Diary (July 2, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Thursday July 2, 2020.

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Diary

Haydn

Nobody does it better than Haydn. Nobody.

(Don't tell Mozart I said so, you know how that boy gets.)

Andres Segovia Plays Minuet and Trio by Joseph Haydn —

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8extdBIZg

Thrill-seeking at perilous heights

I am glad I survived my youth.

There is a time in some lives for thrill-seeking at perilous heights.

I continue to thrill at life's rich pageant, but more safely on the ground.

Australia

Australia.

The soft underbelly of democracy, easy target, strategic region.

China, always China.

• https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/defence-australia-why-buying-longrange-missiles-changes-everything/news-story/aa1749328cee573bab24914192663481

• https://www.facebook.com/michael.m.butler/posts/10224532315881417?comment_id=10224532538526983&reply_comment_id=10224532708371229

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Karl Jones (nonfiction)