Here at 61 N, the rate of change in daylight and temperature is steep around the equinoxes. There was fresh snow down to 3000' last night, the birches are turning yellow, and I will soon start using my 10K lux light box for 30-45 mins each morning, soon after I get up. OTOH, it will be a relief not to have to keep up…

Not sure I have much love to spare for the guy who referred to “my African-American,” but maybe I need to try harder?

“Other.” and “He’s a demented narcissist and you know it.”

Water does not circle the drain in one direction in the northern hemisphere and the opposite direction on the other side of the equator. If the Coriolis Effect were that strong, we would have a hard time walking or driving in a straight line.

One of the first things I did when I got my last car was to open the hood and unplug the power supply to the AC compressor. In most cars, this compressor runs any time you have the controls set to “defrost,” even when dew points are low enough that no AC is needed. On a 2 litre, 4-cyl. car, that’s a lot of drag on…

Pressure cook for a few minutes. Works like an autoclave. Or just toss it and open a new one.

Get a dog. Or two. Big dogs, “sporting” or “working” breeds.

Vulva, vulva, vulva. Not vagina. OK?

As federal agencies, the FAA & NTSB have to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act when they engage in rulemaking. There needs to be a reviewable, appealable record that supports their decisions. AFAIK, evacuation tests to date have utilized flight attendants rather than a cross section of actual passengers to…

In my experience, drunks are worse. Although usually quiet and hung over the next morning.

Delaware North is the NPS concessioner. I.e., it’s a private company that has a contract to operate hotels and lodges in many national parks.

Wow, over a year later, and still only 2G service where I live. Color me underwhelmed.

Yay menopause!!!!

Mmmmm . . . no. Too hard to pour a neat, thin stream out of a mason jar, and the dressing gets into the screw threads, messes up the lid, and runs down the outside, getting your hands oily and leaving a ring wherever you set it down. Instead I re-use an empty red wine vinegar bottle. Same concept re shaking before…

I’m outspoken, love public speaking and I like to act, too (so I’m hardly shy), but I am a definite introvert, never happier than hiking by myself (with my dogs) or figuring something out on my computer. Hell = going on a trip with 10 other people — even somewhere really interesting — and having to share a room and…

This is the ultimate. It’s called an ostrich pillow.

This is the ultimate. It’s called an ostrich pillow.

I belong to a statewide ebook library and the Navy General library. Between the two, there’s almost always a “free” ebook I want to read. Calibre software is also great, with many formatting and file conversion tools.

Thanks Clovis! My DH also doesn’t see lots of things . . . unfortunately for me, what I miss most when I travel is fresh fruit and veggies, and obviously these things don’t last during trips. (In fact, I can count on getting to throw out all the rotted vegetables from the drawer when I get home.) We don’t have…

Oh, how I wish my husband would assume at least 50% responsibility for inventorying and managing our food supply! I work full time; he is semi-retired. I travel a lot; he’s home all but a few nights/year. A month ago I got home from a two week+ trip in the wee hours one morning. Eight hours later, as I hauled my…

Correct. I’ve worked for one of the aforementioned federal agencies for 26 years. While I did not waive my First Amendment rights the day I was sworn in, I think it’s inaccurate to say, as this article implied, that the Hatch Act protects me. It doesn’t; in fact it constrains what I can do re partisan political…