GUEST POST from Don – Stupid Human Tricks

STUPID HUMAN TRICKS First, from the New York Times:  “There’s a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gasses, in your beer.”  Sure, it can be done, but it is meaningless.  If 2 more people are added to the planet in 2026 that will wipe out the “savings.”  Your beer will cost twice as much as well.  Thanks, but no thanks! It …
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GUEST POST from Don – THE UNSETTLING, chapter 5

PREQUEL to BLURRY MOUNTAIN:  “THE UNSETTLING”© 2026 Donald Whelpley CHAPTER FIVE.  SLOW AND PURPOSEFUL. On the coastal plains there were more slave than free, more black than white.  The Negroes were not talkative.  They always seemed to move with purpose, and looked neither left nor right.  Once Grigor stopped negro man to ask directions.  The man was furtive and only answered …
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Picture Day! May 5, 2026 Edition

These photos are all from the weekend, when our little family had my birthday dinner at Chen’s Mongolian Grill in Saginaw, MI on May 2nd. I have added notes where necessary. The outdoor family photos don’t need description I don’t think, except that this is the only time in our lives that my age will …
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GUEST POST from Don – Calling It

CALLING IT on this STORY Popular Science has this headline:  “Ancient humans didn’t need braces. So why do we?” Their short answer is basically that ancient humans had to chew fibrous foods and it strengthened (and expanded) the jaw bone, giving teeth room to grow properly into place. I know someone who has always ground his …
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