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FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting May 22, 2025
The meeting of the FDA VRBPAC on the composition of Covid-19 vaccines will be tomorrow, May 22, 2025 at 8:30 am-4:30 pm EST. Some materials have recently become available on the FDA website. The briefing document indicates that there will be a discussion of the most recent Covid-19 variants and whether the current vaccine needs…
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You’ve Got to Read the Red-Hot Novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury!
We got new Ray Bradbury’s books and I finally read “Fahrenheit 451,” which was published in 1953. It’s a fascinating book listing 451 ways to remember how to spell the word “Fahrenheit.” Actually, it’s a dystopian novel about society in the future which bans books which firemen burn because the government thinks it’s better for…
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New and Old Stories by Ray Bradbury!
We just got a couple of books by Ray Bradbury, and I’m pretty excited. Some of the stories I recognize, but there will be some, perhaps many, that will be new to me.
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Rambling About the Clear Creek Trail
I put 2.5 miles on the step counter today walking on the Clear Creek Trail, so my feet are complaining a bit more. Sena didn’t come with me on the walk today because of some gardening she had to do. She deals with foot issues and has been trying shoe inserts lately. Trimming them is…
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More Bigfoot Encounters on the Clear Creek Trail
We’ve had encounters with Bigfoot on various walking trails, but most were on the Clear Creek Trail. I guess Bigfoot is one of those interdimensional beings, moving in and out of our world. It takes getting used to. Avoid getting into thumb wrestling matches with Bigfoot. And moving in and out of various dimensions can…
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It’s Time for an Omelet from the Mister Chef Pizza Maker!
Sena got a Mister Chef pizza oven the other week and it works pretty slick. I’ve cooked a couple of frozen pizzas on it and it’s great for a guy like me—the guy the neighbors alert the fire department about when they get the first whiff of smoke. Some people have no sense of adventure.…
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“Trick or Treat” Dopey Archaeology!
Yesterday, in the “Writing is Dope” post, I said I didn’t remember what happened to an old Halloween story contest to which I submitted an entry (got honorable mention) in our hometown newspaper, the Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa. Sena took one look at that and declared we had a clipping of the story…
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Writing is Dope
I learned a new slang word from Houston White, the guy who makes that specialty coffee in Minneapolis I blogged about yesterday: Brown Sugar Banana (I’m not a fan, but I admire him just the same). The word is “dope.” That used to be an insult or an illicit drug when I was growing up.…
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Grandma’s Hands Inspired Coffee and Slippery Playing Cards!
We got new stuff! We really needed new, durable playing cards and so we have a brand-new set of plastic playing cards. They’re really slippery and I dropped them on the floor right away. They float and glide on every surface. They fit in our automatic card shuffler, though. I haven’t yet tried to shuffle…
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The Waltzing Geese
Today I trekked down to Clear Creek and again saw the geese pair. As always, I heard them before I saw them. I swear I can hear them honking from a mile off. They almost seemed like they were dancing together. They were the waltzing geese.
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