Sept 14, 2020
Some things I read recently — Only a few animals are known to recognize themselves in a mirror: humans, other great apes, dolphins, elephants, bees, and magpies.Magpies recognize people fairly well ...
Sept 12, 2020
Easy BooksI like to find possible origins of recent science fiction stories, and Stephen King in particular is a favorite of mine, although sometimes I get contentious about what he’s doing. For one...
Aug 29, 2020
We are soon to see more deliberate and grotesque mismanagement of the federal system that I feel terrible for our country. It’s as if an 8-year-old were attempting to play president.Trump should be ...
Aug 20, 2020
Be careful of wearing out your car windows; I just found out what a new window regulator costs to install. The same day I was taking my car home after getting some repairs for inspection, on the way h...
Aug 8, 2020
I want to be this happy. from r/aww ...
July 31, 2020
If you plan to vote by mail, you should check your state's .gov page to see the cut-off date your ballot has to reach the elections offices to be counted. For PA, it's October 27th. But some are sayin...
June 25, 2020
Got a very unusual card from my BIL's brother, whose sense of humor is like a New Yorker cartoon -- subtle, sometimes Martian. Anyway, the picture is of an old CRT computer with keyboard, and the capt...
June 21, 2020
Last week I got together with 3 of my 4 sisters for a birthday, and it was wonderful because of how long it's been. And I heard from my long-lost youngest sister out in Utah too. The world is differen...
June 17, 2020
It should be remembered that people are still dying. My sister, in hospital records, told me that in Allegheny County (greater Pittsburgh) this week, 100 people died of Covid-19. That’s a terrible n...
June 16, 2020
The bears around here stay deep inside the woods. It's much cooler and nicer there, I guess. But when one strays, a major public service announcement happens, warning everyone.This is supposed to be h...
May 27, 2020
I haven't gotten my ballot yet, and it has to be received by the election office by Tuesday, and postmarks don't count. It was with difficulty that I was finally able to discover whether my county was...
May 14, 2020
There’s a very trashy corner down the road I'd like to go out and pick up trash from, but due to traffic should only be navigated on foot very early and I haven't solved the sleep problem to wake up...
May 13, 2020
It’s after nine, so I hereby dub this the cheap champagne hour. The last three days call out for it, and that’s what I happen to have, so… It was yesterday that one sister decided to drop by wit...
Apr 30, 2020
I feel like a sheep, sometimes, because anything I get interested in doing or making was long ago discovered by a million idiots online. Aprons, for instance. They’re actually a huge designer item n...
Apr 30, 2020
Ran across the song The Liar Tweets Tonight, a retweet in Jim Carrey's feed: Twitter.com/JimCarrey and I found myself listening to it 3 times in a row. Made me feel better, all the people singing it a...
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