The communists were damn good at oppressing and repressing freedoms as well. There’s a great book for kids called The Wall that helps explain some of those repressions and why our freedom in America is so precious.

I did not know that about Strange Fruit. I keep saying this because I truly believe it - it is time to stop labeling everyone else as an Other. The polemicization of race that is happening across our country is tragic. It is time for us to start truly finding some empathy for each other and work to tie our ties…

Spoiler Alert - this ends up as his superpower as he joins Bruce Willis in M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie where they hunt down James McAvoy’s hulk supervillian as he tries to hide in a grain silo full of Skittles.

I believe you’re right and I think that option has the best chance of the fewest needless deaths and destruction. I was in Berlin in ‘98 - nearly a decade after the wall fell and the entire skyline was nothing but cranes on the east side as they tried to rehab infrastructure and buildings. I can’t imagine what it…

Many are saying they’ve never seen this show. I used to watch it when it was an obvious import by Velocity from Britain. So, let me just say

I would trade Montana for Alaska in your state list - so big and tons of cool animals. I’d pull in Wyoming instead of Louisiana (for Yellowstone) and probably Washington instead of Florida - Disney is okay, but I’m fine leaving it and Miami in another country.

Grandpa always said that farming is the biggest gamble going: “You can do everything right, have a beautiful crop ready, and a hailstorm will take it all the night before you can cut it. And you can do everything wrong according to the rules and have a bumper crop.”

What! I will have you reported to the Pintrest Police for this blasphemy. There is nothing that Apple Cider Vinegar, Coconut Oil, and Turmeric (all preferably organic and free-range and non GMO) cannot solve.

A couple of years ago, my two year old slathered an entire tub of Vicks Vap-O-rub on his hair. What was worse than the silicone in your example was the the vapors stung his eyes and throat as it was being washed out.

Waiting for someone to say something about performance art with this.

As bad as this has been, there hasn’t been a tremendous loss of life or property with these fires, historically speaking. It’s been challenging for ranchers in these areas but that is a very small population. The damage to property is very small compared to the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge fires from November where 300+…

Rolled through the area over the last two weeks peaking about 9 days ago. We’re still waiting on rain in SC Kansas so this danger will continue for the next week until rains are supposed to arrive.

Just another weekly reminder that I need to get a dashcam installed and set up for insurance against loonies like this. Pathetic.

It fits with your root vegetables but I love adding parsnips to our oxtail when we make it. I’ve actually found that using beef ribs gets me more meat, great flavor, and less cost than oxtail as it is usually almost $2/lb cheaper for the ribs than oxtail. Actually, parsnips and a bunch of bay leaves, thyme, and…

Here’s the thing, though, with a High Deductible plan (at least the ones I have had), more was covered by insurance than if I had normal co-insurance coverage. Normal coverage is 75% of expenses for regular insurance, with High Deductible it covers 100% once I hit my deductible. That means I just have to save up…

I’d love to see Dal come in. Here are some very interesting regional recipes:

*Breathes Heavily* *mainly because he just walked up a half flight of stairs, but you get the idea - the man’s sporting some for a chicken to fry up*

As far as easy cooking at home goes, I cannot recommend the America’s Test Kitchen Slow Cooker vol 2 Cookbook enough. Very tasty recipes of all sorts, many with very similar ingredients in many of them (lots of the chicken recipes use B/S thighs so you can buy a great big bag of IQF thighs for your freezer and pull…

“Think I’ll go for a walk.”

Two different industries, one for profit (petrochem), one not for profit (healthcare) but both in Kansas. Interestingly, the not for profit plan is better than the profit-based company plan as the company helps kick in funds to your HSA if you pick the HDHP.