Ask the Dust, Drugs and Profiteering, Dome Dollars

Picture: Yesterday's sunrise from the north side of the house.

Finished a whale of a book last night: Ask the Dust by John Fante. Learned of the author for the first time about a year ago from a pbs program about him. Put the request on Diane's paperback book swap club and it eventually got sent her way by another individual who had read it. Small, sparten, set in the late 30's in Los Angeles; young wannabe writer in from Colorado falls in love with a waitress who in turn loves another. Lots of Catholic references and allusions - someone even called it a 'Catholic' book. Great read; pick it up.

Not too much golfing yesterday, like zero. Do want you to know that it did get up to 50 degrees around here - about 10 pm. Pointed that out to Diane; her comment: 'golf weather'.

From the Indy Star: Has to be something ironic about the fact that during these not so good economic times Eli Lilly is reporting fantastic 4th quarter earnings. Reason: "...solid sales of its antidepressant Cymbalta..."

Also from the Indy Star, word that it is going to cost 3.5 million dollars to tear down the Dome. Wow! Wonder if I can get someone to pay me for tearing down some buildings that are no longer useful?

Time for breakfast with Diane and then maybe a trip up to the golf course.