I’m fascinated by numbers. I have been for most of my life — at least as long as I can remember — and patterns in numbers, like the Fibonacci sequence tie in to my interest in unusual coincidence or synchronicity.
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The phaonmneal pewor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Over the years I’ve had a lot of pets; mostly cats and dogs. Laddy, a sheppard-collie mix, was my constant companion as a young teen. His loss was my first experience with real grief. I’ve had other pets, too; a rabbit and a chicken when I was a young child on the farm, assorted gold fish, a few gerbils when the girls were young, but mostly cats and dogs. The cats tended to be indoor types with us in places that didn’t have yards suitable for a dog. The dogs tended to hang around when we had bigger places with yards or fields. I hate to see a dog confined to a pen, a small yard, or a chain. They’re pets, folks, not prisoners.
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I’m not a medical doctor so take what I say here with the proverbial grain of salt (though be careful you don’t get too much because salt is… well, that’s a topic for another post!)
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Okay, I admit it. I watch the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. Considering I’ve had a life-long voting record that leans conservative you might find that strange. Maddow is, unquestioningly, a lefty. I find her take on things refreshing and, more than that, she seems to cut deeper to the truth than almost any other news show anchor or pundit. Sure, her position shows, but the facts she presents stand up to any test you care to give them. I like that.
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You know you’ve hit the big time when the major comics lampoon you on TV. Rachel Maddow, news anchor and pundit on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, has not only carved out a solid place for herself in the talking heads market, she has been honored by an awesome impersonation skillfully played by Tracey Ullman on her show Ullman’s State of the Union which airs Mondays at 10:30 p.m. EST on Showtime, now in its third season.
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Some time ago I wrote about the troubles we were having with our Blockbuster Video by mail account and I thought I should update the reader with what has lead to our current situation.
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In an article titled Stock Your Kitchen for Diabetes Health by Jeanie Lerche Davis (reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD) on the WebMD site the truism “Healthy cooking and snacking means having the right foods on hand” is offered. The article goes on, however, to suggest a variety of foods based on the old (and now known to be incorrect) concept that fat is bad and whole grains are the basis of good health.
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As the year, and the decade, is coming to a close, I look back over the last 10 years and see lots of good amidst many problems the world has faced. Life for Lora and I has not been the easiest as we started over with very little, workin our way forward in spite of our situation. Ten years later things are coming together; working out just fine.
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Not long ago right wingnut John L. Perry posted a column on Newsmax suggesting a military coup to resolve what he calls “the Obama problem” which he sees as left wing radicalization of this country.
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