Six Books That Have Kept Me Busy During The Pandemic

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1390158

“Busy During The Panini” OMG LOLOLOLOLOLOL

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Hectic during the hoagie, even.

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I’ve been flummoxed during the falafel. Never had any issues with panini.

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I love not checking audio translation and auto correct. Panini>>>please make note when this hilarious blooper is edited as others will miss out…made my day!!! Yes, it was supposed to be Pandemic, but it’s much funnier as panini.

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https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9781541736184-us.jpg. The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton. Key takeaway: the government makes the dollars; we are only the users of the dollars. The economy is just taking money that comes from the government and passing it around among the users.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-r+RM7cML.SY344_BO1,204,203,200.jpg The Long Way Home by Louise Penny. Could have picked a few others in the Gamache series. I always learn something about Canadian art or history from her books and they are so much fun to read.https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51s4oLJyIQL.SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_FMwebp.jpg Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz. Cities are not a new phenomenon - here is the story of four cities that once thrived and then were abandoned. What were they like, why did they end, and what happened afterwards?

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TPM should be absolutely mortified.

Maybe not.

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The only book on this list that I’ve read is the The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and it’s very good. An alternate history you can almost believe, and some humor mixed in with the mystery storytelling.

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Maybe they left it there for a laugh. I know I did.

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Looks like the editors have fixed it.

I was about to write that I was having significant victories during my egg salad days.

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Only on this page, as far as I can tell.

Josh would shoot the proofreader. But then he’d have no one to clean the office fridge.

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Unless you are the Walking Dead. It is that time of the year.

Not a typo folks :smile:

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Loved it

Someone really blew that headline.

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Matt Shuham might have kept busy during the panini, but I’ve been loafing.

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