Reading about James Clavell. We have two episodes left to watch in “Shogun.” [en.m.wikipedia.org]
Barbaric: A Texas man filed legal action to scrutinize his ex-partner’s out-of state abortion.
If the woman proceeded with the abortion, even in a state where the procedure remains legal, Davis would seek a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abortion and “pursue wrongful-death claims against anyone involved in the killing of his unborn child,” the lawyer wrote in a letter, according to records.
Dairy Barn was a drive-through convenience store popular on Long Island when I was growing up.
Archie Goodwin on the joy of voting
From “A Family Affair,” a Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout:
I have never understood why anybody passes up that bargain. It doesn’t cost a cent, and for that couple of minutes, you’re the star of the show, with top billing. It’s the only way that really counts for you to say I’m it, I’m the one that decides what’s going to happen and who’s going to make it happen. It’s the only time I really feel important and know I have a right to. Wonderful. Sometimes the feeling lasts all the way home if somebody doesn’t bump me.
Something I wrote: Walmart scales stupendous global network on open source fierce-network.com