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Stop the World
The title of this post, “Stop the world,” is weird and it’s an exhortation by the fictional Yaqui brujo, Don Juan Matus, a character in a book by Carlos Castaneda, “Journey to Ixtlan.” I don’t want to get hung up on the personal history of Castaneda, a fraud who got mixed up in some kind…
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The Celebrated Little Jumping Frog of Johnson County and More Pareidolia!
Sena told me she heard and saw that little frog again in our window well. She actually saw it and heard it slap against the window. Two days ago, I looked during the day and didn’t see any living critter in the window well. This is a little green frog no more than 2 inches…
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Did Anything Happen to the “Zing” of Miracle Whip?
I see that my two posts on the Miracle Whip taste in which a Kraft-Heinz representative declared that the salad dressing has never been changed has not persuaded at least one person who commented that the recipe has been changed because the Miracle Whip taste has lost its “zing.” Things do change. Just because I…
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Slash & Slam Ordinary Juggling
Yesterday, I finally got the hang of a couple of new juggling patterns: the orbit and the weave. They don’t look like exactly like what the experts do when I do them, but that’s just my ordinary juggling. The orbit is just a column juggling pattern with two balls in one hand and just waving…
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Frog in Our Window Well!
Last night, Sena kept hearing something tapping against the window in the window well. Then she saw a little critter sliding down the window. It was a frog that probably jumped into the window well and couldn’t get out. I got a photo of it although it’s a little hard to see because of the…
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More Evidence Stair Climbing is Good for You!
OK, I found another news article backed by a scientific study that climbing the stairs is better for your health than taking the elevator. If you’re a regular stair climber, you’re 39% less likely to die from a cardiovascular disease and 24% less likely to die from any cause. When I was working as a…
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House of Svengoolie Movie” “The Land Unknown”
I saw the Sven Squad hosted 1957 low-budget film, “The Land Unknown” last night and one of my favorite characters was Tyronasaurus Tex, Tyrone for short. This guy in a rubber suit called attention to the dinosaur’s knobby knees. Tyrone got a little too close to the expedition’s helicopter and got a superficial slice wound.…
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Looking for Pareidolia and Other Illusions!
So, yesterday, Sena was sure she saw a robin perched and pressing itself against a tree in the outlot past our back yard. This was after a rainfall. I couldn’t see it. She had to guide me to look where she saw it. I didn’t see a bird, and thought it was an irregular patch…
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Living in the Arms of the Common People
The other day Sena was shopping at the grocery store and she was standing in line at the checkout lane. An African American woman (age maybe thirtyish) was having trouble with her WIC card. That’s the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC for short) debit card. It’s the federal assistance program…
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Home Owners Association Stuff
This is a post about the quirks of Home Owners Associations (HOAs) which I have ranted about before. I’m still going to do that now despite the fact we moved into an HOA a couple of years ago. A few months ago, I started taking regular walks for exercise in our neighborhood for exercise. The…
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