We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
I recently took a poll about whether the American Dream is a myth or fact, and whether it's more achievable or less so today.
I know my views aren't the same as most, but I think my take on the American Dream makes it more attainable than ever. The American Dream is whatever you want it to be, and ultimately it's whether or not you're happy with yourself and your life. It's not money, it's not home ownership, it's not success or fame. It may be, if those are things you believe will make you happy. However, if you're happy and you like yourself and your life, then you've achieved the American Dream. In many nations, just surviving is a problem, and in many advanced nations, living your life with limited intereference from elites, politicians, cranks and other non-essentials is impossible. In the US, it's not impossible to go through life while limiting external interference, and focus on your own happiness. (Allow me to clarify - there is always external interference, but how you deal with it and react to it is what enables you to limit its impact on your life.)
So why do a fairly large number of people believe the Dream is no longer achievable, or that it is/was a myth? Why are there so many people who currently feel the Dream is unachievable, or less achievable than when their parents were younger?
20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
20:20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
20:21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
20:24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
20:25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
20:26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
20:27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe."
20:28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
20:29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."
20:30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
20:31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
... how does one explain the stampede of two million people – mainly “of color” - massing at our border to get into a country, which is said to oppress them?[4] How would an estimated two million people, 90% of them “people of color,” decide to risk their lives this year alone to break into a white supremacist country that will marginalize, underserve and oppress them.
These fledglings made their first long flights away from their home tree this morning. They wandered around for a few hours, and made their ways back for a rest. Of course, their instinctual need to fly around is a big part of it, but part of what is happening now (at around 3 1/2 months) is that the parents are cutting back hard on the fish deliveries. No more breakfast, lunch, and supper. Sort-of starved into independence.
Hunger might help drive their exploratory impulses, and slim them down so they can become swifter and more aggressive hunters.
My husband loaded trucks at a lumber yard for three years in his teens. Sports too, of course, but he is sure that that labor made him a sturdier adult. Hard manual labor is what growing boys are made for. This might not apply to women, though.
In adulthood, however, if women want to avoid osteopenia the simplest and most natural approach is to lift heavy. Cardio does nothing for bone maintenance.
Do you supinate, pronate, or neither? Sometimes you can tell by the wear on your shoe soles, but when it is more pronounced you can feel it when you walk or run.
When these things are severe, they can affect your joints and lower back. This is why God made Podiatrists.
I've only had it several times over the years, and I know why I have it right now in my calves and quads. It's because I requested 30 minutes of our hour for calisthenics from my trainer on Saturday morning, and he had me doing things I've rarely done. It was hard, but a great workout.
As an experiment, I tried stretching and walking it off for 50 minutes this morning. It didn't seem to do much, but better than sitting, maybe.
Our D-Day post yesterday described 8-hour/day calisthenics for Airborne training (including running). "I thought I was in good shape, but I wasn't." Good grief, that's always the case.
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I recently took a poll about whether the American Dream is a myth or fact, and whether it's more achievable or less so today. 
They are a custardy tropical and subtropical dessert fruit. Flavor is "the Paw Paw has been described as a soft blend of banana, melon, vanilla, and pineapple". 
Yes, a Grilled Cheese Sandwich is great, especially with some ketchup for dipping. The bread ought to be almost burnt and crunchy.