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Here is a link for those who like to read off a Kindle.

For those who like to read over at Fourmilab.

I wonder if there is a sequel to this book. SeaWriter was telling us about C4 cooking in Vietnam. I was thinking of something from Good Housekeeping.  Who needs a Dyson or even a leaf blower when all you need is blasting caps and a fuse.

No one tell Mike LaRoche about page 10.

For those who want to order from a catalog. Make sure to get the DuPont Red Cross Extra. I recommend the 40% strength.

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Since I am sure all of you are rabid F1 fans, this is probably a totally unenlightening post. (OK. I’ll stop being a smartass.)

F1 season is off to an “interesting” start. LOADS of changes. For those of you who don’t follow/aren’t all that interested/couldn’t care to spend the time, here’s a recap of transpirings.

Last year saw the winning of the car championship by Mercedes (no surprise – they pretty much ran off and hid from all the other teams all year) and the drivers championship won by a truly icky person – Nico Rosberg, son of yet another icky person Keke Rosberg. Father was a nasty piece of work, and son had all the pieces in his corner and STILL won by luck, as his partner … Continue reading →

People seem to be getting on with it. Time to get back to work, to play,  plan a vacation, start a new job , normal life stuff.

We dodged a bullet and while Washington is still a sucking , festering swamp, it is not out to kill us every day. I no longer worry about some new thing that will make another part of my life illegal or worse.

Time perspectives are moving longer, people are not expecting results every day.

I sense it in the conversations I have with folks. The greeter at the car dealer, the office manager at the excavation company, the waiter at the local diner, the eye doctor and the lathe operator. A calmness , a feeling that things are okay.

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I am one of those folks who really needs to avoid carbs. I found out the hard way that if I cut out carbs and do moderate exercise I lose weight and feel great, and if I eat carbs and do moderate exercise I gain weight.

It gets worse as I age.

So I got into paleo eating and found it cut my arthritis pain by 80% and for those stretches where work has me sitting too much, I do not gain weight. It also serves my predilection for grilled meat.

A crisis had me cut a deal with the Red Headed Irish Wisecracker, when I needed her to get back in the saddle and run a client’s office who lost a long time employee while teetering on … Continue reading →

 Is it me or are we getting as a nation a bit crazy on the Russian thing? They are a people badly led who are trying to get some for their country with a lousy hand of cards. Is anyone here worried that they are doing anything we do not expect?

The fix to beat back Russia is letting them know where we will stop them and oil in the $40 range. Are they going to play cyber games? Of course, along with every other nation and private groups, including us.

What am I missing? If Trump was a Russian stooge, his moves on oil … Continue reading →

In a war of images with actual voters, not news junkies following every daily crisis, a man is lucky to have some opponents.

Like this one. The imagery you want on the other side.

This weekend was fun living in the future.

My vehicle strategy is a bit off the norm, I have a tendency to buy new, well equipped and heavily warrantied vehicles near each other in time and then proceed to drive them for ten to twenty years.  Our faithful companions are being retired, one going to number one son who has had his eye on it for years -(2000 Lincoln LS V8)  and the other either being donated or sold to a needy family who is desperate for basic transportation (1998 Ford Expedition).

My   F-150 crew cab is on order at the factory, but today’s treatise is about the Red Headed Irish Wisecracker’s  new ride, the Explorer Platinum Edition.

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We just won a huge victory on the health care bill, and most people don’t even realize it yet.   The failure of the current bill was a godsend for those who are serious about repealing Obamacare.   Going forward, Trump can now say that he did everything he could to support the GOP establishment version of this process.   It will cost him nothing to now turn around and try and alternative approach. On the other hand it will cost to Paul Ryan everything to resist that.

Paul Ryan and his guys tried to cram this thing down our throats with threats and blackmail. Trump supporter at it, no matter what, to the hilt. Nobody on the hill can say that they were not supported by the … Continue reading →

Bend Over, Here It Comes!

I like Trump, but he blew it like you read about. We’ve all known since 2010 that Boehner/Ryan/P.Sessions/McCarthy/Cornyn are a bunch of rent-a-democrats dressed up in Republican suits.

Trump bought their bullshit hook, line, and sinker. His admin is weakened and stained and he has nobody to blame but the guy watching him shave in the mirror tomorrow morning.

Trump ran on repeal and free market replacement. Republicans have both houses primarily because of their promise to repeal the ACA. Republicans had one job: repeal Obamacare. This was a layup, a 6″ putt, etc. just do it.

These clowns couldn’t even start a rock fight, let alone screw one up.

I can’t wait until Aetna, United Health, Blue Whatever are all begging … Continue reading →