Imagine my surprise when the veggies I intended to marinate in a Sandwich XL size Ziploc bag didn’t fit in the Ziploc Quart size storage bag either. Imagine my further surprise when I realized that the bags were all but the same size. Strange, but true. As evidenced by the picture at the left (forgive ...
I like to collect things. I have a decent collection of books. I collect pens that I pick up in the doctor’s office. I collect toys. Yet I have one collection I can take with me anywhere and it’s the one that has cost me the most money. It is my collection of ear piercings. ...
Concrete work is expensive, and when a concrete sidewalk or concrete driveway is poured, no one expects a crack to form. If expansion joints or control joints aren’t properly constructed or if the ground isn’t properly compacted before the concrete is poured, the concrete might eventually fail. If a crack develops in concrete, even the ...
A remaining hoop to jump through (Let’s use positive psychology and call it a “goal-post.”) for graduating social work students looming as they walk down the graduation stage is the licensing exam (licensed master of social work, or LMSW), which depending on your jurisdiction, you cannot take until after you graduate (Some jurisdictions, such as ...
Chicago is a beautiful city, but sometimes an escape from the hustle and bustle is needed. Here are the best day trips from Chicago. Lake Geneva Located 75 miles northwest of Chicago, Lake Geneva is a beautiful place for a quick getaway. It has several resorts and spas for a day of luxury, or you ...
Quoting an article by By Gary Strieker (CNN) The complex web of life on Earth, what scientists call “biodiversity,” is in serious trouble. “Biodiversity includes all living things that we depend on for our economies and our lives,” explained Brooks Yeager, vice president of global programs at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. It’s ...
The song “Louie Louie” just turned 50 years old. When I was a teenager, “Louie Louie” was the song played over and over at drunken parties. Its “dirty” lyrics were made to be sung at full volume by drunken teenagers. “Louie, Louie, got her way down low now.” “All night long I lay her there. ...
Ernest Hemingway had some peculiar ideas about what qualified as a sport. He said something to the effect that the only true sports were bullfighting and auto racing. I think there might have been a third one and I forget what it is but it might as well have been shotgun-barrel-eating because that turned out ...
Like millions of people in the last few days, I have seen the obnoxious rant by former Seinfeld “hipster doofus” Michael Richards on various news outlets, and like most, I was appalled and saddened by it. It’s hard to imagine what Richards was thinking, and regardless of what that might be, there is no excuse ...
There are plenty of places to buy new medical equipment; but quite frankly, they’re rather expensive, and slightly used equipment provides practically the exact same product for a much cheaper price. So, then, if you need used medical equipment–a broad term encompassing almost all items a hospital should be equipped with (gurneys, microscopes, patient monitors, ...
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