Sunday, April 26, 2026
Saturday, April 25, 2026
US-Canadian dual citizenship--
https://apnews.com/article/canadian-citizenship-americans-new-law-5b8f7da8ce6cfea759b85a3577150407?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Friday, April 24, 2026
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Min Aung Hlaing says considering "good things" for DawAung San Suu Kyi--
But "kaung hmu" can also mean doing charity for someone already dead--
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/regime-considering-good-things-for-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-min-aung-hlaing-says.html
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Saturday, April 18, 2026
6 day war--from wikipedia
Date 5–10 June 1967 (6 days)
Location
Middle East
Result Israeli victory
Territorial
changes
Israel occupies a total of 70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi) of territory:[3]
The Golan Heights from Syria
The West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan
The Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt[4][5]
Sorry to send this in bits and pieces--but my source is inside Burma and I have ongoing appointments--
Friday, April 17, 2026
စီးပါြးေရးတကၠသိုလ္၏ ဖခင္ ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ဆရာကြီး ဒေါက်တာ ဦးအေးလှိုင်အား ဂါရ၀ထား ဦးထိပ်ပန်ဆင်လျှက်
ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ရုံးခန်းမှ (စာကူးစက်လှည့် ဦးကျော်စိန် - အငြိမ်းစား)
၏
အလုပ် နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်ဂုဏ်ရည်ကို တညီတညွှတ် လေးနက်စွာ ကျေးဇူးတင်သည့်မှတ်တမ်း
မှတ်တမ်းတင်ပြုစုအဖွဲ့(ဘောဂဗေဒ)
၁၁.၀၄-၂၀၂၆
စီးပါြးေရးတကၠသိုလ္ပါမောက္ခချုပ်ရုံးခန်းမှ (စာကူးစက်လှည့် ဦးကျော်စိန် - အငြိမ်းစား)
၈.၂.၂၀၂၆ နေ့တွင် မရမ်းကုန်း ၇ ရပ်ကွက် ရတနာလမ်း စီးပါြးေရးတကၠသိုလ္ ပါမောက္ခချုပ် ဦးအေးလှိုင်၏နေအိမ်တွင်ကွယ်လွန်သည်
‘စီးပါြးေရးတကၠသိုလ္ကြီးနဲ့အတူမွေးဖွားလာသူ’
ကိုကျော်စိန်အတွက် ရင်းနှီးသောဆရာဆရာမများရဲ့အမှတ်တရစကားလက်ဆောင်များ
၁။ မည်သူပဲ ဆုံးဆုံး အလုပ် သစ္စာရှိရှိ အထူးသဖြင့်တာရှည် အလုပ်လုပ်ကိုင်လာသူ မည်သူမဆိုရာထူး ကြီး ငယ်မရွေးကို အများသိစေ ၊သံဝေဂရ ဂုဏ်ပြုချီးမြှင့်ထိုက်ပါတယ်။ “In death, all human beings are equal”. စိတ်မကောင်းပါဘူး ဦးကျော်စိန် ကိုကျော်စိန် - မမတို့ဆရာမငယ်ဖြစ်ကတည်း က ဆရာကြီး ဦးအေးလှိုင် ရုံးခန်းမှာ အလုပ်ကောင်းကောင်း လုပ်ခဲ့တာကောင်းကောင်းသိတာပေါ့။ စိတ်မကောင်းပါဘူး။ ကိုကျော်စိန်လည်း ကောင်းရာမွန်ရာ ရောက် ပါစေ၊ ရောက်မှာပါ။ MEA မှတစုံတခုအလှူအဖြစ်မိသားစုကို ပေးဘို့မမအကြံပြုပါတယ် (ဆရာမကြီးဒေါ်ခင်ခင်သိန်း)
၂။ ဟုတ်တယ်မမ။သူ့ကိုသတိရပါတယ်၊ကျောင်းမှာကျောင်းသားဘဝ၊အလုပ်လုပ်တဲ့ကာလရင်းနှီးလာခဲ့ရတာ။ စိတ်ထားကောင်းမငြီးညူတဲ့ကိုကျော်စိန်တယောက်အေးချမ်းဘဝမှာနားနှိုင်ပါစေ နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာ Economics Institute စီးပါြးေရးတကၠသိုလ္နဲ့ အတူပေါက်ဖွားလာတယ်လို့တောင်ပြောလို့ရသူပါ။ တကယ် စေတနာအပြည့် အလုပ်လုပ်ခဲ့သူပါ။မော်ကွန်းထိန်းအဆက်ဆက်မသိသူမရှိပါ။ ဆရာဦးရဲမြင့်သိမှာပါ။ ဆရာ ဆရာမများတော်တော်များများလည်းသိကြပါတယ်။Eco-Alumniမှတင်ပြလာ၍သူဆုံးတာသိရပါတယ် (ဆရာမခင်ပွင့်ဦး)
၃။ ကိုကျော်စိန်အတွက်အထူးဝမ်းနည်းရပါသည်။စာမေးပွဲများအတွက်အတူတူ(လျှို့ဝှက်) နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာ အတူလုပ်ခဲ့ကြပါသည်။ကိုယ်လည်းတစ်နေ့သူ့လိုသေရအုန်းမည်ကိုသံဝေဂပွားမိပါသည်။ (ဆရာဦးရဲမြင့်)
၄။ I'm sorry Ko Kyaw Sein suffered Parkinsons and dementia in his old age, but glad he stayed with Saya's family all these years. Also, Ko Kyaw Sein, like his boss, never carried tales around, never gossiped, and was extremely discreet, never said more than a few words.
“Rest in Peace, dear Ko Kyaw Sein” (ဆရာမကြီးDr.KyiMayKaung,USA).
၅။ လူရိုးလူဧ လူကောင်းလေး ဦးကျော်စိန် ကောင်းရာဘုံဘဝရပါစေ။ ရမှာပါ ။ (ဆရာကြီးဦးကျော်မြင့်)
၆။ Ko Kyaw Sein was such a hardworking man, he never complained whenever I took down documents to be photocopied into several copies, always dignified (ဆရာမဒေါ်ခင်မျိုးမြင့်၊ Australia)
၇။ A “Symbol of sincerity” and “loyalty”, I have known him well since I was an undergraduate student. RIP (Saya U Kyaw Min Htun)
၈။ သစ္စာရှိ မှု ရိုးသားမှု အလုပ်တာဝန်ကျေမှုတွေနဲ့ပြည့်စုံတဲ့ ဦးကျော်စိန် ကောင်းရာသုဂတိလားပါစေ (ဦးကြည်ထွန်း၊ MEA, Chairman)
၉။ The final day will come for every one of us. What matters is the sharing of love and compassion among ourselves while we still breathe. (Saya U Yupa)
၁၀။ ကိုကျော်စိန်မိသားစုနဲ့ထပ်တူဝမ်းနည်းရပါတယ်။ မြင့်မြတ်တဲ့ဘုံဘဝမှာ အေးချမ်းပါစေ။ (ဆရာဦးသန်းရွှေ)
၁၁။ ကိုကျော်စိန်မိသားစုနှင့်အတူထပ်တူဝမ်းနည်းရပါတယ်။ (ဆရာဦးသိန်းနိုင်)
A record of unanimous deep appreciation of Ko Kyaw Sein’s workwise and personal attributes in the Institute of Economics, Yangon
“a man who was said to be born with the Institute of Economics”
U Kyaw Sein (Retired) from the Rector's Office passed away on the 8.2.2026 at the residence of the Rector of the University of Economics, U Aye Hlaing, Ward 7, Yadana Road, Mayangone, Yangon
Memorial Words to U Kyaw Sein from Faculty Members
1. Whoever the person dying, any person having worked hard and loyally especially for a long time, deserves to be widely recognized, exemplified and honored, besides being held as an example for need to repent the uncertainty of life.
“In death, all human beings are equal”. I am sorry, U Kyaw Sein.
Ko Kyaw Sein - I know very well that you have done a good job in the office of U Aye Hlaing since I was a young teacher. I am sorry. May Ko Kyaw Sein receive a better future existence, and believing “you will get it”, I suggest MEA to give something to the family as a donation. (Daw Khin Khin Thein)
2. Yes, I remember him. We became close during our student and working days at the Institute of Economics. May Ko Kyaw Sein, who was a good-tempered person, rest in peace! He was a person who worked with the Economics Institute for many years. He was a person who worked with great dedication. He was a person known by all registrars (U Ye Myint knows). Many faculty members know him too. We only came to know of his death when Eco-Alumni shared the news. (Khin Pwint Oo)
3. I am very sorry for Ko Kyaw Sein. We worked together (confidentially) for exams for many years. It’s repentance that one day, like him, I will follow his path. (U Ye Myint)
4. I'm sorry Ko Kyaw Sein suffered Parkinsons and dementia in his old age, but glad he stayed with Saya's family all these years. Also, Ko Kyaw Sein, like his boss, never carried tales around, never gossiped, and was extremely discreet, never said more than a few words. “Rest in Peace, dear Ko Kyaw Sein” .
(Dr. Kyi May Kaung, USA).
5. May the simple, kind person U Kyaw Sein have a good destination! Undoubtedly, he will.
(Sayagyi U Kyaw Myint)
6. Ko Kyaw Sein was such a hardworking man, he never complained whenever I took down documents to be photocopied into several copies, always dignified
(Daw Khin Myo Myint, Australia)
7. A “symbol of sincerity and loyalty”. I have known him well since I was an undergraduate student. RIP (U Kyaw Min Tun)
8. May U Kyaw Sein, who was full of sincerity, honesty, and dedication to his duties, achieved a happy rebirth (U Kyi Tun, Chairman: Myanmar Economics Association)
9. The final day will come for every one of us. What matters is the sharing of love and compassion among ourselves while we still breathe (U Yupa)
10. My condolences to the Ko Kyaw Sein family. May he rest in peace in a noble life
(U Than Shwe)
11. My condolences go out to Ko Kyaw Sein family (U Thein Naing)
A donation to honor the deceased (names removed)
TOTAL: 1,000,000/- (Ten Hundred Thousand Kyats Only)
Photo: Handing over a donation to a bereaved family
L to R:
Photo: Institute of Economics where Ko Kyaw Sein worked for until he retired
memorial for U Kyaw Sein who worked in Saya Aye Hlaing's office--Inst of Ecos, Rangoon--
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Iran/Middle East War--massive flight of fighter jets from US --last night--copied and pasted from Wajee Lion--Substack
Wajeeh Lion
16h
@wajeehlion
VISIBLE DETERRENCE: Why the Middle East Sky is Lit Up with U.S. Military Aircraft Tonight
A viral surge of screenshots from aviation tracking site Flightradar24 has sparked global anxiety tonight, showing dozens of U.S. Air Force logistics and refueling aircraft operating across European and Middle Eastern airspace. Social media has been flooded with speculation that the visible armada is the unannounced prelude to a massive, regional ground war.
The reality, according to military analysts and open-source intelligence (OSINT), is far more calculated: this is the visible logistical backbone of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing U.S. military campaign in the region, operating in plain sight.
The Logistics of 'Epic Fury'
The aircraft currently dominating civilian flight trackers are not covert strike fighters. They are primarily Boeing KC-135 and KC-46 aerial refuelers bridging the transatlantic gap, and C-17A Globemaster III heavy transports.
Aviation data over the past 48 hours confirms a heavy volume of C-17 flights originating from Robert Gray Army Airfield in Texas, with multiple sorties heading toward allied air bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. These specific transport routes are highly correlated with the rapid deployment of air-defense systems—such as Patriot batteries and counter-drone technologies—and the resupply of munitions depleted during recent engagements.
Rather than signaling a surprise first strike, the choice to leave civilian ADS-B transponders turned on is a deliberate psychological and tactical maneuver. If the U.S. military were initiating a covert offensive, these aircraft would be operating under strict Emissions Control (EMCON), effectively vanishing from commercial radars. By flying "loud and proud," the Department of Defense is actively projecting its logistical endurance and rapid-resupply capabilities to regional adversaries.
Fortifying the Umbrella
This aerial bridge is actively supplying one of the largest concentrations of U.S. forces in the Middle East in over two decades. The airspace activity corresponds with the massive naval presence currently deployed to the Arabian Sea and surrounding waters, which includes the Carrier Strike Groups of both the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford.
Furthermore, the U.S. has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) defenses in recent weeks. The transports landing at CENTCOM forward operating bases are likely delivering these critical early-warning sensors and mobile mitigation systems to shield troops from drone incursions and ballistic threats.
What the Radars Don't Show
While the transport and refueling bridge is highly public, the kinetic assets remain in the shadows. The U.S. has already deployed advanced fifth-generation stealth fighters, including F-22 Raptors and F-35s, alongside F-15E Strike Eagles, to hardened regional bases. The exact operational tempo of these combat aircraft, as well as the rapid-response movements of specialized units, remains strictly compartmentalized and off the radar.
Tonight’s lit-up screens are not the start of a secret war. They are the roaring engines of a very public, massive supply chain designed to fortify allied airspace, sustain the ongoing operations of Epic Fury, and establish an overwhelming posture of deterrence by denial.
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Why we fight long wars --studies of chimpanzees--
The new research from Uganda adds to Goodall’s early observations about chimp behavior. Scientists documented in detail a series of social disturbances that preceded the current conflict, including the deaths of key individuals who played a role in connecting different chimp “neighborhoods,” a change in dominance or leadership structure, and a disease outbreak.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/chimpanzee-war-conflict-animal-societies?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Abe Books is putting my publications on their catalog--but I have not noticed any sales on my Amazon page
https://www.abebooks.com/author/b00jghsusw/k-m-kaung
They could be selling them as used books.
The page is straight from Amazon.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Fiction by Ma Sandar--in Burmese--
https://mbookshelf.naingdroidapps.com/author/626-ma-sandar/books#google_vignette
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https://mbookshelf.naingdroidapps.com/author/626-ma-sandar/books#google_vignette
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Friday, April 10, 2026
This sounds like a spin off on The Devil wears Prada--which I have never read nor seen.
This is quite good--good production values,acting, scenes, cinamatology, dialog--clothes--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3hE64FwuHg
Set in fashion managazine and industry world.
Thursday, April 09, 2026
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Kristi Noem's luxury jet to be used by other officials--
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/08/noem-dhs-plane-white-house/
It should be auctioned off to pay everyone who lost their jobs and to compensate ICE victims.
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Another Chinese historical drama--sick society--warning--scenes of rape--torture--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue5pHfPIj8c
It's actually a good story--andyouwill learn lots of fancy shmancy Chinese special dishes too--like fried fish "grapes" which I saw before on Eat Drink Man Woman--but some things I did not know before.
Plus the male lead and the female lead are very good looking,the villains all horrible, some situations amusing.
Thing is Ican't tell you what it's called.
Horrible little thin woman chasing a doctor--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxm9TxThRRA
This story seems to go nowhere slowly.
Monday, April 06, 2026
Sunday, April 05, 2026
ChatGPT--what it is--warning--"Its watermark means nothing."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT
It goes straight to your files and folders--
I'm not going to use it.My friends--pl don't use it either--it's AI
The rights of the original creator are being violated.
It produces "hallucinations" ie wrong and inaccurate results.
As for DJT--he can produce his own hallucinations.
STAY OFF IT--
Substack has an image generator too--to illustrate articles--but it can't handle abstractions or metaphors--
like the RFA "librarian" who gave me a list of real architects when I asked him to research
"Architects of the Marshall Plan in Europe post ww II." In 1998--stupid man.
Writers have case against AI.
kmk
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Monday, March 30, 2026
US ground forces arrive as Middle East war escalates--
https://www.military.com/benefits/2026/03/30/us-ground-forces-arrive-middle-east-iran-conflict-escalates.html
They are designed for rapid response--not large scale invasion.
Interesting.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Saturday, March 28, 2026
House Republicans pass DHS funding bill that Dems call "dead on arrival"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-johnson-dhs-house-rebels-senate-bill-ice-cbp-rcna265507?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Friday evening to pass a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that has no viable path in the Senate and is likely to extend the shutdown stalemate on Capitol Hill.
The vote of 213-203 came after Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rejected the Senate-passed bill, which would fund all of DHS except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Funding for DHS lapsed in mid-February.
He called the Senate measure “a joke,” placing full blame for it on Democrats, even though Republicans control the Senate and the bill passed by unanimous consent early Friday morning.
Friday, March 27, 2026
My friends often ask me--What is Demonetization? They had never heard of it. Copied and pasted.
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
Demonetization
https://hist_burma.en-academic.com/186/Demonetization
Demonetization
(1964, 1985, 1987)
An order of the government that revokes the legal tender status of currency notes, rendering them worthless. Burma under General Ne Win experienced three demonetizations: in May 1964, November 1985, and September 1987. They were designed to cripple "economic insurgency" (the black market), but the first two demonetizations offered limited compensation to persons who surrendered old banknotes. The 1987 order did not, wiping out as much as 80 percent of the country's savings because most people hoarded cash, reluctant to put their funds in the unreliable state banking system. The government replaced currency notes in denominations of 25, 35, and 75 kyats with oddly numbered notes of 45 and 90 kyats, reflecting Ne Win's preference for the auspicious number nine. In response, student demonstrations broke out, the first since the mid-1970s. Most observers believe the 1987 demonetization contributed substantially to the transformation of antigovernment sentiment into a nationwide opposition movement in 1988. Since the establishment of the State Law and Order Restoration Council, periodic fears of a new demonetization have added uncertainty to unsettled economic conditions. Those who can afford it keep their wealth in gold, jewelry, U.S. dollars, or capital-generating possessions such as automobiles.
See also Economy and Economic Policy, Burma Socialist Programme Party Era; Economy and Economic Policy, State Law and Order Restoration Council / State Peace and Development Council Era; Numerology.
Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Donald M. Seekins . 2014.
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Demonetization — is the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender. Demonetization is necessary whenever there is a change of national currency. The old unit of currency must be retired and replaced with a new currency unit. A recent example… … Investment dictionary
demonetization — de*mon e*ti*za tion, n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized; specificially, the declaration by a government that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
demonetization — 1852, from Fr. démonétisation, from démonetiser (see DEMONETIZE (Cf. demonetize)) … Etymology dictionary
demonetization — (Amer.) de·mon·e·ti·za·tion || diË‚mÊŒnɪtaɪ zeɪʃn n. act of removing money from circulation (also demonetisation) … English contemporary dictionary
demonetization — demonetize de‧mon‧e‧tize [ˌdiːˈmʌntaɪz ǁ ˈmɑːn ] also demonetise verb [transitive] FINANCE to no longer allow the use of a particular coin or banknote as money: • The Philippines central bank demonetized the paper money printed during Ferdinand… … Financial and business terms demonetization — demonetize (also demonetise) ► VERB ▪ deprive (a coin or precious metal) of its status as money. DERIVATIVES demonetization noun. ORIGIN French démonétiser, from Latin moneta money … English terms dictionary demonetization — noun see demonetize … New Collegiate Dictionary demonetization — See demonetize. * * * … Universalium demonetization — noun The act or process of demonetizing … Wiktionary demonetization — de·monetization … English syllables 18+ © Academic, 2000-2026 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx.
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.
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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--
19 hours ago
By Margaret Attridge
Dow Jones
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Friday, March 20, 2026
Partial closure--Fireworks series--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQHrsEYo34
Realistic post-earthquake setting, great lighting,photography, tonal "Chinese" sound track,sounds a bit like Tang Dun, Symphony 97,
color palette, details (like her bob hairstyle in high school) lighter etc
Characeter development--just perfect--even secondary and tertiary characters.
Song Yan
Dr. Xu
Pi Pi
Jan Yiang
The one who had to retire --earlier
Old army buddy.
Each character gets a highlight as in Tale of Two Cities or a jazz concert.
Wish to give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Kyi May Kaung
3-19-2026.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Salman Rushdie--Imaginary Homelands--esp. worth re-reading--Inside the Whale, Attenborough's Gandhi etc.
Also other Rushdie publications in different languages, Rushdie related commentaries, Knife etc.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=salman+rushdie+imaginary+homelands&adgrpid=1343603775626028&hvadid=83975474890936&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=51771&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83975585501409%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=10055_13485428&mcid=4c6944b7d8fd303b861b42127318d041&msclkid=a383dbbc5df01810316bb200dadd018e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_8fbw7d45og_e
I use Amazon and Google to find and buy books.
I don't have Amazon or Google stock.
My books on Amazon make cents.
Kaung
3-19-2026
So brilliant--like a meteor--my absolute favorite, Fiber Spider--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SZoiMct2Yw&t=32s
he hasn't done it yet and neither have I,but youcan adapt this as a longyi/sarong wrap by measuring 3/4 of your existing longi width without the fold.
You should stick to Virus pattern at either the L or R edge of your longyi--or sarong, depending on how you wrap your sarong--
generally both sides of this pattern are about the same but there is always the better side.
OR--along the bottom edge of your wrap sarong.
Both will be too busy.
Make a scarf/scarves or saron depending on which you will use more.
Sarong version with matching top can be for a special occasion, like a wedding dress for say 1 second marriage like Jackie.
I suggest pale colors or pale to medium colors to wear over dark clothing--(after the wedding, or the divorce)
Not too bulky yarn.
Kyi May Kaung.
3-19-2026
OMG I don't like her ugly hands and awful nails--but this is an easy scarf pattern--adaptable many ways.
You can find rectangular scarves like this on Olga Poltava--
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SAlSz1Uhpo&list=PLzNyjvEWDKLTvvrQO49Mu1ohXB-t5JWIE&index=46
From Gilbert Murray (the translator's) forward to Oedipus at Colonus--very interesting, as they say--
Greek tradition tells us that the play was produced by the poet's grandson, Sophocles the younger, four [Pg 6] years after the author's death at the age of ninety. This is confirmed by the metrical and linguistic tests, which clearly prove the Colonêüs to be among the last of the poet's writings; indeed it would almost seem that some parts of the play required a fourth actor, unless we escape that startling conclusion by the somewhat evasive hypothesis of a supernumerary persona muta who was not always entirely mute.[2] The play certainly leaves the impression of coming from one who has largely left the turmoil of life behind him and looks back upon it with deepened understanding and mature mastery of language and poetry.
Some modern readers have seen signs of old age in a certain lengthiness and lack of concentration in the drama. It is, as Aristotle would say, "episodic," and each episode involves some dissipation of interest. The ancient critics, however, seem to have singled out the "oeconomia"—the construction or management—of the play for particular admiration. Aristophanes of Byzantium considered that in this respect it had no equal. He might have pointed out that it contains many characters, none of them mere vessels of rhetoric but each with his own ethos and his own purposes and a good reason for entering when he does. And it is true that each episode serves its purpose in showing the gradual sanctification or "heroization" of Oedipus. A hero was by no means necessarily a lovable character; he had to be firstly, uncanny and different from common men, and secondly formidable, with powers to injure[Pg 7] or to bless, connected always with a taboo grave. So far he is like a mediaeval saint; but he need not be saintly in character. Aegisthus and Salmoneus, famous for their sins, were "heroes." An extreme case is that of the athlete Cleomêdês, who, after killing his opponent, went mad and destroyed a school with sixty children in it; naturally people were afraid of such a being and felt it desirable to "appease" his tomb. The terrific cursing of Polynices by his father, which was heart-breaking to Antigone, seems to us a very strange prelude to the scene of something like sanctification which immediately follows, but of course heroization is not the same thing as sanctification. The curse showed how truly formidable the inmate of that mysterious tomb was to be; and we must always remember that in an insecure and unpoliced society, like those of antiquity in general, the punishment of the wicked was a keenly felt social necessity. Was the wrong-doer to go scot-free, and the cry of the "wronged ones in the darkness" to be left unheard? A true hero must curse as well as bless.
https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/murraysophocles-oedipusatcolonus/murraysophocles-oedipusatcolonus-00-h.html
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