Friday, August 19. 2022
Why there's no 'Dijon' in Dijon mustard
In Surreal Story, 20-Year-Old Student Acquires 6% Of Bed Bath & Beyond, Makes $110 Million In 3 Weeks
Pandemic babies are behind after years of stress, isolation affected brain development
Majority of college students have a mental illness: study
Texas School District Removes “Diary Of Anne Frank” And “the Bible” From It’s Library Shelves…
Silencing the Opposition to Child Mutilation
Sanctuary cities not enjoying actually being used as sanctuaries
Powerline:
Periodically I hear from parents who says they have a child interested in studying history, and can I recommend a college with a good department. After Hillsdale and one or two other places, the answer is: No, there are none. Don’t do it. Academic history is now worse than a waste of time nearly everywhere.
Yet another refugee professor: English scholar explains why politics drove him out of academia
The Powerful Leftwing Journalists' Union and the Conflicts of Interest News Junkies Don't Hear About
After Liz Cheney’s whopping defeat, leftists rant against the ‘uneducated’
Michael Hayden, Advisor to ‘Misinformation’ Watchdog NewsGuard, Says GOP More Dangerous than Al Qaeda, ISIS
Trump's house: This is why it appears this was a raid in search of a crime.
Here's What Led the FBI to Seek a Search Warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago Home
The Revolt of Empty Spain: A nonpartisan movement to bring attention to the depopulation of Spain’s countryside has begun to shape national politics.
Thursday, August 18. 2022
August/September is tomato season in the northeast and central US.
Why are so many varieties red? Because marketing, same as apples. Much genetic engineering to come up with the amazing Beefsteak Tomato.
The first tomatoes were introduced to Europe from Mexico via the conquistadores. They were mainly viewed as ornamental plants. The fruit was the size of cherry tomatoes, and yellow-green when ripe. I guess that was the real "heritage tomato".
Why pomodoro? Pomo d'oro - Golden apple.
Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years
Italian food before the tomato. He is wrong about one thing - peppers came to Europe and to the world via Central America too. Same as polenta (maize meal), beans, and so much else.
Wednesday, August 17. 2022
Tuesday, August 16. 2022
It seems likely correct that 5-6 days of working out, in varying forms, is good for building or maintaining fitness, but tell me what the weaknesses are in this piece: Exercise answer: Research shows it’s how often you do it, not how much
Navy SEAL Kaj Larsen’s Guide to Becoming a Better Swimmer. The best waterman in his class talks dolphins, breath exercises and something called "surf torture"
Chocolate ICE CREAM is more nutritious than a granola bar, bacon is better than couscous and McDonald's pancakes are healthier than an omelette
Atlantic writer claims the rosary is an extremist symbol
Doomsday Climate Predictions Meltdown: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Reaches 12-Year Mid-August High
I blame climate change
Why all kids should take the SAT: Student’s defense of standardized testing
Pediatricians slam pediatrician group for pushing puberty blockers for children
Have we reached peak insanity yet?
An Unjustified Fear Of Nuclear Energy Is Holding The Industry Back
WSJ: ‘But Her Emails’? A Defense of ‘Whataboutism’ - Mrs. Clinton should take her hat off. Treating like cases alike is crucial to the equal protection of the law.
KAMALA HARRIS, SPACE ODDITY
Always incomprehensible
All Americans, not only in the States most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens. In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.
From Rio Grande to The Row Hotel! Migrants bussed in from Texas will be housed in $400-a-night luxury NYC hotel within a MONTH
Sunday, August 14. 2022
Luke 12:49-56
12:49 "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
12:52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
12:53 they will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
12:54 He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so it happens.
12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Saturday, August 13. 2022
Thursday, August 11. 2022
Wednesday, August 10. 2022
Tuesday, August 9. 2022
The second squall on Sunday afternoon
Sunday, August 7. 2022
We had three squalls pass over the boat today. Some with thunder and some visible lightning, and some without. I find such storms majestic, dramatic, and exciting. Plus the rain is refreshing.
When I raced sailboats as a lad, I remember times when 20 or 30 boats capsized in a row with their spinnakers up. Drama.
Here's one of the squalls today, on its way out of otherwise blue skies with fluffy clouds:
Luke 12:32-40
12:32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12:33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
12:35 "Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;
12:36 be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks.
12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.
12:38 If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
12:39 "But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
12:40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."
Friday, August 5. 2022
Deep summertime is when the Monarchs begin their long migration south. As you know. Milkweed is their favorite plant.
Like the supposed "bee apocalypse," they seem to be doing fine.
Light-weight sneaker-style footwear seems to be the thing these days. Makes sense to me.
Also, I do not want waterproof. It does not work.
Also, I am never hiking with a 40+ lb. backpack.
I do enjoy bouldering and that sort of rocky thing where the old-style heavy leather boots work well, grip like ticks, but I see kids around me bounding like Mountain Goats on boulders in sneakers from Target. Probably not necessary.
Best hiking shoes from Clever Hiker.
(Yes, Mrs. BD and I are preparing for a 9-day hiking trip - no steeps but plenty of rain probably. A hilly 9-12 miles/day, but nights in Scottish-style "luxury".)
Wednesday, August 3. 2022
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