Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they […]
Sugar-Free Diet Linked to Metabolic Changes “Completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may unexpectedly disrupt gut health and promote inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, highlighting that balanced nutrition is more important than simply eliminating sugar,” said Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of the Immunology & Microbiology Department at the Dasman Diabetes Institute, in […]
I seriously wonder if there are any original recipes out there. You think to yourself “Let’s make a black bean and corn thing tonight”. So you do what everyone else does and hop on the internet to find numerous recipes that are pretty much the same. Full Disclosure: This recipe is a copycat and my […]
Interesting insights from the oldest of the old. All charts are from the survey report which can downloaded here: https://www.uhc.com/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/general/100-at-100-Final-Report-Aug2025.pdf
I was in St. Louis on business. One day these things showed up at the office. I had one (OK, two) after breakfast. Yes, they are that good. Memo to Self – Don’t get depressed that you only learned about this delicacy in your 7th decade. I wonder if they deliver to Oklahoma.
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Interesting. But I don’t think it’s a spatial storage sort of thing. A 30 year old who has accumulated extensive knowledge does not have trouble retrieving names. I think it has to do more with aging neurons.
and decayed or dead synaptic connections.
I’m trying to revive some of my synapses with learning a new language.
Always a good thing to continually create new neural pathways. This is a major reason why I keep working.
Buy five more coffee cups so you will always have one readily available.
I have plenty of cups. I just might have to use more than one per morning. But then I might forget where I put several, not just one cup of coffee.
Maybe disposable paper coffee cups?
I would still misplace whatever cup I was using for coffee.
Maybe get one of those necklaces that holds your glasses around your neck and use it on your coffee cup
Great idea but could get real messy.
I know, one of those camelback water carriers
https://www.camelbak.com/recreation/shop/packs/ — Nope. Water only.
Fame and fury: China’s wildly different reactions to US-born Olympians https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/china/eileen-gu-zhu-yi-nathan-chen-comparison-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
I had never even thought about what it must be like for these Olympians of Chinese decent competing in Beijing.
Thanks for sharing. Now I’m convinced I am a traitor and Too White.
(my reply was written in a humorous fashion and I am not offended about being an American)
I found the article very difficult to read. It seems like you can never please anyone. No matter what you do somebody will criticize it. So best to just be true to yourself.
I felt the same way about the article being a tough read. Journalism, writing quality/skills aren’t what they used to be.
Amen!