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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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Fifty Degrees in Iowa City Yesterday!
It was fifty degrees in Iowa City yesterday so we went for a walk on the Terry Trueblood trail yesterday. Other people got the same idea. One guy was jogging in shorts! Yeah, it’s fifty degrees, but there’s still snow on the ground (in places) and there’s ice on Sand Lake. About that ice on…
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The Go Rule in Cribbage
Sena and I have been playing cribbage for a number of years but only recently have we begun to question the “Go rule.” I’ve looked on the web for clarification about how to use the Go, and found conflicting guidance. Incidentally, we’ve posted YouTube videos of some of our games, many of them probably showing…
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New Snow Shovels!
The new shovels were delivered today. Both required some assembly. I’m the least handy person when it comes to that. I did OK with the snow plow but Sena had to come to the rescue when it came to the cordless snow shovel. The handle was tricky for some reason. The batteries for the electric…
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