You may have read about the recent bizarre death of the actor David Carradine.
Saturday we stopped at a book sale and picked up some famous author books at a dollar apiece. One I chose was a murder mystery by Michael Crichton, "Rising Sun", published in 1992. I was surprised to read a description of a similar death in this book (p. 117).
The doctor doing the autopsy said, "it's too easy to make a mistake and go too far. They do, all the time."
Were the stars aligned just so that I would read this book this week? Did some deity choose this book for me to read to teach me some lesson or to use me as a prophet to warn others? I don't think so.
Millions of people read about David Carradine's death. A couple dozen people probably read Crichton's novel this week. One of these readers happens to be a blogger who writes weird stuff. Wait a day or two and somebody else will probably right something similar.
BTW, "Rising Sun" is a good read. The story takes many surprising turns, some you might guess, some you won't.
BTW2, "Rising Sun" is prophetic. "We don't make things anymore. When you manufacture products, you add value to raw materials, and you literally create wealth. But America has stopped doing that. Americans make money by creating paper manipulation, which the Japanese say is bound to catch up to us because paper profits don't reflect real wealth. They think our fascination with Wall Street and junk bonds is crazy." (p. 193)
Hm! Published in 1992. When will they ever learn?
