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  • Force 5 Fresh Breeze

    This installment on the Lincoln Electric Co-op members uprising includes my becoming involved.  A broken back provided me with 3 months of orders not to work, not to lift anything over 10 pounds – so getting involved with old friends had an appeal.  The nice thing was that neither side treated me as disabled, despite Read more

  • Does the President Have to Be a Narcissist

    Five years ago, as Trump was beginning his presidency, I read a bunch of articles from psychs and pseudo-psychs on their “duty to warn” about his narcissistic personality disorder . . . his DSM categorized insanity if you will.  I did what I usually do – I found out who edited the journals on personality Read more

  • In Case you Missed It

    In Case you Missed It

    It’s late September and the usual topics are relevant again. How much heat do you really get in a cord of wood (not all cords are created equal)? Do filters really help with the smoke? What is that spider? (Cat-faced spiders are in evidence this time of the year) Where are all those bugs coming Read more

  • The Fruit Fly Trap

    Fruit flies are a science teacher’s nightmare. They’re a classic study for genetics- short life span, only six chromosomes. The trouble is, no matter what you do, somehow, someway, the darned things get loose. Fruit flies. Everywhere. They breed like, well, flies, and aren’t nearly as selective about diet as the name would suggest. A Read more

  • A Link to Inflation by Nation

    This chart is taken from inflationtool.com   It isn’t the whole thing – more of a teaser of excerpts to convince you that the link is worth the click and the read.  As a generality, it looks like having a bunch of oil keeps the Saudi inflation rate down, China and Japan have low inflation rates, Read more

  • Onion Soup

    What to do with lots of onions? Soup! Onion soup is simple, good with bread, and relatively low effort. Not a meal in and of itself but a very good accompaniment to a meal. Read more