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Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
THE FINAL SOLUTION
Alabama, Here's your Answer...
"Everything starts from a dot."
—Wassily Kandinsky
WHEN YOUR STATE PARKS BEAT THE MIGHTY FIVE
We love the state parks scattered around Utah.
From the incredible hiking trails and picnic areas to stargazing opportunities and campgrounds, there are adventures and activities at every destination.
However, it appears we aren’t the only individuals who love Utah’s state parks. 2023 was a record-breaking year. In fact, Utah state parks saw more visitors than its five national parks combined.
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/state-park-record-breaking-year-ut/
Many of us learned in school, at least secondary school, that the best government is one run by a benevolent despot.
We need to revisit benevolence, as there seems to be no shortage of despots.
Perhaps, we embrace benevolence and build a world network of despotic benevolence.
The Question has been answered; it doesn't matter who came first.
"The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."
- Ralph Ellison
Friday puzzle
Here’s a noodler from The Guardian:
What four-digit number reverses itself when multiplied by 4? As in, what are the digits a, b, c, and d such that the number abcd x 4 = dcba?
YOU READY FOR THIS?
Meanwhile, 40% said they’ve been ghosted by an employer after interviewing, up from 30% the prior year. Experts say the hot job market is largely to blame, as job seekers now have more options. And the more companies think it’s OK to banish applicants to the spirit realm, the more applicants consider it to be normal behavior—and do the same to companies.
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S: Morning Brew
You ghost me? No, I ghost you...
Stat: Someone call Murray, Aykroyd, and Rambis, because ghosts are taking over the job market. Instances of job seekers and employers abruptly ceasing communication with the other party—aka ghosting—are rising. Per a poll conducted by Indeed last year, 78% of applicants said they’ve ghosted an employer during the hiring process, up from 68% the year before.
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Experts warned that the combination of dry air and turbulent wind expected this weekend could make the situation worse. One state official said that thousands of cattle will die.
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S: Morning Brew
The deadly Texas wildfire is now the largest in the state’s history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire, which has scorched 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle and another 31.5k in Oklahoma, is also the second-largest in US history. At least one person died, several homes and ranches were destroyed, and many others were left without power. As of Thursday, the fire was only 3% contained, CNN reported.
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Years later, Bun Man, Mr. Purple and Kara Baird would do a pilgrimage to Jim's gravesite in France to pay their respects (particularly in regards to the aforementioned behaviors) and things got a little rowdy.
Bun and P just left France, Kara was asked not to return...Oh, the horror!
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(true story on that Kara, though)
ON this date in 1969 - Jim Morrison (Doors) was arrested and officially charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent behavior, open profanity and public drunkenness in Miami.
Morrison was later sentenced.
Morrison died while the sentence was under appeal.
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ON this date in 1961 - The Peace Corps was established by U.S. President Kennedy.
Bun Man and Mr. Purple, both working on neighborhood action projects at the time, heard and answered the call so they began training for their mission in the Congo.
There are stories the Boyz were swayed by some pics they had seen of natives in the National Geographic magazine, but they, to this day, say they answered a more noble call.
WHEN I WAS STRONGER
ON this date in 2012, VISIBLE PROOF WORKOUTS MATTER...
I was leaving the gym this morning after my Thursday routine and as I was getting my coffee for my return home, I knocked over a stack of 20 Styrofoam cups.
My previous best effort had been a stack of 10 cups, so there you have it, proof positive I am making gains...
I am going to ask the receptionist to start stacking the cups up to 30 at Powerhouse Salisbury Seaford OC.
ON this date in 1692 - In Salem Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began.
Four women were the first to be charged.
Initially a misunderstanding when one of the pastors overheard a conversation between Bun Man and Mr. Purple.
Bun was telling Mr. P about these four women and Bun said, "These are my bitches, they're bewitching and beguiling!"
The pastor thought he heard 'these are my witches...'
Bun and Purple left Salem that evening...
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017