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Old and Busted Juggling Balls
As you may know, I started juggling in mid-October. The Learn to Juggle kit came with 3 balls. After practicing for over a month and a half, they are old and busted. The seams are splitting and the granules are flying out, as they smack my hands or hit the floor, computer, walls, and other…
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Announcements!
Hey, I got best 2 out of 3 cribbage games last night. Sena got skunked! That is rare. Our Sasquatch cribbage board just shipped yesterday. It’ll arrive in a few days! The Amaryllis Star of Holland grows by about a half inch or more a day. It’s now almost 14 inches tall! Have a great…
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Announcements!
Attention, I have announcements! We got a message today about our Sasquatch Cribbage Board. It is being carved! The Amaryllis flower, Star of Holland, which will be red with white accents, is now 9 inches tall! Deer are feasting in our back yard even as I write this! Sena and I had a Chicago Cribbage…
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Amaryllis Plant Growing Like a Weed!
Sena got our Amaryllis plant shortly after a juvenile Cedar Waxwing lost its life by banging into our sun room window. That was on November 1, 2022. It’s sort of a remembrance of the little bird. It was barely measurable then. As of yesterday, it was about 5 inches tall and it seems to grow…
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Happy 45 Year Anniversary, Sena & Jim!
Today is our 45-year Wedding Anniversary! It snowed! We played cribbage, Scrabble, and Kings Cribbage. Sena won at cribbage and Scrabble. I won Kings Cribbage—by only 4 points. Happy 45th Anniversary—and counting.
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Listen to Dr. Wes Ely, MD on Talk Radio Europe Discuss His Book: Every Deep-Drawn Breath
Listen to Dr. Wes Ely on the show Talk Radio Europe as he talks about the devastating consequences of severe disease that results in admission to critical care units, specifically in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The title of the presentation is “Understanding the Long Shadow of COVID and ICU Care.”
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Big Mo Blues Show KCCK Iowa City
This song is by Iowa’s own Kevin Burt. I heard it on the KCCK Big Mo Blues Show. I don’t know anything about music, but “Smack Dab in the Middle strikes me as being about dichotomies, which can be reduced to the old saying, being between a rock and a hard place or being neither…
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Rounding@Iowa Presentation on Covid-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters
Give a listen to the Rounding@Iowa presentation “Update on Covid-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters. While these presentations are mainly directed to health care providers, they are very helpful for members of the community at large.
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Total Lunar Eclipse Blood Moon This Freezing Morning!
I took my very first selfie ever with my smartphone, which I’ve had for about 7 years. The occasion is the 2nd total lunar eclipse blood moon I’ve ever seen, which started at about 2:00 AM this morning. It was so cold outside I had to wear a sweater and my winter coat with hat…
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Get Your Tin Foil Hats Out for the Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow
I just found out this morning that there’s a total lunar eclipse that will be visible starting tomorrow morning. We saw the one in May this year, and we’re excited—about getting up early in the morning around 4:00 AM. Although you don’t need to wear special eye protection for a lunar eclipse, you will need…
