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some numbers

As of June 30, 2020, according to the CDC website, the United States has had 126,739 coronavirus deaths. I’ve been thinking about this post for a while, and when I started looking at the website last week, the number was … Continue reading

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Museum of Ice Cream

Who am I and what have I done with the myself who doesn’t go for The Next Big Thing? Who doesn’t Believe the Hype… And I can’t even remember how I first heard about the Museum of Ice Cream. Probably … Continue reading

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IONTW – July 23, 2017

For consideration in the “would you rather be a zebra or giraffe?” question – we have stripes! The swirl of cells as we grow is a really amazing thing to try to visualize. And then there’s practical visualization you might call … Continue reading

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IONTW – February 19, 2017

Day of Remembrance – 75th anniversary of issuance of Executive Order 9066. So. Much. Water. At peak, Oroville dam was releasing 100,000 CFS down the spillway to try to reduce the reservoir level. That works out to 64,627 MGD. If … Continue reading

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Novelty Automation

In the midst of a very booky day, I needed a bit of a break. I know, WHAT?! One can’t be all books all the time… and how could I resist checking out something that had both Novelty AND Automation … Continue reading

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today

as yesterday my alarm rang too early (changing that wasn’t on either candidate’s platform) I got up and went to work the sun came up for another beautiful day (neither party had promised that) If I ignored the media, today … Continue reading

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duckduckKITTY!!!

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247944

Which, for those of you playing along at home, would be the number of miles at which the head gasket of my 1998 Nissan Pathfinder gave up its gasketness. First thought you had ridden 247,000 miles and was wondering what … Continue reading

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something I think I’d like to know, #216

what would William Saroyan have to say about the Kardashians?

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chore-tle

Part of being a member of the printing co-op is helping out with the upkeep of the place – which, in an ideal world perhaps we’d all just pitch in and it would all be clean and tidy or organized … Continue reading

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