Reading in fits and starts over the weekend. Tried The Road to McCarthy that a friend loved and am struggling to build momentum.Am part way through Hallie E. Bond’s Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks (see blog.the-guideboat.com for my bias on this). It’s good but draggy as well. More about that soon when I finish the bulk of the book but before the 1/3 of the book that’s bibliography and Appendix. Other than that, not much got read.
Orlov and Reinventing Collapse (see prior post) are rattling around making much more sense than Kunstler’s continuing shriek. Yes, the finanical system is tanking and yes this will hurt the housing market but no, we have no clue what the next turn of madness might be. An attack on Iran sends us a very different terible direction than a bailout of Chase Manhattan or Bank of America. It isn’t the steps that take us to collapse, it’s what do we do (as Dmitry actually discusses)? I’m sharpening a straight razon. That’s a skill I decided was part of step one.