This is the first time in many years that my taxes weren’t done by the end of the second week of February. I’m getting them out in the next few days.
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A literary history of indigestion.
From the BrotBox: An explanation of flours.
Recurring dreams. People have them for lots of reasons — mine are mostly a good hard kick in the psyche.
From American Vinegar Works: Panko crusted cod (or chicken)
The true size of different countries. The continental US apparently is a bit more than ¾ the size of the western bulge of the African continent.
Million Dollar Bacon
The evolution of the oven.
From Food & Wine: Irish potato boxty. I’ve never made these, but I’ve had them at restaurants. They’re very good, and I probably would make them if I wanted potato pancakes more often.
The woman who invented the dishwasher.
The best Yorkshire pudding.
An orchestra that plays only instruments made of vegetables.
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I finally found the picture of different Hands Off protests around Oregon. As I recall, LaGrande and Roseburg are fairly conservative. I think Grants Pass is, too; but I’m not really up on what is and is not.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) posted this on BlueSky, on April 6
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It’s birthday time in the family. There’s another bout of them in November. One of my college friends had her birthday last Thursday — she’s a week older than I am. My firstborn turned 47 yesterday. My own birthday is next Thursday (I’m sure you already figured that out), and my sister’s is next Saturday.
My college friend just contacted me on Facebook. She is sending me a birthday present this year — a picture I had no idea that she was doing. I think she did it because she knew it would never occur to me to expect anything from her, except maybe some good wishes.
My daughter is pleased with what I gave her for her birthday. We are going out for Thai food for mine.
I’m sorting my Kindle library. I have more than 2000 books for my Kindle — this is more of a production than even I thought.
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