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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So, how do we reduce the debt burden?
We begin cutting budgets across all areas of the federal government, reduce spending, and stop printing money. The last time we had a balanced budget Bill Clinton was President. Geez!
Yes, I remember Bill Clinton left the White House actually with a surplus as I recall. I think George W Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for years and years put a wrinkle in that. And then COVID came along. Add in Donald Trump and you end up with a real mess!
A BIG mess.
Oh, and I forgot about an insurrection and overturning RvW. That makes it a Mess with a capital M!
Don’t get me started on R vs W. I am having a calm day so far.
Mañana. I’ll save that for tomorrow.
Gee, thanks I think