Tag: plague

PLAGUES AND PANDEMICS

Plagues are not always pandemics. For a plague to become a pandemic, it has to have spread so widely that no location is spared. A pandemic is a plague (or epidemic) that has run out of control. Back in those olden days which medically speaking were very far from golden, any rapidly spreading disease could … Continue reading PLAGUES AND PANDEMICS

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR

HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? It's amazing to realize when I wrote this last year, we were a mere two weeks into the pandemic. We are still in the same pandemic having gone through surges, retreats, vaccination, resistance to vaccines. At least you-know-who is out of office. That's something what's really amazing is … Continue reading ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR

TODAY’S NEWS AT SIX

Watching the news tonight was illuminating, in an Illuminati kind of way  The first subject they covered was politics, including the postal crisis, a couple of local races, plus concerns about not getting ballots delivered or entered on time. It continued with national politics, tape on Trump family members horrified at their cousins or nephew's … Continue reading TODAY’S NEWS AT SIX

BOOK OF JOB, THE SEQUEL – BY TOM CURLEY

God and the Devil got together recently. They do that more often than you think. Usually at least once every millennia. They play cards, catch up on all the celestial gossip and have a few beers. More often than not, they get into an argument about something and end up resolving it with a bet. … Continue reading BOOK OF JOB, THE SEQUEL – BY TOM CURLEY

THE ODD COUPLE THAT COULD BRING TRUMP DOWN – natshouseblog

Steven Miller. advisor to Donald J. Trump and Katie Millie, Press Secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, who has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Both Millers have daily access to Trump and Pence. By Nat Helms of natshouseblog Mother Nature apparently doesn’t like the way things are going in the world at the moment and banded … Continue reading THE ODD COUPLE THAT COULD BRING TRUMP DOWN – natshouseblog

HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? – Marilyn Armstrong

Epidemics happen and they happen regularly and surprisingly often. Humans have a funny way of forgetting anything that happened more than 10 years ago. Not studying history is bad enough, but not remembering what you actually lived through is pathetic. This is an article about plagues: when they occurred and where. We don't know much … Continue reading HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? – Marilyn Armstrong

THE REST OF THE STORY – THE PLAGUE FORGE, Jason M. Hough

The Plague Forge by Jason M. Hough Book 3 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group Del Rey Spectra - Del Rey Publication Date: September 24, 2013 This story of a future dystopian earth continues where The Exodus Tower left off. SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers If you have not read the first … Continue reading THE REST OF THE STORY – THE PLAGUE FORGE, Jason M. Hough

Gift of doom? The aliens return with The Exodus Tower, by Jason M. Hough

The Exodus Tower by Jason M. Hough Book 2 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group -- Del Rey Spectra - Del Rey Publication Date: August 27, 2013 This unique story of a future dystopian earth continues where The Darwin Tower left off. Dystopian futures for our planet have become a genre. This story manages … Continue reading Gift of doom? The aliens return with The Exodus Tower, by Jason M. Hough

Dystopia with a twist – The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough

The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough - Book 1 of The Dire Earth Cycle Random House Publishing Group -- Del Rey Spectra - Del Rey Publication Date: July 30 2013 Books about the dystopian future of earth are an entire genre nowadays. Whether it's the post Zombie apocalypse, earth after the aliens have worked us over, earth … Continue reading Dystopia with a twist – The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough