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Presidents Day U.S.A.

 
 

Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: Three little kittens have lost their mittens

HintHere's your Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
As always, remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
Have fun!
To do the puzzle tootle over to Three little kittens have lost their mittens

Free Mystery Movie: A Shot in the Dark

See you tomorrow.
Panzer found you a mystery movie on the PizzaFix channel on YouTube.

The movie is A Shot in the Dark. It's in black and white and was made in 1935. It's 1 hour 9 minutes long.
Get your favorite beverage, make a big bowl of popcorn (or a pizza) and  enjoy this 89 year old movie.
To watch the movie tootle over to A Shot in the Dark

Free Romance Audiobook: Cupcakes and Cowboys

Now to find a movie.

Here's a clean romance audiobook Panzer found for you on YouTube.
The romance audiobook Cupcakes and Cowboys is written by Lindzee Armstrong. It's narrated by Stacy Clemboski with in intro by the author. It's 2 hours 17 minutes long.
Make a cup of cocoa and enjoy this short romance.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Cupcakes and Cowboys

Free Agatha Christie Audiobook: A Deadly Affair

Be careful who you love.
For those of you who like audiobooks and those of you who like short stories, Panzer found a combination of the two at the Agatha Christie Audiobooks channel on YouTube.
The audiobook short story collection A Deadly Affair is fourteen "love" stories by Agatha Christie. The stories are narrated by Hugh Fraser, David Suchet, and Juan Hickson. It's 6 hours 47 minutes long. To see the list of the short story titles click the 'more' button below the cover picture.
Make a pot of tea, get comfortable and enjoy these stories.
To listen to these stories tootle over to A Deadly Affair

Free Sweet Romance Audiobook: Snowed in at the Event Center

Finished for the day.
If you're not ready to let Christmas go yet, Panzer found you a clean sweet Christmas romance audiobook.
The audiobook Snowed in at the Event Center is written by Catelynn Meadows. It's narrated by Georgie Lee King and 5 hours 23 minutes long.
Make some hot cocoa, grab a warm blanket and think about Christmas while you enjoy this romance.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Snowed in at the Event Center

Free Audio Short Story: The Plymouth Express Affair

Now I'll see what else I can find.
For those of you who prefer your mystery short with a British flare, Panzer found a Hercule Poirot short story on the Audiobooky channel on YouTube.
The audio short story The Plymouth Express Affair was written by Agatha Christie. It's narrated by Nigel K. and 30 minutes long.
Make a cup of tea, lean back on the couch and enjoy the mystery.
To listen to the audio tootle over to The Plymouth Express Affair

Inside the Censorship and Exclusion Mess of the Hugo Awards - Various

  Back to regular news tonight.
Because a wind storm brought down a tree yesterday and we lost power, Panzer couldn't post the news. To catch up, here's three posts about the 2024 Hugo Awards problems. There are two posts from Publishers Weekly and one from File 770. It's a complicated problem, so it makes more sense if the posts are read in order at the end of this post.
 Panzer says, "This little kitty didn't know anything about this problem with the Awards, so he has nothing to say about it. He's just reporting these posts that clogged his news feed."
 
Note: You'll need to decide what to snack on while you read these.
 To read post one tootle over to Resignations
To read post two tootle over to Glasgow Worldcon
To read or download post three (the report) tootle over to Censorship and Exclusion

Valentine's Day

 
 From Panzer, Mom and What's His Name

Amazon Turns $2.7 Billion Loss in 2022 to a Profit of $30 Billion in 2023 - Publishers Weekly

That's a huge profit jump for one year.
Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today took our traveling kitty pilot to the Publishers Weekly site. There with a little digging in the posts he found one about Amazon's company profits.
 According to Jim Milliot's post, Amazon announced a turnaround for a company loss in 2022 to a major profit in 2023. The company cut expenses by implementing employee layoffs and delivery reorganizations. The company also had a significant increase in sales. The combination of  these lead to the 2023 profit.
 
Panzer says, "The post has other information about an AI named Rufus. You need to read that too."
 Note: This is a short-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.
 To read the post tootle over to Amazon Profit