80 years ago today. If only more fascist minded leaders would follow his last example.
Walpurgis Night plans, anyone?
This Wednesday had been brought to you by Murder Mittens.
Pearl is happy to eviscerate any yarn you might have.
Bones secrete a hormone called osteocalcin, which plays a role in the fight-or-flight response and other metabolic functions. This hormone is produced by bone-forming cells called osteoblasts.
So, I guess I’m afraid of my own skeleton now.
Six years ago today at Live & Let Live Drug Store, sharing a chocolate malt and a cherry smash.
William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.
I miss the musical openings to the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson & Friends Mime The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
House got it right, re: disabilities
There is a billboard up the road that I ascribed to run-of-the-mill religious nuts until I hit the website, and it turns out they are extra loony.
They believe in speaking in tongues, snake-handling, end times hullabaloo, and an eternally broad, flat Earth being the center of the universe.
Not a parody, sadly.
I am a little reluctant to even link to these guys, but-
https://www.worldslastchance.com/directory#Flat-Earth
The image is the first billboard I saw –
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Many bugs are waking up along the river, so I hope to see dragonflies soon. I imagine the many peepers at night are, too.
Pearl, watching out for yellow butterflies
#misspearl #tabbycat #stripedcat #mylittlegirl #cat
TIL –
“Glurge” refers to stories, often shared via email or online, that are purportedly true and uplifting but are actually fabricated and sentimental. The word imitates the retching or feeling of revulsion that these stories can evoke, as they are often overly saccharine and manipulative.
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We had a lovely morning – the weather was nice, so we grabbed bagel breakfast sandwiches and then walked by the river a little, and read books next to the water for a bit before coming back home.
Upon returning home, we sat on the back porch, and read a bit more. Can’t beat that.
According to the USDA, approximately 80 percent of the world’s flowering plants require pollinators to eproduce, including three-quarters of agricultural crops.
A 2021 study on nocturnal pollinators that was conducted by the University of kansas led researcher Stephen Robertson to call moths “unsung heroes of polination,” indicating that, as an under-studied group, moths could potentially beat out butterflies and bees in pollinator importance globally.
But just as we’re discovering how important moths are, they’re disappearing.
My favorite bread recipe has four ingredients.
Water. Flour. Salt. Yeast.
When the loaf is ready, I often think, “this seems like magic.”
Then I recall, of course simple things produce magic.
I have internalized too much of the marketing fiction that worth requires complexity.