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-Benjamin Franklin
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Back to School Bread
This versatile classic frequently receives compliments. It can be made into rolls and bread-sticks. With a little cornmeal it becomes pizza dough. It also serves as the foundation of Lunch in a Bun, a popular menu item at Trego School. For lunch in a bun, each bun has a filling. Sometimes, it is taco meat Read more
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Bears know that the apples are ready…
It’s time to pick apples – at least according to the local wildlife. This weekend, we happened upon an adult black bear and her cubs munching on the apples down by the Trego railroad crossing in the wee morning hours. Bears aren’t too picky about ripeness. Like many mammals, they’re attracted to the smell of Read more
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Back at Tester
Last week I got a few comments telling me how vile the authors figured Jon Tester is. Now it may just be that I have a soft spot for fat men, or it may be a strong belief that virtue is relevant. Still, I clipped from Wikipedia (no point in finding a more impressive source Read more
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American Foods
I listened to a comment about Indian Tacos. Now the only difference between a regular taco and an Indian taco is that the Indian Taco is wrapped in fry bread. A regular taco is surrounded by a corn (maize) tortilla of some sort. Fry bread is wheat based – in other words of European origin. Read more
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Why Did it Have to be …Guns?
Why Did it Have to be … Guns? by L. Neil Smith lneil@lneilsmith.org Over the past 30 years, I’ve been paid to write almost two million words, every one of which, sooner or later, came back to the issue of guns and gun-ownership. Naturally, I’ve thought about the issue a lot, and it has always Read more
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Tester for VP
Politics is a numbers game. The quality of data has gone down as folks have learned to avoid or even lie to pollsters. This time, I am looking at a different set of numbers – basically a thought experiment. Since my skills set is demography, not political science, the assumptions may be in error and Read more
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