leading from the rear: how herd instinct shapes kentucky derby closersI remember my sister telling me how a dominant mare leads her herd from behind, not from in front. Being a lifelong fan of horse racing, it got me wondering how that mindset might apply there. I asked Copilot, and here is the result... Every spring, as the Kentucky Derby field loads into the gate, t ... read more
is your lettuce safe to eat?For decades, Americans have been reminded to "eat their greens" as part of a healthy diet. For many, that now comes with the bizarre concern, "Is this safe?" The reason for safety concerns over lettuce and many other produce items is simple -- cyclospora, a parasite spreading like wildfire across t ... read more
bookvault app"Print Books On Demand: Publish, Print & Sell Globally. Self-publish and print books on demand and sell them through our retail network or retain maximum profit through your direct selling store." Check it out here. ... read more
trump orders major overhaul of childhood vaccine policiesTrump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) shots. 'Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today,' Trump said on Monday. 'In those times, people were much healthier and of ... read more
great explanation why you should have physical silverIn this episode, I sit down with precious metals expert Micah Haines to break down why the Bank for International Settlements just warned that today's stock market is riskier than 2008, why the AI bubble sits at the center of that warning, and why China has been quietly buying physical gold while cu ... read more
why roads get like washboardsPretty interesting. I had this question recently and see I was completely wrong with my assumption. If you drive on gravel roads, you may have noticed washboards. Why Roads Get Washboards - 18 min My brother-in-law told me it was because people are driving too fast. . . but I didn't have an expla ... read more
how to reduce financial stress and protect your mental well-beingBusy parents juggling work, caregiving, and bills often carry a quiet fear that one surprise expense will unravel everything. That pressure can turn into financial anxiety that follows them to bed, shows up as irritability, and chips away at focus, sleep, and self-worth. The hardest part is how isol ... read more
my myracehorse horsesI own 0.001% of two fillies through MyRaceHorse. That's one-thousandth of one percent, so even if the horses become millionaires, it doesn't add up to much for me. It's just fun. Elevated, a 2 year-old filly out of Flightline trained by Bill Mott, "flipped" in the paddock in her first start attempt ... read more
in 45 wordsJust a reminder of our Constitutionally-protected freedom of speech, religion and assembly. I.e., the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of t ... read more
a new free-speech platform, pickax.comThis is a better link: On Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 10:03 PM, someone wrote: Interesting: Or, just go to pickax.com. :): pickax.com ... read more
frequency, spirituality and the paranormalIncludes frequency, spirituality and other paranormal things. I don't agree with all of it, but it's worth watching. See "Mind-Blowing: Hodges & Westall Go Further on Hidden Gold, Zero Point Energy & Portals" On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 12:13 AM, someone wrote: Dave Hodges is a delusional idio ... read more
kidney stonesOn Monday, September 28th, 2026 at 9:20 PM, someone wrote: Had a doctor visit today, and they said I have kidney stones. I was afraid it was something worse like kidney disease or cancer. There's really just one stone -- a white spot on the CT scan image -- big enough to cause problems. It's i ... read more
if you are looking for a reliable washer and dryerFrom Harper & Knowles. I've Repaired Hundreds of Washers. These Are the Only 4 I'd Actually Buy. And these are the Only 4 Dryers. ... read more
survey finds only one-third of women under 25 have a positive view of menThis is shocking information and is a major reason to home school all children and not be indoctrinated into this modern cult. "Our culture is being transformed at a pace that is difficult to comprehend. The numbers that I am going to share with you in this article paint an undeniable picture about ... read more
don't give glucosamine to anyone with early-stage alzheimer's"A major study suggests glucosamine, a popular supplement for joint pain, could be linked to faster progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found a 25% higher likelihood of developing dementia among glucosamine users and uncovered biological clues that may expl ... read more
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from hill to valley, a long-winded postcard from the roadThe drive from Spring Hill, Tennessee to Valley, Alabama was uneventful... until we were almost there. So close. That's a fairly generic name for a town, though, isn't it? Valley. It's like finding a good spot for a town, planting your flag, and naming it River or Forest or Hill. I know, that is how ... read more
the first hours of parenthoodOh my gosh! She's a handful!Well, we the orphanage without much incident. She told the orphanage staff that she wanted to leave in the car. But, she refused to let me or Bill hold her hand or touch her other than put her snowsuit and boots on. The orphanage director walked her out and then Vika, our ... read more
an entire week with elizabethYou will not believe what I've been through! :) Okay, maybe it's not been that bad. You single parents out there are laughing at me, I'm sure. But I went an entire week taking care of Elizabeth, our 4-year-old, while Tara not only had to work all week, but also came down with a cold. So, I've had to ... read more
luncheon for elizabethI can't believe how nice my coworkers at Franklin are. On Friday, they had a luncheon at work for Elizabeth and Tara. They invited me, too. :) Great food, several gifts, and the biggest surprise: a money tree. Tara and I were speechless at that. It's not like my coworkers have any more 'spare' money ... read more
three ways to put america back to workGreat article here: Three-Ways-to-Put-America"In theory The Great Recession is history, but for those of us who live and work on Real Street the carnage and horror continues. On Real Street, outside the gated communities where 1% of the people own 90% of everything, we are now at 99 weeks and counti ... read more
natalia holmes photography and videostravel photography and videography on YouTube, InstaGram and Pinterest. ... read more
Check out 
Operation Detour:
A beautiful young black ops agent on her first assignment tries to turn a complete stranger into an asset, just to prove she can. When he loses both his job and girlfriend, she thinks he's putty in her hands... until he decides to go out with a bang.
how to copy a music cd to your phoneQuestion: Is there a way to put a CD onto my phone so I can play them from my phone in my car through the radio? Answer: You would have to put your CD into a PC, have the PC convert those songs to files on its hard drive (C:) somewhere, then connect your phone to that PC and copy them from the PC to ... read more
be ready for the next power failureA cousin just installed a 16kW generator to power the whole house. It goes on and off automatically, triggered by power failure and restoration, and runs on natural gas. See video here.It costs about $4K plus installation. Various models on www.generac.com. He says, "I was going to use a smaller, le ... read more
children prefer storybooks that explain why and how things happen"Children have a never-ending curiosity about the world around them and frequently question how and why it works the way it does. Researchers have previously demonstrated that children are interested in causal information, but had not yet linked this to a real-world activity, such as reading. A new ... read more
parents code of ethicsSigning my daughter up for softball, I had to laugh at this (stripped down) Parents Code of Ethics:I will encourage good sportsmanshipI will place the emotional and physical well-being of my child ahead of my personal desire to win.I will remember that the game is for the youth -- not adults.I guess ... read more
time for treesTime for Trees. Another worthy cause."Humankind is All organic lifeforms are facing a crisis: our ability to survive and thrive is at risk. Air and water pollution is rampant. Weather patterns are shifting at an alarming rate. Poverty is widespread. The entire globe is battling poor health for a num ... read more
more evidence points to pesticide as cause of mass bee deathsSo, literally, for the sake of human survival, please stop using at least this one pesticide by Bayer! "A new study published in Naturwissenschaften -- The Science of Nature by a leading bee expert provides damning evidence that a widely-used pesticide, even at low levels, is responsible for the rec ... read more
cracking up over lottery presidentHere's one of my brothers reading my book, Lottery President. He seems to be enjoying it. I swear I didn't pay him to do this. New book out! Here's my Amazon Author's Page, where you can find both the paperback and Kindle versions of Lottery President and Operation Detour of your own. :)The Kindle b ... read more
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Temporary Insanity, Operation Detour, Dobie's Dilemma, Lottery President and Another Way have been stitched together as an episodic saga starring Dobie Pokorny.
Raised in Louisville, Dobie spends his 20s in L.A. where everything is temporary: his jobs, his relationships, and his sanity.
Next comes Kuala Lumpur, where he is tangled up with Riva, a beautiful young operative‑in‑training.
Back in the States, he marries a woman who looks like Riva but is nothing like her. When he and a co-worker expose corruption inside their company, they’re forced into Witness Protection.
Returning to Louisville, Dobie wins the lottery — literally — and launches a presidential campaign. It made sense at the time.
With assassination attempts in his rearview, he writes a manifesto and takes his show on the road. The universe gives him Semmy — a little blue alien who may or may not be a figment of his imagination — and Kaylie — who may or may not be the love of his life.
Here is a cringe-worthy podcast all about it, created by Copilot AI.
external news feedsup to 80,000 african migrants have crossed from morocco into spain
Not Spain, proper. A Spanish enclave in Morocco.
after stranger gives boy a piano, a 'mozart level' is revealed in spite of autism
Probably because of autism.
judge allows medical kidnap of child based on perceived autism of parents
Gates and Musk are said to be a touch autistic (and narcissistic). Should their kids have been taken from them?
more tech leaders learning that ai cannot replace humans, efficiency and accuracy actually getting worse
The chatbots we have to deal with are a prime example.
softening you up for the east-led nwo
All I hear lately is how bad China is.
u.s. imposes visa bans on key figures involved in global censorship pressure
...unless they're pro-Israel.
is the ai-data center backlash a psyop?
Probably.
trump announces that artificial intelligence (ai) is now renamed super intelligence (si) what comes next?
AI is too stupid to be called intelligence, let alone super intelligence.
fewer americans feel racial discrimination is a problem
The brainwashing is wearing off.
king charles tells u.s. to prepare for war with russia
Luckily, no one takes Charles (or any so-called royalty) seriously.
did the u.s. bite off more than it can chew in iran?
Apparently.
nfl announces each quarter of playoff game will be broadcast on different streaming service
It is getting harder and harder to be a sports fan.
chd scientists dispel 23-year-old study debunking mmr vaccine's link to autism
In other words, they debunked the debunking. These double negatives annoy me.
'landmark' antitrust ruling finds live nation and ticketmaster operating as exploitative monopoly
I was just asking the other day why Ticketmaster has never been ruled a monopoly.
is ai the preamble to creating the idiocracy?
I thought the idiocracy was already here.
the controversial call that may ultimately knock baltimore out of the playoffs
He had the ball in his hands for two steps. Horrible call.
historic drought and unexpected fertilizer shortages could mean massive crop losses
Why would American farmers need foreign fertilizer? Don't we have enough cattle providing fertilizer?
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culture
thirtieth anniversary of moving to nashville
Tomorrow, August 26, will be my 30th anniversary of having moved from Los Angeles to Nashville. Here is my old newsletter write-up upon arrival. Here's my route, on Google Maps. Below is the woman anxiously awaiting my arrival in Nashville... not. At bottom is the condo I eventually moved into -- ... read more
semmy quotes (from another way: beyond the status quo)
"Don't be scared when you feel you are about to die. You're not frightened when you wake up in the morning, are you? Pretty much the same thing. 'Life is but a dream!'" "We are from beyond the Pleiades, in the eighth dimension...when we're not slumming it down here in the third and fourth dimension ... read more
quote of the day (7/14/2012)
"The War on Terror"™ is a product. It doesn't exist to keep us safe. On the contrary, it exists to keep us in a state of fear." -- Liberty Underground News Service ... read more
sumptuous opportunity is promptly uncovered
I am so excited! Sounds sumptuous!Received this email the other day from Iris Holets at mrtito88.. I'm sure that is an actual person and address. People don't lie about these things, but I'm concerned. They're asking "homemakers" to be "package" managers. What exactly does that mean? In-home prostit ... read more
dubai is building the world's tallest residential clock tower
Another random spammer sent me this, but it was interesting, so I cleaned it up and published it. Dubai is set to add another towering figure to its skyline. The Aeternitas Tower, officially unveiled at a launch event last week, will be the world's tallest residential clock tower at a staggering 450 ... read more
requiem for a pigeon
We witnessed a pigeon's demiseRight here on the dock o' the BayThere was nothing we could doNothing we could sayIt just wasn't the pigeon's day We tried mouth-to-beakAnd the Heimlich techniqueBut the pigeon had croakedDid you know pigeons float?Well, this one sure did today! ... read more
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education
jung's four stages of character transformation
"A robust character hinges on eight core virtues: courage, moderation, wisdom, justice, curiosity, honor, humility, and humor. These virtues will all be needed to navigate the four stages of transformation.". ... read more
word of the day: parsimonious
par-si-MO-nee-uhss adjective: Excessively sparing or frugal. Etymology: From Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parcere (to spare). First recorded use: 1598. Usage: President Calvin Coolidge was so parsimonious with words that he became known as 'Silent Cal'. -- Rob Christensen; ... read more
san francisco in 1906
Things were a lot more freely-moving back then. And the kids seemed to be having fun. Reminds me of Russian traffic today, only they have slightly newer forms of transportation now. :)"A film taken from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1906, a few days before the earthqua ... read more
breakthrough tech to store food unrefrigerated for weeks
Wow, this is huge! Expensive refrigeration was cutting into Vipul Saran’s profits. As an undergrad in India, and the third generation in his family to work in agriculture, Saran had started a new venture: exporting potatoes from western Uttar Pradesh to the Middle East. But the high cost of cold s ... read more
frequency, spirituality and the paranormal
Includes frequency, spirituality and other paranormal things. I don't agree with all of it, but it's worth watching. See "Mind-Blowing: Hodges & Westall Go Further on Hidden Gold, Zero Point Energy & Portals" On Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 at 12:13 AM, someone wrote: Dave Hodges is a delusional idio ... read more
when to use who instead of whom
Almost everyone uses the word "whom" incorrectly. "Whom" is usually only correct when following a preposition as in "of whom," "to whom," "from whom," etc. And, yes, even your English teacher probably gets it wrong. :) "Who" without the "m" is a perfectly valid word. ... read more
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family
a warning to pet owners with kids
I had to take our dog Chandler (my best puppy, the big man, or Chanva as our daughter used to call him) to the vet Thursday. I had discovered while giving him a bath what looked like a bloody gash on his throat. I was horrified. I literally gasped as drops of blood dripped into the bathwater. It loo ... read more
back in astrakhan
We made it to Astrakhan, but I've lost my immigration form that goes with the passport and visa. It's just a little sheet that they have you fill out on the airplane before you land. If I'd known it was so important, I would have stapled it into the passport instead of just sliding it in there. It's ... read more
walking the dogs
It's something I do every night. I actually stopped for several months starting in May, I guess, when my back problems flared up. Then came my knee surgery, which kept me from walking much. Then I got to where I enjoyed not having to walk the dogs every freakin' night of my life. :) But then they st ... read more
pets page
Cool toys here!Pet-related posts< "ccps-2bba82fc54d48537532b213fb0864131-300x225.webp">Cottonwood Creek Pet Spa (Facebook page)Animal Rescue Site"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures, but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferi ... read more
went for a walk
... in the freezing cold, we were THAT bored. I'm starting to hate this place. There's just nothing to do when we're not visiting Elizabeth or going shopping, and both of those require a driver, and usually a translator. I can't wait until we're out of here, but we've got two weeks to go. I'll see i ... read more
to the embassy
Our last stop before the airport on the magical mystery tour is the US Embassy. They will make Elizabeth a US citizen and a registered Republican. Just kidding about that last part. I wonder if the Children's Hope people will give us that promised tour of Moscow today, finally. I don't really care i ... read more
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life
your intellect and thoughts originate in your heart, not your brain
Your most sane thoughts, anyway. "Those of us who have been educated in Western Culture today have been taught to believe that the center of a person's consciousness and thoughts is our brain. Like a computer that contains a microprocessor that allows the computer to accomplish all of its various ta ... read more
things to do in nashville
Actually, in and around Nashville. Adventure Science Center Alpha Mom (list) Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Broadway/2nd AvenueCentennial Park Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre Cheekwood Country Music Hall of Fame Delvin Farms Discovery Center of Mufreesboro Family Days Out (list) Franklin on ... read more
a week of testing
Took a test yesterday. Hope I passed! New job depends on it! Hope I did better than the previous day's job-related test. That one was on Windows 7 and Server 2008 techie stuff, and I just haven't kept up with Win 7, not as a tech, especially in regard to its various corporate scenarios. The test onl ... read more
in the waiting room
I went to a pre-employment drug screening this morning. Last week, I had interviewed for an IT instructor position. Had to give a mock class, and everything. I chose the subject of "securing your home wireless network." It was fun. Anyway, no, I haven't been hired ... yet. They require this test bef ... read more
usdot to ban dog breed discrimination on airlines
"The regulation is set to put an end to airlines discriminating against service dogs based on their appearance or breed, particularly pit bulls." : goodnewsnetwork ... read more
cdc's crackdown on opioids didn't fix the crisis, and americans are suffering with severe pain
"The CDC attempted to address the opioid problem in the US five years ago by curtailing the prescription of opioids. The result was that deaths are as high as ever and people with chronic pain are suffering. Many people have had severe pain or know someone who does. Back pain is...'. ... read more
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