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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…
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Blob Juggling
Sena bought me some new juggling items, which include three new balls and 3 Blobs. The Blobs are probably extraterrestrials because they have antennae. They all tend to bounce off my hands, but that’s no excuse for my continuing ugly form, which I swear I’m continuing to work on. I’m starting to occasionally sneak in…
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CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report
See the CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report as of the last week of October, 2022. While Iowa’s activity is listed as “minimal,” the Iowa Dept. of Public Health points out that individual cases are not reportable in Iowa. The best way to prevent influenza is to get the flu vaccine.
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See the World’s Largest Dinosaurs Exhibit at the Science Center of Iowa!
You can see the world’s largest dinosaurs exhibit at the Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa from October 15, 2022 to April 16, 2023. It’s a traveling exhibit, so see it before it thunders off!
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