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Small Town America
By Dr. Bruce Smith | September 5, 2023
Survival in Tough Times: As you read this, dear reader, that little burg is still there, like a thousand others scattered across the Heartland, and good people live and work there
Those who are depressed, should watch the video
By News on the Net -- Enezator (@Enezator) | September 3, 2023
Future Lawyer or Interrogater for the FBI or Government
Remember When—August of 1971
By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 28, 2023
The Indiana University: I had landed at a place that turned out to be wonderful, and I had only just arrived
Today’s ultimate weapon is a mute constituency
By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 22, 2023
Survival in Tough Times: The Ultimate Weapon
Top Hughes and Wyler films make their way onto 4K disc
By Jim Bray, CFP Automotive Editor | August 17, 2023
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
When Trust Has Been Lost, The Republic Is In Peril
By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 14, 2023
Survival in Tough Times: Unequal justice is no justice at all
Well, There’s Something You Don’t See Every Day! A Fine Gaggle of Geese
By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 10, 2023
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
It’s Not the Humidity, It’s the Heat
By Dr. Bruce Smith | August 2, 2023
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!
An Antique Shop Is Like A Little Museum
By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 26, 2023
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
Our Mobile Epidemic
By Canada Free Press Author unknown | July 21, 2023
A sad, sad, sad commentary on our mobile instant-gratification lives
Our Ancestors Comfort Us With Memory
By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 20, 2023
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
Great Bands: Great Longevity
By Bob Hoye | July 18, 2023
The only explanation of greatness and longevity in two important fields of music is fate
MAY ROBINSON, A TRUE AMERICAN
By Robert L. Rosebrock | July 13, 2023
May God Bless Manshook “May” Robinson and the United States of America.
Don’t Be Fooled
By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 10, 2023
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
The Tyranny of the Seasons
By Dr. Bruce Smith | July 3, 2023
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
Luck or mastering the laws of physics?
By News on the Net -- Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) | July 2, 2023
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
Why AI is a problem
By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 25, 2023
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!”
Musical perfection: Snap, Crackle, Pop
By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 20, 2023
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?
Now there’s something you don’t see every day
By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 11, 2023
Survival in Tough Times: Lessons the old Studebaker taught me
Meet Gelje Sherpa. He was taking a private client up Mt. Everest when he noticed someone dying just 500 meters from the summit
By News on the Net -- Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) | June 6, 2023
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
Song and dance from MZANZI 1 as they arrive in Edmonton, Canada
By News on the Net -- Working on Fire (@wo_fire) | June 4, 2023
WoF Canadian Deployment
Rainbows form when light enters a droplet at a 42° angle, is refracted and then reflected by the back of the droplet
By News on the Net -- Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) | June 4, 2023
Seawater has a higher refractive index compared to rainwater, so sea spray results in a rainbow with a shorter arc
Candles burns thanks to a combustion reaction that requires oxygen (O₂)
By News on the Net -- Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) | June 4, 2023
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
Go Back In Time With Oral History
By Dr. Bruce Smith | June 4, 2023
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
Just Traditional Catholicism cornering the market on vocations
By News on the Net -- Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) | May 30, 2023
Traditional Catholicism will own the Church in a generation!
Samarkand bread is from Uzbekistan, its roots are in the region of Samarkand
By News on the Net -- Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) | May 30, 2023
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