I've always sliced open hot dogs when heating them but often get questions if someone else is there. This is a great explanation. https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/butterfly-your-hot-dogs-article You Should Absolutely Be Butterflying Your Hot Dogs By Kendra Vaculin June 25, 2020 Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton Recently I came across a tweet … Continue reading Will you get the most from your holiday hot dog?
Month: July 2020
We’ve been inside so long that it’s hard now to go out
As someone who's been inside my apt since March 10th except for one emergency trip to the dentist, I know this fear of going out is real and should be a concern. I have a doctor who's telling me my circumstances justify staying in for the foreseeable future. But when and how can people like … Continue reading We’ve been inside so long that it’s hard now to go out
In just three years, Trump has made the U.S. an international pariah for being selfish, harmful, racist, and incompetent
Those who saw headlines on this issue a few days ago -- Americans being barred from Europe -- may have hoped that they'd change their mind. But why should they? Our mastery of COVID-19 is pitiful and is not improving. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/world/europe/europe-us-travel-ban.html? BRUSSELS — The European Union will bar most travelers from the United States, Russia, … Continue reading In just three years, Trump has made the U.S. an international pariah for being selfish, harmful, racist, and incompetent
Sometimes being green is making do with what you have
This article is a pretty decent reminder that boils down to consuming is rarely green. Want the Greenest Device? You May Already Own It One way to help the planet is not to buy new tech, especially stuff the planet never needed, says Kendra Pierre-Louis, who reports on the environment. Featuring Kendra Pierre-Louis Nov. 20, 2019 … Continue reading Sometimes being green is making do with what you have
Don’t forget the importance of bees
Just because something drops out of the headlines doesn't mean it's not important. Bees are critical to our survival and extinction looms. https://brightvibes.com/1457/en/its-official-the-bee-is-the-most-important-living-being-on-the-planet Sustainable Planet The Earthwatch Institute concluded that bees are the most important living being on the planet, however, scientists have also made an announcement: Bees have already entered into extinction risk. By Fino … Continue reading Don’t forget the importance of bees
A nursing home with no deaths and how they did it
This is what our country should have done. https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-rodricks/bs-md-rodricks-0619-20200618-re2obahhbzbddojazrkf65gdoq-story.html How a West Baltimore nursing home has zero COVID-19 infections | COMMENTARY By Dan Rodricks Baltimore Sun | Jun 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM Staff members at the Maryland Baptist Aged Home in West Baltimore make heart signs with their gloved hands. The oldest African-American owned … Continue reading A nursing home with no deaths and how they did it
30 Singular movies while quarantined
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/30-singular-films-watch-quarantine/611956/ 30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing. David Sims May 23, 2020 The word unique has to be one of the most overused descriptors in show business; if every movie that got touted as one-of-a-kind by its marketing team actually was, … Continue reading 30 Singular movies while quarantined
Why men are so stupid about wearing masks
The LA Times was more diplomatic in its title but, given the obvious health impact of wearing masks and the inability to tell whether or not you're contagious, what other word is there for the predominantly male disinclination to wear masks? Here's a rather kind article suggesting how we can lure them to do the … Continue reading Why men are so stupid about wearing masks
If a car loan is part of your life, be careful
A $45,000 Loan for a $27,000 Ride: More Borrowers Are Going Underwater on Car Loans As cars become more expensive, buyers are getting hampered by burdensome loans ByAnnaMaria Andriotis and Ben EisenNov. 9, 2019 5:30 am ET John Schricker took out a loan to buy a car in 2017. Then he took out another. And then another. … Continue reading If a car loan is part of your life, be careful
15 different ways to add peanut butter to your foods
Some of these are familiar, but certainly not all. If the recipe links don't show, just click thru to the underlying article. https://www.mashed.com/25629/15-interesting-ways-never-thought-use-peanut-butter/ 15 interesting ways you never thought to use peanut butterBy Jennifer En/Sept. 24, 2016 5:27 pm EDT/Updated: March 16, 2017 10:28 am EDT If it's wrong to wake up with peanut butter … Continue reading 15 different ways to add peanut butter to your foods
Lengthy but nugget-filled list of how travel will change because of COVID-19
This is quite a lengthy article so you'll need to click thru to see a fascinating analysis of the pluses and minuses of COVID-19. They range from the likelihood end of almost all small restaurants, bars, and large gatherings to the temperature checks as normal, less crowded but more expensive travel, and much travel (particularly … Continue reading Lengthy but nugget-filled list of how travel will change because of COVID-19
Cities that will be erased by rising seas
Most are simply ignoring the climate change issue for now but that's not a safe thing to do. Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows By Denise Lu and Christopher FlavelleOct. 29, 2019 Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but … Continue reading Cities that will be erased by rising seas
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