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Sena Gives the Electric Snow Blower the Real Test!
We got a real snowfall starting last night and into this morning. Sena took the Voltask battery-powered 48V 16-inch snow shovel out and put it through its paces. We got about 6 inches of snow and it chewed right through it. It threw the snow into the next county! It took her about 30 minutes…
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Super Bowl Commercial “Mean Joe Frank” 2025 Looked Familiar!
We watched the Super Bowl last night and one of the many commercials (always a big thing) looked vaguely familiar only after Sena pointed it out. It was the Fareway Frank commercial about Fareway stores. It was a reprise of the famous 1979 Coca-Cola commercial with Mean Joe Green, defensive tackle for the Pittsburg Steelers…
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The Big Mo Pod Show: “Variety is the Spice of Life”
We heard the Big Mo Blues Show last night and heard a couple of tunes that were fun. One of them was mentioned on the Big Mo Pod Show today, “Feelin’ Alright” by Stuff. The other was a riot but was not on the podcast, and it was “I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie”…
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Okay, We Can Laugh Now!
Yesterday, I wrote a pretty serious post. Now I’m in withdrawal from jokes, but I can fix that. Here’s a joke link to a site which has clean jokes for everyone. And here are some Chuck Norris jokes (facts?) for everyone else. One of my personal favorites: Chuck Norris can do a wheelie on a…
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The Fortuitous Connection Between the Meyer Lemon and James Thurber
Sena bought some Meyer Lemons today, which we had not heard of until she saw them on TV on the QVC network. She bought them for a fish dinner. I was curious about the Meyer Lemon. We’ve never eaten them before. People say they’re sweeter than regular lemons. It’s a hybrid between a lemon and…
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My Mt. Rushmore Dream
Lately, I’ve been anticipating my eventual immortalization as a sculptured stone bust on Mt. Rushmore. Hopefully, this will be fairly soon because I’m not getting any younger. Among my many inventions is the internet. Don’t believe Al Gore, although he has persuaded others about his role in the development of what I argue should properly…
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Artificial Intelligence in Managing Messages from Patients
I ran across another interesting article in the JAMA Network about Artificial Intelligence (AI) with respect to health care organization managing messages from patients to doctors and nurse. The shorthand for this in the article is “in-basket burden.” Health care workers respond to a large number of patients’ questions and it can lead to burnout.…
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Update on the Cribbage Go Rule and More!
I just discovered a little more about the Go Rule in Cribbage. It turns out that it’s easy to over think it. I found a few websites that state it more clearly than what I have recently found and posted about last Friday, January 17th. Probably the simplest explanation is a pdf document of rules…
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Testing the New Snow Removal Tools!
We finally got enough snow to test the new shovels today. Recall we have a cordless electric snow shovel and a snow pusher plow shovel with a 36-inch blade. The battery-powered model is a 48V 16-inch Voltask. I was a little surprised to learn how powerful the electric shovel is. It comes with two batteries.…
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Is Edinburgh Manor in Iowa Haunted?
I have no idea whether an old former county home in Jones County is one of the most haunted places in the Midwest or Iowa or the USA. And I wouldn’t be saying that if Sena and I had not watched a TV show called “Mysteries of the Abandoned” (broadcast on the Science Channel) which…
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