Kurt Thams
@thams.com
FinTech founder, Glider Pilot. Building social media that is… social! Retired CTO of http://PayNearMe.com. Economics enthusiast. Meteorology geek.
So far, even better than volume 1
March 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
So far, even better than volume 1
Normally, I only make these postings when I’m far enough to know a book is a keeper. This one I’m doing again at the conclusion. It’s a unique book appearing at a unique time. It is historical fiction, and it’s very good on the history, but reads like a page-turner spy novel.
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March 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Normally, I only make these postings when I’m far enough to know a book is a keeper. This one I’m doing again at the conclusion. It’s a unique book appearing at a unique time. It is historical fiction, and it’s very good on the history, but reads like a page-turner spy novel.
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Spy fiction set before US entry into World War II, but the actors are from the US Treasury, trying to wreak economic havoc on the Nazis. It’s a good read, and you don’t need to be a macroeconomics geek to enjoy it.
But it definitely helps. 🥳
But it definitely helps. 🥳
February 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Spy fiction set before US entry into World War II, but the actors are from the US Treasury, trying to wreak economic havoc on the Nazis. It’s a good read, and you don’t need to be a macroeconomics geek to enjoy it.
But it definitely helps. 🥳
But it definitely helps. 🥳
On not being a bystander. Bright reading on a rainy morning. We have heard the message before, but here rendered with new depth and critical nuance.
February 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
On not being a bystander. Bright reading on a rainy morning. We have heard the message before, but here rendered with new depth and critical nuance.
Every year there is a first morning that I get to be present for the crescendo of bird song that happens most exuberantly in spring time.
January 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Every year there is a first morning that I get to be present for the crescendo of bird song that happens most exuberantly in spring time.
40 pages in. Can’t put it down. What an extraordinary life!
January 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
40 pages in. Can’t put it down. What an extraordinary life!
Loon Lake has some pretty ice formations right now.
January 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Loon Lake has some pretty ice formations right now.
What if EVERYONE here made every post rickrolls for the incoming TikTok refugees?
January 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What if EVERYONE here made every post rickrolls for the incoming TikTok refugees?
Winter skies in the high desert are magic. This is returning from a great weekend with peers at Sundance.
January 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Winter skies in the high desert are magic. This is returning from a great weekend with peers at Sundance.
Starting strong. The first two pages have me hooked.
January 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Starting strong. The first two pages have me hooked.
Hello, Utah. It’s good to be back.
January 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hello, Utah. It’s good to be back.
I seem to be in a Graeber mood this season.
December 30, 2024 at 10:28 PM
I seem to be in a Graeber mood this season.
I got a couple of nights camped in Death Valley. If I could give a Christmas gift to everyone, it might be the peace that comes from sitting in the immense stillness of the desert southwest wilderness.
December 24, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I got a couple of nights camped in Death Valley. If I could give a Christmas gift to everyone, it might be the peace that comes from sitting in the immense stillness of the desert southwest wilderness.
Excellent reading, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park.
December 24, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Excellent reading, in Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park.
A day of rest. Only agenda item: checking the grapevines throwing off their fall colors. This is just east of Salinas Valley, just west of Ventana Wilderness.
November 25, 2024 at 2:26 AM
A day of rest. Only agenda item: checking the grapevines throwing off their fall colors. This is just east of Salinas Valley, just west of Ventana Wilderness.
Also reading this morning. I wasn’t *trying* to color coordinate with the cat.
November 23, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Also reading this morning. I wasn’t *trying* to color coordinate with the cat.
It’s living up to its tag line.
Beautifully composed.
Thought-filling content.
Beautifully composed.
Thought-filling content.
November 23, 2024 at 5:25 PM
It’s living up to its tag line.
Beautifully composed.
Thought-filling content.
Beautifully composed.
Thought-filling content.
Utah just knows how to be beautiful.
November 23, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Utah just knows how to be beautiful.
It’s overdue to get back to the desert.
November 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
It’s overdue to get back to the desert.
Looks like more traffic *at* SFO than driving *to* SFO
November 20, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Looks like more traffic *at* SFO than driving *to* SFO
Snatched from a roadside book swap, traveled with me all the way from Northern Montana. Seems fitting for a Bryson book. Wonder where it will head when I’m done.
November 16, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Snatched from a roadside book swap, traveled with me all the way from Northern Montana. Seems fitting for a Bryson book. Wonder where it will head when I’m done.
Look at all the people coming to BlueSky!
November 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Look at all the people coming to BlueSky!