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Reblogging “Cribbage Could Help Preserve Your Brain Health”
I’m reblogging the “Cribbage Could Help Preserve Your Brain Health” post from this date in 2025 because for what seems like months, I’ve been losing cribbage games to Sena. However, my losing streak seems to be ending lately. The link to an article that seemed to suggest scientific evidence that cribbage might improve brain health…
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Halloween Skeleton Snake Jokes!
We were out for a morning walk the other day and saw a new skeleton of a snake in the yard where the owners have a lot of skeletons ready for Halloween. This reminded us of the bull snake we saw out at the Terry Trueblood Trail. It was crossing the trail just when a…
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Progress with the Rainbow Cross Juggle!
I’ve been making a little progress with the rainbow cross juggle pattern and made another video. I still miss quite a few, but I’m getting there. Collisions are a little less frequent. I still lunge, especially when I do back-to-back throws—which I thought I’d never do. I tossed a couple of neck catches for fun.
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Autumn Walk on the Terry Trueblood Trail
Autumn is a great time to take a stroll on the Terry Trueblood Trail in Iowa City. Weirdly, hardly anyone was out there. It was like we had the park mostly to ourselves. A carpet of dry leaves turned the walking trail into a regal boulevard—which reminded me of the path to the merry old…
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Svengoolie Movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” Sena and I watched the movie “Invasion of the Booty Snatchers” (sorry, I mean “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) last night and I want to get one thing off my chest: What’s up with the comedy bit with…
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Jim Whistles Yankee Doodle!
This is in the category of “What’ll this guy do next?” Recall I whistled “Battle Hymn of the Republic” not that long ago. Now I took a stab at fingerless whistling “Yankee Doodle.” Sena thought it was pretty good on my first effort. You might want to crank the volume up a little. You can…
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Paranormal vs Pareidolia
I had a pretty good time watching one of the many paranormal TV shows the other night. The format consists of a panel of paranormal experts who comment on interesting videos from people who think they’ve got the latest footage of ghosts and goblins. One of the segments was supposed to be a video of…
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Reblogging “Cryptid Caught on Camera”
I’m reblogging my post from October 15, 2022 just to remind folks of our encounter with an unknown critter that was flipping the drain tile lids in the yard of a house we moved from a couple of years ago. I don’t know why I never thought of Bigfoot before, but it seems obvious to…
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Jim Whistles the Battle Hymn of the Republic
So, I’ve been trying to figure out a use for fingerless whistling other than cheering at the television when football games are on. I made a stab at whistling The Battle Hymn of the Republic. I hit most of the notes right, but it’s challenging when my mouth gets a little dry. I don’t think…
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October is Health Literacy Month!
It just so happens that October is Health Literacy Month. It was founded in 1999 by Helen Osborne, an occupational therapist and health literacy expert. The main idea is that health information should be communicated in clear language. How she started it is quite a story. She first learned about health literacy from reading a…
