UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES

Amazon is surprised that the sale of ebooks has declined by 20%. I think it is because they intrusively follow how you read a book. Worse, they actually interact with readers of young adult books.

I think that they thought that young adults would welcome a chance to interact about their reading.

We all expect that Amazon would keep track of the books we read. But keeping track of the when, how and if, we actually read the book is intrusive beyond belief. Reading a book is one of the truly private things that people do.

I would go back to real books, but my hands can no longer hold a book open. Kindle is the only book app that offers white letters on a black background, which is way easier on the eyes.

So I ignore Amazon's intrusions into my privacy. But I will not encourage my grandchildren to read ebooks, because of Amazon's intrusions into the privacy of children who read ebooks.

I think part of the reason that Theresa May is going down in the polls is because she tried eating in public.

I still remember my first taste of fish and chips. I was appalled at the smell of vinegar, and the greasy newspaper it was wrapped in. "Just try it," said my friend from Blackpool.

YUM! I did refrain from licking the newspaper as I thought the ink might be bad for me.

Minister May ate her chips with CATSUP! And the look on her face indicated that she had not enjoyed her chips.

Then she had the same look on her face as she contemplated eating a cheese sample.

This could be dismissed as the reactions of a skinny person who only eats rabbit food.

But Brexit will badly affect the British farmer. Continental foodies have discovered the joys of artisan cheese. (You should try Cheshire cheese, a taste to almost die for.)

By looking at Brexit as a task to complete, she is not paying attention to the very real harm Brexit will cause to fishers, farmers, and artisan cheesemakers. For small operations, losing even 10% of their customers could be a death sentence to their business.

Readers of my blog know that I am against almost all austerity measures. I think that protecting the rich at the expense of the poor is both immoral and stupid.

Remember that the French revolution started over a shortage of their fabulous bread.