Yes...it's that time of year to experience something that is unique to the Northeast forest. (I learned that from David Attenborough:) Watching the green leaves change into a variety of colors. BTW the term "fall" was likely a deviation from the Old English words "fiaell" and "feallan," both of which mean to fall from a height. And autumn came fr …
I find it fascinating that in my travels, I'm seeing license plates from all over the country...Missouri, Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and I wonder why. Are they students who didn't go back to their schools? Are they out-of-towners staying in a place where COVID is low? I then make the leap...did they quarantine? Do they have CO …
I'm watching the Weather Channel and witnessing the 4th hurricane this season making landfall on the Louisiana coast. The reporter just said "this has never happened before." How many times have we heard that phrase this year..."this has never happened before." I wonder how many more times we'll hear it.
I know it's Saturday but yesterday at the end of the work day I Zoomed into the Gotham Happy Hour. I should join in more often but work for me these days takes up a lot of head space and time. The Gotham Happy Hour is very special, especially these past weeks because Norm is the official sponsor. This time he brought in Willa, who is a fantastic …
I took the IRT down BK street Where the RBG Twirled a beautiful B She took that twirl all the way with a frill To the big SC Where there was no We While she was alive Her rules changed the end of doctrine that prevented any woman to become legend An in doing so became a beacon for justice and right, she was unbeaten. Her decisions were glorio …
A farmer from Bombay recently revealed that when the pandemic forced schools to move their classes online, he had borrowed money from his friends so he could buy a smartphone for his 10-year-old daughter so she could study. However, after a while, his friends wanted him to pay back the money he had borrowed. To do that, he would have had to sell …
I was asked a question last Thursday at a meeting...What's your hidden talent? It was a good question because I believe I really don't hide anything although I did come up with these; • Barbecueing (I love to grill or smoke anything:) • Woodworking (I hand crafted the mouldings in the addition to my house to match the ones in the orignial 100 ye …
Here's a real life story I could classify as could only happen in corona time. Ander Christensen, 27, appeared before the Lincoln City Council governing body at a public meeting and laid out the case for the city's restaurants and stores to stop claiming chicken tenders are "boneless chicken wings." "We have been casually ignoring a problem th …
A giant art mural located in Warsaw, Poland is helping people breathe a little easier. Made up of sun-activated, smog-cleaning pigments, the mural attracts airborne pollutants and converts them into harmless nitrates that purify the surrounding air equal to 720 trees using photocatalytic paint with titanium dioxide. The campaign was organized by …
More observations from my unexpected COVID life... I'm so used to my mask that sometimes I wear it while driving alone in my car. Most of the customers in Whole Foolds are now Prime buisness people shopping to deliver. I'm getting better at reading people even though I only see their eyes. Supporting the small buinesses in my neighborhood i …
Just recently, a Washington state library, in the midst of a rennovation, were removing a corner panel which, lo and behold, revealed a stash of beer and chewing gum from the 1980s. Ironically the panel was from a shelf housing the mystery book section. The stash contained five unopened cans of Hamm's beer and an opened back of Godzilla Heads gum. …
In this bizarro moment in time, here's a problem I think most of us can get behind. “We are experiencing a crisis that we evaluate to be even worse than the Great Depression (1929-1939) in terms of economy for Champagne,” Thibaut Le Mailloux of the Champagne Committee said . “And if you look at a more recent crisis like 1974, the drop in Champagn …
In 2017, The New York Times disclosed the existence of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. The program, which was started in 2007, studies the mystifying encounters between military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles. The NYT reports..."Although Pentagon officials will not discuss the program, it appeared last month in a Se …
I was taught that if you shake someone's hand on a deal, it's done. You honor it because you just gave your word. Over the years I've been burned, unfortunately, by others who don't believe in it and seek to take advantage of every situation. Then along comes this story that renews my faith...just a little bit:) A Wisconsin man made good on a 28- …
In Tokyo, the Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have replaced their fans with dancing robots. Over 20 robots danced to the team’s fight song on a podium in the otherwise empty stands. Two different robots, including SoftBank’s humaniod robot ‘Pepper’ and others on four legs like a dog, performed a choreographed dance that is the Haw …
It's Saturday...and anything goes.
