I’ve just been informed that a literature professor of mine, long ago, has passed. It wasn’t recently, but the news was recently passed onto me by someone who had stayed behind, got further degreed, and taught English Lit at my…
A classic Australian comfort-food hot dish. We made this low-carb and the ingredients we used are below in the recipe—with an affiliate link to keep this site running. Pasta & Filling Crunchy Topping Instructions Combine Topping Bake In an oven…
On this site, I once wrote the following. The Magical 30% — or One Third of Any People In the year 2000, I learned that 30% of Russians still thought Stalin was great for Russia. If you know anything about Russian history,…
Not all children are born geniuses . . . but they are born with potential. Many children begin life with extraordinary creative potential, but parents, teachers, religions and society in general create rigid environments that suppress the habits allowing their…
Browsing through the vegetable section of our local co-op I discovered, a few years back, this purple potato. I knew immediately I’d found a treasure. Colorful foods are healthy foods, and the purple color comes from anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are polyphenols,…
Because of our biography of Madame Currie, I’ve been told I was a bit harsh on her, that the most brilliant woman on earth experienced a few moments of stupid that ended up killing her and her daughter, not to…
I want you to meet Elda Costigan. She is a very important person to me and to my charity. In fact, my charity would no longer exist if not for her. During the pandemic, because of her generosity, we were…
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored” Aldous Huxley I have anger issues. (Common in combat veterans.) In comments on a Facebook post, someone responded to me with “alternative facts” and I lost it. I made a…
The election of 2024, progressives declared, was going to save democracy. According to the outcome, a hell of a lot of people didn’t give a fuck. When we praise democracy, we focus on all the great and salient aspects: that…