ways. The extensive use of long takes. The celebrity cameos.
13th book in the series, Fresh Disasters (2007) is entertaining. All of the books with the village idiot, Herbert Fisher, are hilarious.
Stone Barrington has even moreproblems with women than usual. The excessive sexual content is entirely unnecessary — but I imagine the majority of readers have come to expect it. 😀
A chance encounter with a small-time crook sends Stone Barrington straight into the heart of New York’s mafia underworld …
It started out as just another late night at Elaine’s, but it ended with Stone on the horns of a dilemma. Forced to represent a sleazy but clueless con man, Stone finds that what could have been a throwaway case instead leads right to Carmine Datilla, a powerful mob boss with a notoriously bad temper and long reach.
With the help of his ex-partner, Dino, Stone investigates “Datilla the Hun,” and the rest of the mob family, encountering intrigue and danger at every turn.
Will Stone finally take a stand, or will he end up at the bottom of Sheepshead Bay?
In the 1990s at University of Saskatchewan, we made creatine available to all the top gymnasts.
For decades it had been used as a legal supplement for strength enhancement in sport.
According to a 2018 review article in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition creatine monohydrate is the most effective nutritional supplement to increase high intensity exercise capacity and muscle mass during training. …
A 2014 survey of 21,000 college athletes showed that 14% of athletes take creatine supplements.[49]
I felt use had fallen off in recent years. But when Garth and Michele mentioned the product for seniors, I took a new look.
Creatine monohydrate, once a supplement marketed to bodybuilders and athletes, has now become popular with aging Americans.
Why it matters: It’s another tool longevity experts say can help people live stronger for longer — both in body and mind. …
Sadly there’s only one of his books available in audio in my 2 libraries. I’ll have to PAY MONEY if I want more.
L.A. Requiem (1999) is 8th in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole. …
Elvis Cole is contacted by business partner and friend Joe Pike to accept the request of Frank Garcia, owner of a tortilla company. The old tycoon wants the two to look for his daughter Karen Garcia …
Karen’s body is found by the police on a jogging trail in Lake Hollywood. …
The police are trying to cover facts about this murder. About half way through, Joe is charged with murder of a suspect in the case.
My Dad ran their maintenance department for years. Later, my brother Rob took over.
My brother Randy and his partner Val live in the Coop now.
I post as there is a massive construction renovation happening. All units are getting new front and back decks. And I saw plenty of work being done on the roofs, siding with new insulation, windows and doors.
All good ➙ BUT it’s a mess while under construction.
It’s a massive complex.
I recall playing tag in the original construction site when we were kids. It opened 1971.
It’s a Trudeau era non-profit housing cooperative. In 2025 it might just be the best value housing in Calgary. Here are the benefits for tenants. This coop worked. Socialism at its best.
Here are a few photos of the mess in C block May 2025. 😀
Sometimes you really don’t want to see how the sausage is made. 😀
Set 24 years before the events of the first novel, the narrative delves into themes of political manipulation, the power of propaganda, and the complexities of societal control under a totalitarian regime and centers on the 50th Hunger Games …
Stone Barrington hasn’t heard from his cousin, Dick Stone, in years.
Then, an otherwise pleasant meal at Elaine’s is interrupted by the CIA with news of Dick’s death—apparently by his own hand.
It seems that Dick Stone, a quiet family man who doubled as a CIA agent, methodically executed his wife, daughter, and then himself…or did he?
Appointed executor of Dick’s will, Stone must settle the estate and—with the help of his ex-partner Dino and friend Holly Barker—piece together the elusive facts of his cousin’s life and death as a CIA operative.
As usual, womanizing gets Barrington in a lot of trouble.
Two-Dollar Bill (2005) is one of the most unlikely plots in the Stone Barrington series.
Not long after Stone and his ex-partner Dino make the acquaintance of Billy Bob—a smooth-talkin’ Texan packing a wad of rare two-dollar bills—someone takes a shot at them.
Against his better judgment, Stone offers Billy Bob a safe haven for the night but almost immediately regrets it. The slippery out-of-towner has gone missing and someone has been found dead—in Stone’s town house no less.
Now, Stone is now stuck between a stunning federal prosecutor and a love from his past, a con man with more aliases than hairs on his head, and a murder investigation that could ruin them all.
An international crisis. Trump uses the excuse to declare martial law in the USA.
He suspends civilian legal processes. Commander in Chief Trump and the U.S. Military are in charge.
It could happen.
The martial law concept in the United States is closely tied with the right of habeas corpus, which is in essence the right to a hearing on lawful imprisonment, or more broadly, the supervision of law enforcement by the judiciary.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday lent some support to calls to suspend habeas corpus as part of the administration’s immigration crackdown after aide Stephen Miller said the White House was considering the idea.
We know Trump wants to be a Royal like murdering dictator-for-life MBS in Saudi Arabia.
Trump’s first international visit?
To the nation of bin Laden. 15 of the 19 terrorists in 911 were from Saudi Arabia.
Is this really America First? It looks like Trump First.
You know Elon Musk would be 100% supportive of declaring martial law. He’s already openly emulating Hitler who did exactly this in Germany ➙ February 28, 1933, effectively suspended many constitutional rights, creating a state of emergency and giving the Nazis significant control.
Here’s the best discussion on this issue, I’ve seen. Timothy Snyder is an American historian who’s an expert in Tyranny.
Rick McCharles 