A closer examination of the label raises suspicions. What right does Poland have to get involved in Jamaican culinary affairs? https://i-6uf0utvje8gy-...
I'm surprised somebody hadn't stolen it by the short time it took you to get downstairs to claim it. God is real and being an equal opportunity deity,...
Sorry to hear that you are anomic; it's probably not a great place to be. From my perspective, anomie isn't something one would opt for; rather, it is...
I'd be very surprised if there were fewer weird philosophical (or any other weird) types around now than there were mid-twentieth century. And is that...
As it happens, you were interrupting this poor family's evening routine. I checked this out with our social workers in Atlanta and they discovered tha...
Moral, ethical, practical, political... -- all kinds of questions arise from what happens in laboratories and factories Some of what has been done has...
The important thing is that you were able to remember it after all these years. Now that you have used it, you can free up that brain slot for somethi...
Ya'all probably don't remember (or never knew) Julia Childe, aka, PBS French cooking show. She thought that heavy, intense spicing led to "a kind of p...
If you eat a human brain infected with the kuru prions (a neurological disease sort of like bovine spongiform encephalopathy--mad cow disease) you wil...
You might be interested in the pigs that show up in Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space novels. They have been bred for intelligence, walk on their hi...
DON'T SNEAR AT ONE-HIT WONDERS: According to Freakonomics, 93% of recorded musicians (individuals, bands) Never have a hit. 7% do have hits. about 3.5...
Your long experience gives you good insight. Prior to "urban renewal", Minneapolis had a large population of older men who had been part of the heavy ...
Gracias. So, the question then is, what can we, and what should we do about it? Various approaches have been tried; some working better than others. I...
Here is a fine lieder first performed by Elton Motello. I think this arrangement and performance by The Damned is more distinguished and elegant. Gues...
I would have thought you'd go for the always-in-demand kazoo d'amore--the kazoo of love--as necessary in a Italian Punk band as the viola d'amore was ...
The sound is awful but it has a nice snide title that sniveling nabobs of negativism** who aren't rotting in the free world can snicker at. **Spiro T....
The Todd Rundgren album and Sir Douglas Quintet (from Texas) have a sort of similar sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya_mImHmRZw&list=RDya_mImHmR...
Good point! "Poor" and "poverty" do indeed have gradations quite apart from "relative poverty" (feeling poor because your friends have more money than...
It may be that, as Jesus said, that "The poor you will always have with you" but the circumstances of being poor, poorer, poorest, homeless, starving,...
Ahh, Outlander... are you talking about me or somebody else? I recognize myself in your statements as though through a glass darkly; but it does seem ...
I find modern music (when not intended to be a joke) is often less enjoyable than 19th century and earlier music, but it is often more interesting. Bu...
Yes, it could. But being upset when things are out of alignment is a sign that you are normal. Many people were upset by the 2020 US election results....
If you disliked THE MOST WANTED SONG you will positively loathe, hate, and despise THE MOST UNWANTED SONG You'll be wondering who the hell Dave Soldie...
Are you wondering whether colors have inherent meaning? They might. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrBgN4o72j_qWpoPUVwbZEX-yMSO...
\ I collected a few sex hygiene manuals published around 1900. They weren't so much for young men and boys as they were for their parents. pastors, an...
I can find deteriorating neighborhoods in Minneapolis; you can probably find them in your city, too. But in a healthy city, deteriorating neighborhood...
There's an interesting Frank Lloyd Wright church in Oconomowoc, Greek Orthodox. The sanctuary is bowl shaped, I believe -- based on the post card. The...
This is extremely true. Lake Michigan is... something. Do your relatives live in or near Madison? The capital of Wisconsin is unlike the rest of the s...
Well, yes, I suppose. Cheese is important. Do you have something against cheese? Who doesn't want to visit an ice castle made out of cheese curds? Koh...
The 50 states are not allowed to print money or to operate at a deficit. This can produce happy outcomes. Minnesota (my state) has collected $17 billi...
I'm a thrifty individual, and I would prefer the government have exercised thrift more often than it has. 32 trillion dollars is a hell of a lot of de...
The debt ceiling was created by the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917. The law was not intended as a means to paralyze the government. Rather, it establ...
The possession of physical beauty is a real advantage, along with height. I wouldn't know from personal experience, but my guess is that IF the beauti...
How porn sites stack up against other sites I'm surprised that Amazon's retail site doesn't attract more visits, and that Yahoo attracted so many. htt...
@"wayfarer"; Over the last 150 years, give or take a few, huge changes have occurred in society. Electricity, telephone, radio, automobiles, film, and...
O There are reasons. 1) Low overhead is one of the hard-core values of marginal businesses. It wouldn't pay to have a store in between Macy's and Neim...
Now, now; let's not be dismissive. If my personal taste in porn hasn't changed much in in 50 years, that doesn't mean I haven't observed any developme...
Make 'em laugh. I do like to get a laugh, and there are a number of topics, like porn which are serious enough, but not so serious that humor must be ...
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