GUEST POST from Don – It Ain’t Meat

IT AIN’T MEAT + The Supreme Court of Switzerland, I believe, recently made a common-sense ruling.  If something is NOT meat, then you can’t refer to it as meat.  That is false advertising, they said. As a result plant-based proteins sold in that country cannot be called β€œSoy Chicken.”  It isn’t chicken at all. That’s smart. Improbable Burger …
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GUEST POST from Don – Truly Basic

TRULY BASIC No frozen pizza or tater tots.  No boxed mac and cheese.  No steak or chops.  Eating hamburger meals with no wine or alcoholic beverages.  Making cookies instead of buying cookies.  Canceling cable, and movie apps.  No restaurants.  No food delivery services.  Now we are talking BASIC. No clothing or shoe (or purse) purchases, eliminating name brand phone services, no Uber, no …
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GUEST POST from Don – Gas-lighting (pt III)

GAS-LIGHTING (part III) Hopefully you are getting better at identifying when writers are attempting to gaslight.   We have been needled into changing our lifestyles because of β€œman-made global warming.”  We have been told we must buy more efficient cars.  We have been told we must β€œupgrade” to all electric.  Tax money has been given to organizations which install …
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GUEST POST from Don – Emotional Stability

EMOTIONAL STABILITY β€œDo not drive or operate heavy machinery” is the warning after sedation or anesthesia for surgery.  Excellent advice!  Anesthesia discombobulates one’s senses.  I read up on the anesthesia from my last medical event.  The half-life of the anesthesia product was 10-20 minutes.  Two hours after waking I was still under its influence.  I just wish they wouldn’t wake me …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ineffective Action +

INEFFECTIVE ACTION +(DOING β€œSOMETHING” ISN’T WORKING) Hey!  We’ve all done it, right!  A fly lands on the edge of the counter (its almost always an edge) and being a β€œprofessional” fly killer you swing your arm and slap the counter with your hand…and the fly is already gone.  Instead of finding a flyswatter you try β€œsomething” less effective. …
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GUEST POST from Don – Cream of Something

β€œCREAM OF SOMETHING” That’s what a 106 year old nursing home resident called her lunch. When you’re 106 you should get a good lunch, don’t you think.  Every meal should be presented as if it were her last.  Nothing says, β€œYou lived this long for nothing” like cream of something soup. I happen to now know several …
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GUEST POST from Don – The Upside +

THE UPSIDE + According to the numbers, foreign visitors to the US just FELL by 18.3% in March.  Places which rely on foreign visitors will see a loss in revenue, of course. However, there is an incredible upside to this. In the last few years our National (and state) Park systems have been overwhelmed by the …
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