Sun Oct 29 11:54:29 EDT 2017 Slept from one to eight without waking. High of forty-seven and partly sunny today. Goals: - Go web stuff Done. Spent the morning painting space marines. Watched the 1984 Children of the Corn movie. Fun. I don't think I'd seen it before. https://harpers.org/archive/2017/11/bumpy-ride/ > Roads symbolize one of the fundamental contracts between a government and its citizens. They are among the most direct and regular relationships people have with the state. If the roads are failing, it means government is failing. The decline of roads are not inevitable. A combination of ideology and incompetence created and perpetuates the problem. "Death of the commonweal in favor of privatization" indeed. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/where-did-the-fear-of-poisoned-halloween-candy-come-from-822302/?no-ist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_candy_myths > No cases of strangers killing or permanently injuring children this way have been proven. Started re-watching season one of Stranger Things before I watch the new season two. The pacing of episode one is great. Also the plot. And characters. OK, it just fantastic overall. Lunch: carrots, spinach, coffee, macaroni Dinner: beer, turkey sub, cookies