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Sunday Serendipity
Yo-Yo Ma, Bach and the great outdoors.
Enjoy your Sunday, Jack
33 thoughts on “Sunday Serendipity”
Just beautiful. Thank you, Jack
Jamie,
Something I couldn’t hear yesterday on my computer speakers but comes out in my better quality bluetooth speakers this morning is the sound of running water that accompanies the cello.
Something I did, that I recommend, is to take this out in the backyard with your morning beverage. My gardens are finally getting established. The foxglove is beautiful right now, as are all my roses, and the hostas that I moved from KC are looking like they may be going to survive. I’m an impatient gardener
Jack
Great idea Jack. Think i’ll take my bluetooth speakers to the deck and entertain the neighbors
SPICE RACK UNPLUGGED
No script. No mercy. Just me yelling about 37 jars of forgotten flavor.
You might laugh. You might weep. You will definitely judge my paprika choices.
On April 21, the FDA suspended one of its programs that oversees the safety of dairy products nationwide. This week, Reuters reported on an internal email addressed to “Network Laboratories” from the FDA’s Division on Dairy Safety stating that the Moffett Center Proficiency Testing Laboratory is “no longer able to provide proficiency testing and data analysis.”
The FDA says it will continue to work with state and federal labs to ensure food safety. Additionally, prior FDA research has shown that pasteurization is effective in killing the H5N1 (Avian flu) virus, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that “consuming raw milk can lead to serious health risks, especially for certain vulnerable populations.”
Consumers can additionally seek brands that utilize independent, third-party testing. Some milk brands have their products evaluated by third parties to ensure they meet safety standards and are free from viruses and bacteria, even beyond what state and federal guidelines require. This information is typically available on the brand’s website, but if you can’t find it, don’t hesitate to reach out to the company for more information on its internal testing practices. A USDA Organic certification does not necessarily mean a product is safer or that it has undergone additional food safety testing.
*Costco, Kroger, and Aldi do 3rd-party testing, so I’ve read.
From Springsteen’s youtube channel. An afternoon’s listening of a young Springsteen
HA!
Now just 30 more YouTube subscribers needed to reach 5,000
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.
It continued, “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”
Best wishes, Joe, and thank you for leading the way with truth and honesty.
If this was the other guy, we’d be getting lies and cover-up.
Whatever my WiFi issue is, it’s inside my house. No problems all weekend using my bros home wifi.
I wish Joe many more years, and especially hope that Adolf is not at his state funeral when that time comes.
I hope Joe is at Dodo’s funeral acting like the decent man he is.
Yo-yo. It doesn’t get any better.
Well, Mrs. P and I bought them and LP and i planted them. This season’s test of deer resistant plants is now underway.
Ivy, I periodically run a speed test on my computer if slow I reboot my modem and router (unplug and plug back in) if still slow I call support.
I have a brick face house They put the wifi in the front room, later I put my office in the back bedroom. In addition to the brick this house has plaster walls it was a transition period when they were combining sheet rock and plaster so my interior wall covering are an inch thick. To reach my office the wifi signal has to go through 2 brick walls and 4 inches of plaster. There is a noticable slowdown. Any loss of speed is quickly noticed back there. Another interesting thing I’ve noticed one thing that gets my speed back to what I’m paying for, is to call it in. It seems to be magic.
Jack
Jack, thanks, I will pass your tips along to Mr. Ivy. In addition to chief cook and bottle washer, he also does our tech-bro jobs since it all has to coordinate with his office stuff. He figured out the work around for me through my phone but that is a stop-gap measure. I am just a trained monkey on the keyboard.
The baffling thing is currently TM is the only site I use that won’t respond to our server. ‘Tis a puzzlement.
again not able to post a *new thread. finally broke down and bought a new computer (just barely communicating now via tablet), sent for Geeks on Site to salvage old files and await both to arrive later this week. also awaiting with dread another storm expected tomorrow in this part of KY. aaaarrrrrrgh!
if it isn’t one thing, it’s another.
*tried to do one titled “OH JOE NO….” but unable to paste the sad ‘toon selected nor publish the draft.
Patd, I’ve got Email, Gmail you can send to me L.w.c.h.a.f.i.n. (No periods) you can send it to and I’ll try to post it
pogo, thanks for the offer. the luddite I am hasn’t yet figured out how to either send or receive email on this tablet. no way to access the online manuals explaining the unexplainable jargon and icons. miss the days when everything came with printed how-to instructions in the box.
had to depend on my niece and her friends just to get this & an emergency cell phone in the car up and running last summer. wish they could’ve stayed on the job a few ore days.
it’s not fun being older than dirt in the 21st century.
Still beats being deader than dirt all to hell, though.
I think.
The Republicans are doing their next mark-up of The tRUMPublican Bill To Screw Americans in the middle of the night.
Go back into the woods.
We don’t mind being serendipitous for the duration. Thanks, Pat, and good luck. Glad I’m not the only luddite. You do a great job with TM! We are always grateful.
Why would this timing be extraordinary? They’ve never stopped criticizing Joe for a minute and obviously are still doing it anyway.
CNN analyst Brian Stelter has questioned the timing of Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis announcement — insisting Sunday that it was “extraordinary” the news broke just as the former president was battling an onslaught of criticism over the cover-up of his cognitive decline while in the White House.
“The timing … is just extraordinary,” Stelter said during an appearance on the left-leaning network.
“We know from the statement from his personal spokesman that Biden learned of the diagnosis on Friday.
When would Joe have a day or even a minute to announce anything about anything and the critics would not take that as a conspiracy or personal affront or both? They are the sick ones.
today’s meme…
The Republicans are doing their next mark-up of The tRUMPublican Bill To Screw Americans in the middle of the night.
If their bill is so big and beautiful, why do they have a brown paper bag over its head?
Who do they think they are fooling? Nobody sleeps at night anymore.
Just beautiful. Thank you, Jack
Jamie,
Something I couldn’t hear yesterday on my computer speakers but comes out in my better quality bluetooth speakers this morning is the sound of running water that accompanies the cello.
Something I did, that I recommend, is to take this out in the backyard with your morning beverage. My gardens are finally getting established. The foxglove is beautiful right now, as are all my roses, and the hostas that I moved from KC are looking like they may be going to survive. I’m an impatient gardener
Jack
Great idea Jack. Think i’ll take my bluetooth speakers to the deck and entertain the neighbors
SPICE RACK UNPLUGGED
No script. No mercy. Just me yelling about 37 jars of forgotten flavor.
You might laugh. You might weep. You will definitely judge my paprika choices.
Yeah Yo Yo!
today’s meme…
A good sermon from the Boss for a Sunday morning.
https://www.allrecipes.com/fda-suspends-milk-quality-testing-11721239
On April 21, the FDA suspended one of its programs that oversees the safety of dairy products nationwide. This week, Reuters reported on an internal email addressed to “Network Laboratories” from the FDA’s Division on Dairy Safety stating that the Moffett Center Proficiency Testing Laboratory is “no longer able to provide proficiency testing and data analysis.”
The FDA says it will continue to work with state and federal labs to ensure food safety. Additionally, prior FDA research has shown that pasteurization is effective in killing the H5N1 (Avian flu) virus, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that “consuming raw milk can lead to serious health risks, especially for certain vulnerable populations.”
Consumers can additionally seek brands that utilize independent, third-party testing. Some milk brands have their products evaluated by third parties to ensure they meet safety standards and are free from viruses and bacteria, even beyond what state and federal guidelines require. This information is typically available on the brand’s website, but if you can’t find it, don’t hesitate to reach out to the company for more information on its internal testing practices. A USDA Organic certification does not necessarily mean a product is safer or that it has undergone additional food safety testing.
*Costco, Kroger, and Aldi do 3rd-party testing, so I’ve read.
From Springsteen’s youtube channel. An afternoon’s listening of a young Springsteen
HA!
Now just 30 more YouTube subscribers needed to reach 5,000
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/politics/joe-biden-prostate-cancer
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said.
It continued, “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”
Best wishes, Joe, and thank you for leading the way with truth and honesty.
If this was the other guy, we’d be getting lies and cover-up.
Whatever my WiFi issue is, it’s inside my house. No problems all weekend using my bros home wifi.
I wish Joe many more years, and especially hope that Adolf is not at his state funeral when that time comes.
I hope Joe is at Dodo’s funeral acting like the decent man he is.
Yo-yo. It doesn’t get any better.
Well, Mrs. P and I bought them and LP and i planted them. This season’s test of deer resistant plants is now underway.
Ivy, I periodically run a speed test on my computer if slow I reboot my modem and router (unplug and plug back in) if still slow I call support.
I have a brick face house They put the wifi in the front room, later I put my office in the back bedroom. In addition to the brick this house has plaster walls it was a transition period when they were combining sheet rock and plaster so my interior wall covering are an inch thick. To reach my office the wifi signal has to go through 2 brick walls and 4 inches of plaster. There is a noticable slowdown. Any loss of speed is quickly noticed back there. Another interesting thing I’ve noticed one thing that gets my speed back to what I’m paying for, is to call it in. It seems to be magic.
Jack
Jack, thanks, I will pass your tips along to Mr. Ivy. In addition to chief cook and bottle washer, he also does our tech-bro jobs since it all has to coordinate with his office stuff. He figured out the work around for me through my phone but that is a stop-gap measure. I am just a trained monkey on the keyboard.
The baffling thing is currently TM is the only site I use that won’t respond to our server. ‘Tis a puzzlement.
again not able to post a *new thread. finally broke down and bought a new computer (just barely communicating now via tablet), sent for Geeks on Site to salvage old files and await both to arrive later this week. also awaiting with dread another storm expected tomorrow in this part of KY. aaaarrrrrrgh!
if it isn’t one thing, it’s another.
*tried to do one titled “OH JOE NO….” but unable to paste the sad ‘toon selected nor publish the draft.
Patd, I’ve got Email, Gmail you can send to me L.w.c.h.a.f.i.n. (No periods) you can send it to and I’ll try to post it
pogo, thanks for the offer. the luddite I am hasn’t yet figured out how to either send or receive email on this tablet. no way to access the online manuals explaining the unexplainable jargon and icons. miss the days when everything came with printed how-to instructions in the box.
had to depend on my niece and her friends just to get this & an emergency cell phone in the car up and running last summer. wish they could’ve stayed on the job a few ore days.
it’s not fun being older than dirt in the 21st century.
Still beats being deader than dirt all to hell, though.
I think.
The Republicans are doing their next mark-up of The tRUMPublican Bill To Screw Americans in the middle of the night.
Go back into the woods.
We don’t mind being serendipitous for the duration. Thanks, Pat, and good luck. Glad I’m not the only luddite. You do a great job with TM! We are always grateful.
Why would this timing be extraordinary? They’ve never stopped criticizing Joe for a minute and obviously are still doing it anyway.
When would Joe have a day or even a minute to announce anything about anything and the critics would not take that as a conspiracy or personal affront or both? They are the sick ones.
today’s meme…
If their bill is so big and beautiful, why do they have a brown paper bag over its head?
Who do they think they are fooling? Nobody sleeps at night anymore.
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