Will Goes High

We awake this morning to see World War 1990: Norway has popped and is ranked 21st in its Amazon category as of this writing. Which is nice. Purchase your copy here. Someone on Substack contacted us about the nuclear war trilogy and the World War 1990 series. He asked about the WW1990 reading order. Heh. Do us a favor, if you've bought Norway, could you drop a line in comments?

So back, to back, to back days at the gym, tension machines, cardio, weights. Yesterday we were doing curls with a pair of 40 pounders when we noticed a comely young lady in gym attire looking in our direction. Heh still got it, we thought. She approached, because of course she did.  'Excuse me sir?' she asked. Don't you mean daddy, we thought. 'Are you done with that 40 pounder?' [You're a knobhead who's using the same weights as a college girl -Ed]

This blog admits to underestimating just how dismayed, panicked and scared the Dems must be right now. Yes, we're enjoying their pain. But how long will that pain last. And we're still not ready to declare victory. You are? Really? Have you learned nothing? Where's that red-wave, boyo? [Boyo?-Ed] We've been reading a lot of books about Ireland, love [Don't call me love-Ed].

So last night we noticed High Fidelity was on Hulu. We've long enjoyed this John Cussack vehicle about a music lover in his early 30s running a 'semi-failing' record shop. HF is kind of an update on Better Off Dead, and a very, very Gen-X kind of movie. This is a very faithful adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel. Let's just say we related to Cusack's Rob Gordon character. We bring that up because we finished reading Hornby's High Fidelity and literarily began writing A Line Through the Desert. Won't someone buy a copy?

A few things struck us about High Fidelity. The movie was filmed in 1999 and released in 2000. Rob Gordon is running a hip record shop stacked with vinyl and cassette tapes. We recall that when our metal revival began in about 2005, we were still going to Borders to pick up AC/DC and Iron Maiden CDs. By the end of 2006 maybe, we noticed the CD selection at Borders was thinning out. They even removed a rack or two. In 2000 the download and streaming revolution had just begun. Gordon's business is under mortal threat and he doesn't even know it. 

Well, that's it for today. Off to drop off the wife and kids at the airport.