Musician autobiographies, lyric compilations, multigenerational sagas and more: a case for 22 great books about rock’n’roll. https://www.loudersound.com/features/22-of-the-greatest-books-about-rocknroll-ever-written

How I Couldn’t Stop Poking at Mysterious CompuServe Server Hard Disk Images https://medium.com/@mpnet/trying-to-make-sense-of-compuserve-server-hard-disk-images-posted-on-archive-org-b1c62ce6012b

In the early 20th century, Gravenstein apples were a popular and versatile breed that helped feed U.S. soldiers at war. Now apple advocates are working to resurrect the fruit’s unique cultural cachet and unmistakable flavor. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gravenstein-seasonal-apple-sonoma-county-history

From Bag End to Babel: Top 10 libraries in fiction https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/31/top-10-libraries-in-fiction-jrr-tolkien-borges-game-of-thrones

A pizzeria in Las Vegas is serving lime-and-garlic-roasted grasshoppers on its pizza. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/topping-las-vegas-pizzeria-make-jump-joy-hopping/story?id=65041010

7 facts about Thomas Lefroy, the real-life inspiration for Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy. #cosobookclub http://mentalfloss.com/article/592624/thomas-lefroy-mr-darcy-inspiration-facts

My Amazon review of _The Big Kitty: a Sunny & Shadow mystery_ by Claire Donally

4 stars #cosobookclub

A cozy mystery with a Maine setting and a cat. What's not to like? https://amzn.to/31K4LlE

“It’s less a ghost than a fingerprint: personal, private, not meant to be observed.” Inside Philip K. Dick’s archives. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-08-15/philip-k-dick-archives-science-fiction-csuf

She worked at the Fotomat
She wore a uniform with a lavender hat
And that's all there is to say about that
(And that's all there is to say about that)

[On my "music to write by" playlist this afternoon]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLD9_whKr2c

A billion dollars were retrieved by the IRS Whistleblower’s Office in 2018
Its own budget is just over $6 million. https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/aug/07/irs-whistleblowers-office-budget/

Astronaut 1: "I can't find any milk for my coffee."
Astronaut 2: "In space no one can. Here, use cream."

Exploring Zork, Part 1 https://www.filfre.net/2012/01/exploring-zork-part-1/

A Novel Concept: Silent Book Clubs Offer Introverts A Space To Socialize https://www.npr.org/2019/08/12/740897970/a-novel-concept-silent-book-clubs-offer-introverts-a-space-to-socialize

Inside the Virgin Galactic spaceport sending the mega rich into space
This somehow makes me think of all the spaceports that Heinlein described
https://www.cnet.com/news/inside-the-virgin-galactic-spaceport-sending-the-mega-rich-into-space/#ftag=CAD590a51e

A judge ordered Georgia to switch to paper ballots for the 2020 elections #cososec https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/judge-bans-insecure-touchscreen-voting-machines-from-georgia-after-2019

"When you throw up bullet points and then run through them, you're guaranteeing that whatever you say will be quickly forgotten. Not because you're bloody boring, but because people can't read and listen at the same time." https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/harvard-just-discovered-that-powerpoint-is-worse-than-useless.html

You can buy Steve McQueen's dune buggy from the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair.
https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/28470/