Maggie's Farm

I mean game meat in your freezer. A Cassoulet is nice, if not exciting. But how about an English Game Pie?

Brits have always been big on meat pies, and the Game Pie is one made in the same pastry as a Pork Pie. Why not? 

Photo is a fancy Pork Pie hat. 

Not really in trouble, but saying whatever he thinks can upset people and, as he says, mostly white-skinned people. I disagree with him often, but he is a smart guy and a good talker. I have found some of his abstract ideas valuable, especially "framing."

So Musk calls the media racist. 

(1) Fine : This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. This means your facts may be right but you are still wrong.  

(2) Five Minutes : If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

(3) Nothing : This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

(4) Go Ahead : This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

(5) Loud Sigh : This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)

(6) That's Okay : This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

(7) Thanks : A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome'. That will bring on a 'whatever').

(8) Whatever : Is a woman's way of saying...Go to Hell...

(9) Don't worry about it, I got it : Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' (For the woman's response refer to # 3).

Whale deaths and windfarms 

The question is whether the sonar ships used to build the windmills are blinding sea mammals' sonar 

Exercise and depression 

WSJ:  Why We Should Keep Reading Freud - Today’s psychologists find him embarrassing, but the founder of psychoanalysis had powerful insights into the way our minds work.

 'Health at Every Size' Group Razes the 'Racism and Healthism' of Physicians Fighting Obesity

 Pediatric cancer fundraiser not diverse enough, Penn State students say

Spectator: Are the adults back in charge at the New York Times? Newsroom leadership chastised staff for aligning with activist groups

Microaggressions can "kill you," criminalize speech against "oppressed groups"

 Major Association Of US Doctors Makes Official Statement On Transgender Procedures For Minors

 DeSantis worse than murderer

Would it have been better? (The rocking chair.)

The Wilbury gang made up their (mostly goofy) tunes and lyrics on the fly. Talent to burn. I'd say Jeff Lynn was the glue.

I'm not a big fan of visiting Rome, but I've been there a few times and have walked all around and seen all the required sights. Got stuck there one time too (long story). Did enjoy this book: Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome.

One cool thing about Rome is that you can hop on a quick train south to Ostia Antica which is the most intact ancient Roman city. Far more preserved than Pompeii, which is all rubble except for a few ancient street food vendors and the porn pictures in the ancient whorehouses.  

One thing Pompeii and Ostia have in common is that they were both seaports. Ostia (now Ostia Antica - Ostia is nearby, a beach town) was the Port of Rome in olden times, now silted up as is Pompeii. 

Ostia Antica is huge - can't see it all in one day but a few hours with a nice lunch and beer in their cafeteria is enough to get the gist of it. Except for our technology, their lives were not too different from ours. Heck, they even had apartment buildings. We live in a Roman civilization. 

Western medieval times were a crazy step "backwards" in civilization. A degeneracy, you could say, or a throwback. That's why those medieval times capture the imagination. I guess Hadrian's Wall, and Regensberg, were Rome's high water marks before the barbarians took over again. Ancient Rome is familiar, kinda boring to me.  Medieval Europe is weird.

Some high profile writers at the NY Times are pushing back against the mob

 College censors art exhibit with content warning, curtains following Muslim students’ complaint

 What the Hell Is Going on With That Trump Grand Jury Foreman?

 Morning Joe Declares Free Speech to Be 'Out of Date'

 Rolling Stone: Cancel Culture Is Good For Democracy Or Something

 Heidegger’s Downfall - Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance.

Who is "indiginous"? 

 America is running out of oppressed classes in need of saviors, so apparently, we must expend every more effort to find people to save. 

 Victor Davis Hanson: The Ukraine War's Prelude To What?

Amusing.

 There is no evidence for a Universe before the Big Bang.Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, famed for his work on black holes, claims we've seen evidence from a prior Universe. Only, we haven't.

 ROALD DAHL CAN NEVER BE MADE NICE. Rewriting his novels is about corporate safetyism, not social justice.

 Rank Innumeracy On The Cost Of Electricity From Renewables

 Yale sacred music center launches climate change art initiative

 Drucker on Education, 1969

 Charters succeed at teaching — that’s why their enemies hate them

 Names, pronouns & the law

Unease Over Biden's Proxy Quagmire in Ukraine Is Growing

 Racism in reporting: when they don't tell you the race...

 World’s Superpowers Threw Their Cards on the Table This Week and Every One of Them Came Up in Favor of WWIII

Masks no longer required at NY healthcare facilities

NYT: Masks did nothing 

 Fight the Anti-Trans Backlash With Accountability, Not Silence

Re Dahl:  Rewriting Children’s Books to be Politically Correct - "We regularly review the language to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all.”

 Report: In a Staggering Number of Chicago Schools, Zero Students Are Proficient in Reading or Math

 Media censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story was horrible and then it got even worse. Hunter Biden laptop coverage went from guilt and fear to revisionist history

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams Takes a Shot at Ron DeSantis. Hits Himself Instead.

 TRUMP’S APPEAL BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE

 The campaign against Musk reflects a degree of desperation as the control of social media collapsed with his purchase. 

 US joins Security Council condemnation of Israeli settlements, violence from ‘all parties’

 The Fall of Nicola Sturgeon

 Polish High Court Rules National Sovereignty Supersedes EU Authority, EU Sues

 Mood In Washington Shifting In Favor Of Jets For Ukraine

Escalating the US vs Russia war. Really? 

 Biden Went to Kyiv Because There’s No Going Back

I had thought that this speakeasy-type joint was still closed "for renovation", but nope. It is open again as The Campbell. As before, there is almost no signage, and a girl checks your attire before letting you in. You just have to know where it is. Cozy place. We have used it as a destination for a couple of our Maggie's Urban Hikes.

Located in Grand Central Terminal (aka Grand Central Station), this office of John Cambell in the 1920s had been abandoned for decades and used for storage. Here's what it looked like in Campbell's time:

People used to call Cooper's Hawk "Chicken Hawk." 

They are not rare across the entire US, but can be difficult to distinquish from their Sharp-Shinned Hawk relatives. Often impossible, so people like me just call them "Accipter sp.". In the US, there are 3 accipter species, all bird-hunters. The noble Goshawk, beloved of falconers, is the king. Rarely seen.

And is fish-oil "healthy"?

Blueberries in New Hampshire 

MacDonald: Barometer of Hate - A major Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit rejects beauty and cultivates racial resentment.

 Irish Man Died After Being Attacked by Chicken

 Business professors are wrong about the future of work

 When Stuff Happens – Blame it on Climate Change!

 DEI And The Reality Of Failing Democrat-Run Unionized Public Schools

 Pro-BLM teacher forced out of South Carolina school for claiming it was 'white supremacy' to call theft a crime is now accused of concealing student's gender issues from parents at new Maryland school

 UK Counter-Terrorism Program Flags Shakespeare and ‘1984’ for ‘Encouraging Far-Right Sympathies’

 Joe Biden might be the White House’s best communicator. Have you heard the rest of them try to speak?

Chicago:  What’s truly notable isn’t DeSantis’s visit. It’s the terrified reaction to it. It’s almost as if a serial killer was coming to town. DeSantis should carefully note the hysteria by Democrats. It should serve him well when his campaign for president begins in earnest.

Pancakes are for fun, not nutrition. Little ones like pancakes. So do adults - if with bacon and fried eggs on the side. Bacon just makes everything better.

Pancakes are no more nutritional than bread, but fun with real maple syrup. Fact is, as a kid, we sometimes used molasses instead. 

We make them many ways: with a little corn meal and canned corn; with sliced apples, with our stash of frozen cranberries (best), or with blueberries. All good. 

The only ones I do not like are the doughy diner ones.  I like them thin, with edges dark brown and crispy.

How do our readers like their flapjacks?