Friday, March 27, 2026
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Books and People: Only some of movies based on John Le Carre's novels are on Amazon Prime
Russia House--Yes.
The Night Manager- Yes
Our Kind of Traitor--Yes
The Constant Gardener--rent or buy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy--rent or buy.
I don't really like to rent or buy movies online--
I'm already reading The Constant Gardener--which is very good, set in Kenya.
I prefer to buy used books so I can keep the book, refer to it and re-read it if I wish.
Some books I gave away to grandkid--but regret it.
Some I sold at yard sales.
Some I consider mistaken purchases, or that don't appeal to me that much,I gave to local library. Some I took as gifts when traveling places--
But now I don't travel, and local library only wants new books, so I just collect those I don't wish to keep, as have too many and sometimes I buy 2 copies by mistake--so I gave one copy of Or I'll Dress You in Mourning, about a bull fighter, to a waiter who said he had a motor-cycle accident-
And I gave a copy of Conn Iggulden's Genghis series,City of Silver, to a former colleague from Rangoon Eco Inst,later in MD who gave me about $300 for a book cover (Rider of Crocodiles) as he liked the present cover which was custom made for me--
and didn't want the generic cover I was thinking of to save money,
Roland was from the Commerce Dept--and I saw him only once in America at a mutual friend's wedding.
Sadly, he died from injuries after a fall in his garage.
When our mutual close friend Yasmeen (name changed) died in Burma, R. wanted to call me, but I was about to go to Berlin or Helsinki, one or the other, and I said, "You can email me anything," and so he did.
This is getting to be quite the usual thing, and it makes me feel like the Russian Exiles in Nabokov's short story collection, A Baker's Dozen, which I read in Burma.
Books were very scarce in Burma, so the RFA, VP, DS's remark--egged on by jerk boss junta goats' balls, "Just review the books (don't dramatize them) "made no sense whatsoever.
I got to read some books like Ragtime and Godfather bc my husband's boss liked to read, and had a long-standing Danish connection (he had saved a Danish trader from the Japanese during WW II) and so I got to read Uncle MK's books after he had read them.
I read them fast and promptly returned them.
Thank you, Uncle, so many years ago.
Aunty Chit Chit "Love Love" was a superb chef
who cooked dressed as if she was going to a wedding, so Aunty Chit Chit told me stories, and I could discuss politics with Uncle.
Also, added bonus, Chief Justice U Myint Thein,trained at the Inner Temple in London, was their permanent house guest, after he was widowered, and was always there at dinner time.
I can't say I like business people. They are boring as hell and don't know a thing.
Aunty's house and garden were also beautiful, and Chief Justice (of the democractically-elected governmen t of U Nu) had been Burmese Ambassador to Peking in the 1950s, but he did notlike to talk about those times.
He just said cryptically, "Yes,those were interesting times."
He gave me back a B and W photo of my father, but silver fish got it while it was in a drawer in my husband's wardrobe.
So it goes in Burma.
Kyi May Kaung
3-26-2026
Genghis and Sons.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
AI overview from Google--it took me 20 years--to read book 1--and now working my way toward end of book1. Ah well--when the used book price falls lower.
These are results for In which order should I read Knausgaard--My struggle
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AI Overview
You should read Karl Ove Knausgaard's
My Struggle series in numerical order, from Book 1 to Book 6, to fully appreciate the narrative arc, thematic development, and chronological progression of his life. While the books can technically be read out of order, the author’s life is best understood sequentially.
Here is the recommended reading order:
Book 1: A Death in the Family (2012): Focuses on his childhood, his relationship with his father, and the aftermath of his death.
Book 2: A Man in Love (2013): Follows his life in Stockholm, his marriage, and early fatherhood.
Book 3: Boyhood Island (2014): A focused look at his upbringing and childhood years.
Book 4: Dancing in the Dark (2015): Chronicles his teenage years and a teaching stint in Northern Norway. Book 1: Some Rain Must Fall (2016): Covers his time in university and early literary life. Book 6: The End (2018): Explores the consequences of writing the previous books, covering the immense impact of the series' publication. While some fans suggest Book 3 or 4 can act as a more accessible entry point, Book 1 is crucial for understanding the foundational family trauma.
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Amazing Analyst--and beautiful too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYNTSeHBes
She makes me think of J.M.Keynes marriage--
Was there ever such a marriage of beauty and brains
As the fair Lupakova and John Maynard Keynes.
Lupakova was a leading ballerina, who aired her clothes, my friends and mentors Gordon H.Luce and Daw Tee Tee Luce told my brother, outside the front door on the lawn.
Luce was the leading historian of Old Burma (Bagan) and Daw Tee Tee won the Magsaysay Award for her social work and her Home for Waifs and Strays.
In this case, see video, beauty and brains are in one being.
Must follow her on LinkedIn.
Kaung
3-25-2027.
Presdt T. cast another mail in ballot while deriding--
President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-vote-by-mail-bd52fd205f4484237d5b77d2e7319350?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Palm Beach County voter records show the president voted by mail in a Tuesday special election for state legislative seats and that his ballot has been counted. Early in-person voting in the contest ran through Sunday, when Trump was still at his south Florida estate.
The White House said Tuesday that Trump’s ire is at states using universal mail-in voting, not individual instances of voters needing accommodations to vote by mail. A spokeswoman pushed back specifically at the idea that his voting practice contradicts his push for new federal voting rules.
Lastpara usual Leavitt mumbo jumbo cover up--
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Wow--how flatworm caccoon embryos survive deep sea conditions,
What was inside? The secret of the black cocoons
Although the structures were about 3 millimetres in diameter, they were not actually eggs, but leathery egg capsules (known as cocoons). When Dr Keiichi Kakui from Hokkaido University opened the cocoons using a microscope, each cocoon produced a milky liquid (later identified as yolk) that leaked out. Each egg capsule contained between three and seven flatworm embryos, with some of the embryos already showing signs of developed internal organs, according to the research archived by the Royal Society Publishing.
ICE "officers" skipping masks at airports--They are not "police"and "federal officers"
they are DJT's mafiosi--on taxpayer money.
What about their names??
T. "deployed them"bc Musk offered to pay TSA salaries.
What do they do but swagger around and arrest innocent people?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/03/23/ice-tsa-airports-masks-debate/89289661007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Monday, March 23, 2026
Zin Zhang made a very brief "return" for a few minutes near the end of Fireworks of My Heart--
Burn scar on his right cheek was healed and the same color as the rest of his face.
His friend wanted to share the moment of the Award they received on Zoom.
Thought you would want to know--my post about his cameo role got the most blog hits--66.
Sunday, March 22, 2026
This one looks good, the used book price is reasonable--and I like the illustrations--
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Voyages-Zheng-He/dp/1643797484
For all used books you buy, wipe down all 6 sides with paper kitchen towels wetted with hand sanitiser.
Do this also for your credit cards and maybe bank cards each time you use them.
Memoirs of Admiral Zheng He--
https://www.amazon.com/Voyages-Dragon-Fleet-Unfiltered-Histories/dp/B0F3TPBLB7
Still a bit expensive,but maybe I should buy it.
I don't borrow library books,long lines and I can't keep them.
I don't by much clothes and I don't take long trips now.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
I never do high risk things, never follow the crowd, never (try not to) follow the advice of jealous people--
fortunately all the women who wanted to get in my husband's pants are all gone--
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
The earliest died around 1965, the latest about 2016.
By now their bodies are dust.
So so jealous.
People was just ships passing in the night.
I'm more jolted by Robert Mueller dying than any of the above 5.
One had the same name as my son's St.Bernard/Collie mix doggie.
Two was a mee yat pain,mee yat chauk--menopausal thin driedup woman:)
Three and four and five were his brothers'wives.
What a toxic hive.
Therefore in my fiction I always invent heroes like Yang Yang playing Song Yan in Fireworks of My Heart.
Right, sorry, not "Fireflies of my Heart," :)
who never even ever think of cheating on their wives.
And if they do they should be dumped pronto pronto
Cut your losses early.
kmk.
3-21-2026
Photo--broken heart coconut blanc mange--KM Kaung
CDs, High Yield Savings and Money Market accounts comparison--
Of course look at the interest rate and other things, such as penalties for early withdrawal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10000-cd-high-yield-savings-money-market-account-earn-most-interest-2026/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Also watch what the Fed does and if accts are FDIC insured.
How risk averse or not are you?
I myself would rather be safe than sorry.
Denmark and Greenland--from NYT.
Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland
The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/world/europe/denmark-blow-up-greenland-runways-us-invasion.html
Down down Dow--market indicators--
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