TELL ME In talking with others (something I do on purpose about every other day) I find that their interests and mine don’t match. Better, neither of us is wrong, just different. Of course, that means that there are a plethora of ideas and themes which never occur to my brain. I asked my host …
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GUEST POST from Don – Ignoring The Bigger Question
IGNORING THE BIGGER QUESTION Newspapers and magazines often “sell” simple ideas. Those ideas tend to be at the edge of some political point of view. Three examples follow. EXAMPLE 1 – An article in The Atlantic …“Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor AdultsMost scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But …
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Tuesday Truths – Jan 21, 2025 Edition
STANDARD WARNING: PULL UP YOUR BIG GIRL/BIG BOY KNICKERS BEFORE ENTERING, SO THEY DON’T GET IN A TWIST. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO COMMON SENSE AND TRUTH, GO NO FARTHER. LAST WARNING!
GUEST POST from Don – Faith-Based Sharing vs ACA
FAITH-BASED SHARING vs ACA It is time for political “what-iffing.” This is what happens in the media every time someone wins the White House. It would be funny except its not. Never has been. Every other article is about how bad things COULD happen. Strangely, if you keep track (I have a short list of nothing-burgers from last go-’round), almost …
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GUEST POST from Don: Termites
TERMITES Imagine living your entire life underground, requiring a gut bacteria which can kill you if it gets on your skin, and eating wood for a living. That would make anyone angry. It would make me angry. Now imagine not having any serious defensive weapons except your bodily gasses and a large headed version of yourself …
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VIDEO: Feeding Our Dogs (Real Food!)
It occurred to me several weeks ago that nobody else in this family eats “kibble” – the parrots and Pete & I eat real food, and avoid processed 95% of the time. So we made the choice to feed Maisie & Chuy the same way. Tonight after making a batch of food for them I …
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GUEST POST from Don: Heat Pumps
“SAVING THE PLANET” with a HEAT PUMP Can heat pumps save the planet? A government study said, “No.” That study suggested that even if every home went 100% electric and every vehicle in the USA went EV we would still fall short of the reduction goals set for 2050. Nope! Still not enough. Maybe if we had heat pumps but …
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GUEST POST from Don: Skills Children Should Learn
SKILLS CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN Three things: First, I could have done better. Don’t get me wrong, I had a good father. However, like most fathers of that era, he was aloof. I don’t remember him spending much time with us. I thought I would be better … and I think I was. However, now that I’m at the other end …
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GUEST POST from Don – Golden Silence +
GOLDEN SILENCE + How would you like to eat a meal at a restaurant in peace? No music blaring, no game on the TVs, no server asking questions “How was your meal?” If you need something you punch it into a console … “Coffee refill.” People are paying extra for nothing extra. Restaurants aren’t the only places providing …
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GUEST POST from Don – AI and RX +
AI and RX + AI is coming far faster than it should. It knows no boundaries and has no shame. Without boundaries it will do for Medicine what Garmin did for travel. Faster, easier, more accurate … most of the time. 110% failure at other points. Garmin showed us that not paying attention could put you into a lake …
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