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Gilbert and Sullivan: A Biography by Hesketh Pearson is an excellent short bio about the lives. some curious facts: 1. Gilbert made scale models of every scene of his opus and insisted that every performer did exactly what he wanted. 2. Gilbert had three Lemurs as pets. 3. Gilbert loved to play tennis. he elongated the court so his shots would go in.

4. Gilbert rode in a Cadillac in 1901. 5. Sullivan was a confirmed gambler and frequently had to borrow money from friends even though his 12 plays with Gilbert made him 450,000. 6. Gilbert was most litigious writer ever.

The Tolstoy book about O'Brian is very informative about Patrick's work habits, hobbies, and lack of wealth until 15th book in series. also completely exonerates Patrick from King's gratuitous critique. book is 700 pages well worth reading:

Patrick O’Brian: A Very Private Life, by Nikolai Tolstoy.

gilbert liked to play tennis and croquet every day, had to lengthen his tennis court because he hit too long. loved his wife who was like Susan, as did O'Brian.

Scranton was once hub of iron and discount retailers:

The Scranton Story

revelations about the Quakers, cavaliers, Roman and Greek times - highly recommended for kids also:

Mises Library

herd mentality across frontiers and markets:

Gregariousness in Cattle and Men, by Francis Galton.

highest move on cpi announcement ever. since 10-26-2023 a bull market of 9% since 4137. perhaps we will see the professor today but the two times cpi has been this much, the ppi has been bearish. strangely, only 1 cpi did better than this one since 1996: it was November 10, 2022, when S&P went up 207 big points.

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