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Dr. Phibes Loves Brussels Sprouts
I watched the 1971 movie “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” last night on the Svengoolie show last night and I just have a few remarks. It starred Vincent Price as the ghoulish Dr. Phibes who was really cranky about doctors who he accused of botching the medical treatment of his wife who died in the hospital.…
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Dirty Deepfakes
I saw an article about the unreliable ability of humans to detect digital deepfakes in audio and video productions (Mai KT, Bray S, Davies T, Griffin LD. Warning: Humans cannot reliably detect speech deepfakes. PLoS One. 2023 Aug 2;18(8):e0285333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285333. PMID: 37531336; PMCID: PMC10395974.). I was a little surprised. I thought I was pretty…
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Amaryllis Made Easy
Sena has two new Amaryllis plants which are easy to grow. They came already planted and she got new colors: red and white. This adds to the one she bought earlier, which will be the same color as the one we had a couple of years ago. And then there were three.
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Humble Pie for Me Today
I had to eat humble pie today. I did not take Sena seriously about the amount of water she said was shooting out of the sump pump discharge pipe on the side of the house. She said it was making a hole in the yard. We’ve gotten a fair amount of rain lately. I was…
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Amaryllis Star of Holland On the Comeback Trail!
Today, Sena got another Amaryllis Star of Holland bulb. We got one a couple of years ago and it grew like you wouldn’t believe. The last time we got one, the stalk grew to about 18 inches and sported spectacular blossoms. The stem tended to bend this way and that for some reason. I wrote…
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Little Autumn Promenade
Yesterday, we took a stroll on the Terry Trueblood trail. It was a little breezy and warm for late October. The fall colors were gorgeous and there was a lot going on. We saw a woman with her toddler flying a butterfly kite. It sailed on the wind beautifully. We saw the quilted hearts hanging…
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Thoughts on the Big Mo Pod Show 034: Laughing in the Face of Death
I heard the Big Mo Blues Show just (Halloween theme) this last Friday night and was not surprised to see that one of the songs discussed on the Big Mo Pod Show on Saturday was Peetie Wheatstraw’s “Devil’s Son-in-Law.” When I first heard it, it got me chuckling because I didn’t understand hardly a single…
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How Does Sponge Bob Get Involved with Wendy’s Pineapple Frosty?
So, today we tried the new Wendy’s Pineapple Mango Frosty. Right off the top, I’ll tell you I couldn’t taste the pineapple mango flavor. It’s an OK vanilla. There are no bits of pineapple, mango, or Sponge Bob SquarePants in it. That’s right, I said Sponge Bob SquarePants as in the cartoon guy who lives…
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CDC Meeting Results in Recommending a 2nd Covid-19 Vaccine Dose for Those 65yr and Older and for the Immunocompromised
I missed the October CDC meeting which resulted in a decision to recommend a 2nd dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for those 65 years and older and for the immunocompromised. The Evidence to Recommendations (EtR) slides by Roper indicated Covid-19 circulates year round, peaking in late summer and winter. The recommendation that those in the…
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Unsticking the Sticking Drawer
We had a sticking kitchen cabinet drawer. The past tense gives away the ending of the story. But the path to it is what’s interesting The drawer is one of those slow close affairs, which are slick when they work just right. This one drawer would not close with a simple push. It got stuck…
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