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Notable Song “Magnolia Road” on Big Mo Blues Show Last Night
The Big Mo Blues Show was recorded last night. I’ve got a shout-out for a song I’ve heard a couple of times now in the last few weeks. It’s “Magnolia Road” by the Allman Betts Band. I have a couple of interesting observations about it. I don’t know anything really about the Allman brothers, except…
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7 Card Cribbage Hand Scoring Quiz and Update on New Cribbage Boards Shipping from Canada!
Today we played 7 card cribbage and tackled challenging hand scores. It’s quiz time! First, we got to have some rules which are here. For convenience, the rules are copied below from Masters Traditional Games web site: “Seven card cribbage Only experienced players play this game – it can get quite complicated. Play is to…
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Iowa Ivermectin Bill is Funnel Proof and Apparently is Still Alive and Other Anti-Vaccination Bills (Updated 5:45 PM today)
According to a Des Moines Register story today “Which bills in the Iowa Legislature lived and died after 2nd funnel?” by Steven Gruber-Miller and Marissa Payne March 20, 2026: “Other bills remain in play, including legislation restricting the governor’s emergency powers, allowing Iowans to buy ivermectin over the counter without a prescription and limiting tuition…
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Waiting for the Second Funnel in Iowa Legislature on Anti Vaccination Bills 2026
I’ve been trying to track the two anti-vaccination bills heading into the 2nd funnel in Iowa and I guess I’ll just have to wait until tomorrow’s news reports. One of them is HF 2171 which would eliminate Iowa’s requirement that children in grades K-12 receive vaccines before they can attend school. The other is SF…
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CDC ACIP Meeting Postponed for Today and Tomorrow
I missed the recent notice in the last couple of days that the CDC ACIP meeting was postponed for today and tomorrow. Me and more than a couple dozen people were kept waiting for a half hour before I got suspicious and looked it up. There’s a CIDRAP story posted yesterday that explains the “delay.”…
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9 Card Cribbage Comedy!
Sena’s been after me for weeks to play 9 card cribbage, so because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, I gave in because we might get lucky and the game might be playable. We used a computer scorer developed by somebody who posted about 9 card cribbage (and other cribbage variants) and has a link to a…
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Iowa Blizzard Update!
The blizzard started yesterday evening. I put out the garbage this morning and scraped out a path to our doorstep in case we get the cribbage boards delivered today from Canada. I’m not expecting it. It’s still blowing snow around. The stuff is freezing on the driveway and the sidewalks. I’m surprised the garbage can…
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Must Read Post on Real Psychiatry
I have a big shout out to Dr. George Dawson, MD for his post on his blog Real Psychiatry about the trolling of psychiatrists on social media. I tried adding links to social media from my blog for a short while and dropped it years ago.
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Ivermectin Bill Looks Like It’s Dead-For Now
This is a quick followup on the progress of Governor Reynolds MAHA bill which included a piece endorsing making Ivermectin available over-the-counter in Iowa. I just read a story about what looks like the disappearance of the ivermectin from Reynold’s bill. The story, written by Laura Belin, comes from a webpage called Bleeding Heartland: An…
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OK, Why is Nobody Talking About Friday the 13th Today?
Nobody but me, I guess, is talking out loud about Friday the 13th today. I don’t remember anybody mentioning it last month when it occurred either. And it’s going to happen again this year in November. That’ll make 3 times Friday the 13th happens in a single year. And tomorrow’s Svengoolie movie is “Friday the…
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