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"Disappointment is a function of expectation." Joy Browne PhD Have you ever guilted yourself into an unrealistic expectation? Was a commitment made, not kept? Keep a New Year's Resolution only in mind? Or jot it down? Tuck it into your device? By their nature New Year's Resolutions are not...

Cybercrime Most parked domains now push scams and malware Why mistyped web addresses have quietly become one of today’s biggest online threats By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report Fox News / December 26, 2025 1:30pm EST Typing a web address directly into your browser feels...

Relax. We have it on divine authority: We're not there yet. Casual observers may believe though we may not have all the answers, the puzzle pieces we already have reveal a coherent picture, & now it's merely a matter of filling in the gaps. BUT ! Expert opinion may differ. In layman's terms...

US accused of stealing oil after intercepting third Venezuelan tanker Published On 22 Dec 2025 The US is pursuing a third oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The operation followed the US Coast Guard’s interception of a second vessel on Saturday. Venezuela called the...

gross? Gross can mean "exclusive of deductions", or "unmitigated". It can also mean "flagrant" "brutishly coarse behavior" "disgusting". BUT !! Decades before the proliferation of the supermarket, "a baker's dozen" was commonly understood to mean 13. And a dozen dozen (12 x 12), or 144 was a...

Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink satellite network now includes over 8,000 satellites orbiting Earth. How many Starlink satellites are in orbit? As of Oct. 30, 2025, there are currently 8,811 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 8,795 are working, according to Astronomer Jonathan McDowell, who...

House GOP exits mount as gridlock deepens Sudiksha Kochi / Wed, December 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST House Republicans have an exodus problem. More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to grow in...

In a big city it may happen at a park, sidewalk, or perhaps public transit. In more rural locations where the privately owned vehicle (POV) rules, it may be any sort of parking lot. What's the protocol? Turn rapidly and sprint away? Wave dismissively and follow an evasion course? - OR -...

U.S. Federal Holidays The post office / USPS is closed: New Year's Day (January 1) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Third Monday in January) Inauguration Day (January 20, every 4 years following a presidential election) Washington's Birthday (Also known as Presidents Day; third Monday in...

Can a $tax $payer, voter, or politician legitimately claim to be political conservative if unable to name a political principle s/he wishes to conserve? Ideological purity, simplicity appeals to purists. Conservative absolutists might literally have us living in caves repelling nocturnal...

For millennia humans have understood a fundamental distinction of "right" and "wrong". They named intrinsic evil such as murder "malum in se": evil; wrong by itself. That which was "wrong" by arbitrary declaration they named "malum prohibitum": wrong by prohibition. Some may consider curfew a...

When Supreme Court attrition created a vacancy during the Obama [D] administration the president chose Merrick Garland. BUT ! Though the Constitution designates the senate's advise & consent role in such presidential appointments, Majority Leader McConnell [R-KY] simply refused to fulfill his...

In Northern government schools it's called "The Civil War". Some in the South call it "The War of Northern Aggression". Sometimes called "the war between the States". The arguments of justification North & South will not be resolved here. This topic is not about picking a side. Instead, it's...

12,000 years ago food insecurity was a way of life. Without much "shelf-life" food, how the next meal was to be obtained was a near constant preoccupation. Technology has transformed the issue from where can I find the next rabbit to kill, to a choice between TexMex, or Chinese. Not...

The Republican Party has leadership control of the house, the senate, and the exec. BUT ! This leadership is not absolute. To avoid a U.S. federal shut-down the Republican controlled senate would need a few Democrat votes. As the shutdown avoidance deadline loomed President Trump [R-NY/FL]...

Summer is over. BUT ! Autumn is here. Hoorah ? Colorful Autumn foliage, lower humidity? A brief reminder of celestial mechanics: The Equinox (Vernal & Autumnal) There are only two times of the year when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a "nearly"...

Some reports indicate: POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September, on September 19 this year [2025], to recommit to full accountability to the families of the more than 80,000 veterans captured or still missing from wars that the United States has participated in...

Officials issue warning amid concerning spread of toxic 'hammerhead worm': 'Don't squish or cut them' Simon Sage / Thu, September 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT The hammerhead worm is originally from Asia, but has been seen in America since the early 1900s. What's being done about hammerhead worms...

π: A New Formula for Pi Is Here. And It’s Pushing Scientific Boundaries. This breakthrough method optimizes complex computations like never before. By Caroline DelbertPublished: Sep 09, 2025 12:31 PM EDT Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While building a simpler model for...

In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms By Heather Schlitz, Cassandra Garrison and Elida Moreno / August 15, 20255:00 AM GMT-5 LIVE OAK COUNTY, TEXAS; TAPACHULA, MEXICO; PANAMA CITY - Ranchers in central Mexico are discovering the dreaded fly’s maggots burrowed in...