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Future Lawyer or Interrogater for the FBI or Government

Legends die hard, and this one is no different. But I have learned a valuable lesson from this experience. This year I am placing several hedge balls outside my house--to draw these little critters out. After all, even crickets need homes

The Indiana University: I had landed at a place that turned out to be wonderful, and I had only just arrived

Survival in Tough Times: The Ultimate Weapon

Both it, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are well worth seeing, and if you're a collector who doesn't own either or both of these films, these are definitely the best versions to get

Survival in Tough Times: Unequal justice is no justice at all

Survival in Tough Times: A gaggle this nice is something you don’t see every day.

Bottom line here is that if you're a fan of either film, you'll want these 4K versions because they offer the best way to enjoy the films. As long as you don't expect a bunch of extras

Survival in Tough Times: Last week was the last week of July. That means here in the Heartland it’s supposed to be hot and humid so we can have lots of corn. It’s July. It’s supposed to be hot and humid, thank God!

Reminders may be found in antique shops, junkyards, old barns, thrift shops, cemeteries, and proper museums. I may run into you coming around the corner where the player piano rolls and the Blackhawk corn shellers are waiting for us

A sad, sad, sad commentary on our mobile instant-gratification lives

Survival in Tough Times: It was part of a world long gone, but a world we can recall at will. The memories are in color, I just realized

The only explanation of greatness and longevity in two important fields of music is fate

May God Bless Manshook “May” Robinson and the United States of America.

Survival in Tough Times: So they’re murmuring and tut-tutting about Biden, but I don’t hear them saying they’d do anything different. Strange, isn’t it? What would you bet there’s another election year coming up soon? Don’t be fooled

Survival in Tough Times: We should not let a day go by that we don’t thank our lucky stars that we came along after the miracle of the Industrial Revolution

Golfer Jon Rahm Rodriguez produced a superb shot that skimmed off the water before slowly rolling its way into the hole

And you can pretty well say the same about the 4K disc presentation: it ain't the best if you're into reference quality audio and video, but it's a fine representation of the movie anyway, with very good HDR picture and reasonable lossless sound

So anyone wishing to avoid responsibility will find the capabilities of AI mesmerizing. For the rest of us the only sensible response to this isn’t just “No.” It’s “Oh, Hell no!”

Survival in Tough Times: Crackle’s lyrics and his guitar part are the best to my way of thinking, and what I always sing. Which is your favorite, dear reader?

Survival in Tough Times: Lessons the old Studebaker taught me

So he ran over, wrapped him in a sleeping mattress, gave him oxygen, put him on his back, and hiked him 6 hours down the mountain to safety

WoF Canadian Deployment

Seawater has a higher refractive index compared to rainwater, so sea spray results in a rainbow with a shorter arc

When you pour a cup of CO2 over the candles, this displacesall the normally mixed air, along with all that O₂ the fire needs to burn

Survival in Tough Times: My paternal grandfather was just Grandpa Smith to me

This won't be a big deal to those who want the 4K experience, but those who want to buy now to enjoy the 4K once they upgrade their hardware will be out of luck if they don't have the Blu-rays already

Facing intense pushback like Bud Light and Target are facing, the Dodgers’ management has turned off the comments on social media

Traditional Catholicism will own the Church in a generation!

It has a distinctive cake-like shape with a thinner center and a pleasantly soft crust. Its preparation involves baking it in a tandir, which is a traditional well shaped oven