Who knows? 2011016
Matters of the heart are difficult. I can not begin to express what happened this evening, but it was for the most part pretty good. No, no carnal things. She and I just sort of grooved, and that is...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner v7.12 Natural, Organic, Artificial, and Synthetic, oh My!
Many of you who read me here, and on my other (lately irregular, because of personal reasons) posts, know that I am a professional scientist. You also know that I am a cook (I like to think that I am...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20121021: Reflections on the Genus Carya
Today was a splendid day in the Bluegrass. The temperature was in the low 70s, only a very light breeze, and not a cloud in the sky. Ashley had gone to birthday party for a relative, but when she got...
View ArticleMy Little Town 20121024: The Day I Met Allen Ginsberg
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort...
View ArticlePopular Culture 20121026: Fast Food
We normally think of fast food as somehow uniquely American and of recent origin, but that is just not true. Certainly modern American fast food is different from what in the past qualified and in...
View ArticleDoc's Prescription 20121030: Chris Christie, the Broken Clock
This is the first of a very irregular series of political commentary by me. I usually do not get into politics, because many others have much better insights than do I in this area. Do not look for...
View ArticleMy Little Town 20121031: Halloween in the Day
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort...
View ArticleMy Vote Means Nothing 20121104
I mean it. My vote for President and Vice President means nothing. Zero, null, phi. It means nothing.That is because I am a legal resident of Kentucky. There is no chance in a google (that is...
View ArticleMy Little Town 20121107: Voting Then and Now
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort...
View ArticleDoc's Prescription 20121108
This is one of my irregular political posts. It has to do with how to get out of this morass of electoral nonsense. It is not a perfect solution, because the Constitution of the United States of...
View ArticlePopular Culture 20121109: The Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra, also known as ELO, were a pretty good British band that officially formed in 1970. Like many British bands of its era, ELO went through huge personnel changes over the...
View ArticleDoc's Prescription 20121110: Marriage Equality
No one has changed positions about this topic more than I have. Not because I think that there should not be marriage equality, but what I thought it might have been. Boy, I was wrong!But I used to...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20121111: Drying Oils
I was painting a wooden basket yesterday with boilt linseed oil and thus came the inspiration for tonight's topic. Drying oils are very important in the coatings industry, not as much as in the past...
View ArticleMy Friend Has Talent 20121112
I was visiting with Ashley Saturday evening and we had been just sort of doing nothing, just talking and joking. She had had a stressful day and began doodling with pen and paper. I learnt that she...
View ArticleMy Little Town 20121114: When Dad Blew off His Leg
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort...
View ArticlePlea from Translator 20121115: Chief Joseph
From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. Those of you who know me, at least a little bit, know that I have no animosity towards anyone. That is my nature. Many of you also know...
View ArticlePique the Geek 20121118: Scotch Whisky
Scotch whisky is quite different than most other distilled grain spirits. First of all, it has its own spelling. Except for Scotch, the spelling is "whiskey". In the case of Scotch, it is "whisky"....
View ArticleMy Little Town 20121121: More Old Words
Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort...
View ArticlePopular Culture 20121123: Thanksgiving: (Almost) Everything You Know is Wrong
Yesterday the United States celebrated yet another Thanksgiving Day. I think that Thanksgiving is a marvelous holiday, but it is hardly uniquely American. As a matter of fact, it is hardly recent, if...
View ArticlePopular Culture (Irregular) 20121127: More NCIS Inside Jokes
Those of you who read this regular series know that I very much like the drama program NCIS. The character development is outstanding, but the inside jokes are superb.This is a short piece, but I just...
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