World Views

[Sandy]

Hi Rod,

I can't even begin to imagine a KFC gravy scented candle. LOL I'm wondering.... if you were one of the 250 chosen to receive one...could you ever burn it or would that immediately ruin its' collector value?

I have a pecan pie candle bought at an Amish market in Ohio that is to die for. YUM LOL

xxSandy

[Amigoo]

About "conversion therapy":
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out ... an-n961766

A subtle lesson in the final paragraphs:
If you use the internet, you're vulnerable to discovery.
(whatever you would prefer to keep private)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/c ... index.html

Interesting discussion about the world's sex ratios, suggesting that
climate change produces stress which affects the boy-girl birth ratio.

Of course, climate change is but one of many modern era stresses
... such as irrational fear of climate change (IMO).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://apnews.com/6cf8234a7a5a492eabfa4b0e319f2ec3

"'He’s just like a dog,' Henney told a woman at a recent outing to a senior center.
'He wants to be loved and petted.'"

Who knew?! Be up to your a__ in alligators and be calm with no depression.
Of course, generous feeding on schedule helps keep this pet pettable.

From the Urban Dictionary:
"Pettable - Adjective. A ridiculously cute female that a man feels instant attraction to
and wants to do bad things to." (like give her your credit card for whatever)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/01 ... index.html

"Loop is a new way to shop, offering about 300 items — from Tide detergent to Pantene shampoo, Häagen-Dazs ice cream to Crest mouthwash — all in reusable packaging. After using the products, customers put the empty containers in a Loop tote on their doorstep. The containers are then picked up by a delivery service, cleaned and refilled, and shipped out to consumers again."

Interesting recycling ... except many of those used containers will still have product in them! Not to worry! A fresh Loop tote will probably be left.
And the many pickup teams will need transportation (trucks? maybe electric!) to gather the totes.

Better idea? Consumers bring their used containers to convenient drop-off locations ...
but this type of recycling has never been popular (in sufficient participants).

Which reminds me ...
A few decades ago, plastic bag recycling was promoted by a local grocery store (bring used bags to a drop-off container at the front of the store). I asked what happens to the bags and a clerk said "We put them in the trash bin behind the store".

Today we have drones! Maybe every home will soon have a landing pad on the roof for all that will be delivered or returned.
Caution: Some people will try this as free one-way transportation with the larger drones.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tiny ... index.html

Highlights the concept of "tiny houses" relative to a small house, but ...
Is the purpose to decrease size as well as cost while increasing mobility
Or to concentrate similar expense of labor and materials into smaller space

Rarely discussed is that "tiny house" living requires adaptation
(aka "downsizing") by severely limiting possessions.

Entrepreneur Alert:
Create a livable Pod Mod* that would be parked in your driveway
while you experiment how you can tolerate such downsizing.
* https://www.pods.com/

Also, livable Pod Mods could be used for many circumstances
where Pod Mod mobility is needed only for its delivery and return.
(exterior Pod design may need to stay like storage containers
to not irritate neighbors as well as challenge city ordinances)

Rod ... ... (retirement living might require downsizing
to a backseat Pod ... without sufficient income)

[Amigoo]

Re: http://strangesounds.org/2019/01/nasa-s ... world.html

The other climate change

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... rates.html

The good side of carbohydrates ... but the bottom line remains:

Too many carbs per meal and blood sugar goes up - glucometers make this obvious
(try testing with simple meals, 1 1/2 hours after a meal and after a bedtime fast)

Of course, if you're not diabetic or pre-diabetic, blood sugar looks good ...
since your body's insulin increased to complement the higher glucose ...
which is great! ... until you develop insulin resistance.

Rod IMeO ('e'xperiential)

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/tech/bil ... index.html

A kid's program on TV explained that oysters eat phytoplankton or small bits of algae suspended in the water.
And it showed how a tank of oysters cleaned the water after it was filled with a bucket of this green stuff.

However, to claim that oysters clean the water is misleading (IMO) because they're simply eating.
(of course, telling kids to "clean your plate" communicates a similar message)

So, what oysters are "cleaning" from the New York Harbor is not necessarily oyster food
... and why those oysters are probably not good people food

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.today.com/food/oreo-release ... 19-t140426

... which proves that people will eat just about anything that is colorfully packaged and promoted.

Remove the ends, batter up, and deep fry, calling this Deep Fried Stuff
... and creating future opportunity for anything to be the Stuff.

Plan B (psychology): Purchase regular O's, decide how many you want to eat,
remove the center from all but last cookie and enjoy! Freeze the centers
to make Deep Fried Stuff to test the limits of your health insurance.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/28/apple-f ... nswer.html

"There’s a FaceTime bug that lets you hear through someone else’s iPhone, even if they haven’t answered your phone call.

"If the person you’re calling tries to end it by tapping the power button on their phone, it sends video but no audio.
That means the person calling you can see a video of you or your surroundings as if you’d answered the call."

Bug or unrevealed feature
Nevertheless, know that such surveillance technology exists.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... tions.html

Perhaps, an interesting announcement to train passengers:
"Don't be alarmed - we'll be driving through a few miles of fire today.
Asbestos underwear is unnecessary, unless we have to stop in the fire."

What's burning that's not needed to support the rails

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/health/r ... index.html

A better Plan B: Cut back on carbohydrates (bond with a glucometer,
discovering what foods consumed produce the most glucose).

Cutting back on grains, especially flour made from grains,
is a good starting point (IMeO, 'e' = experiential)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Cutting back on grains, especially flour made from grains,
is a good starting point (IMeO, 'e' = experiential)

After a few years of experimentation, I'm now convinced that
reducing consumption of ALL flour makes easier blood sugar control ...
simply because flour digests faster than its source (grains, beans, etc.).
Without complementary insulin (natural or injection), blood sugar rises.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-de ... nsive-logo

Obviously, today's business "due dilgence" requires prior approval
from many groups considered to be customers of the business ...
or vocal enough to affect the business.

Or maybe bottom-of-shoe marketing is too creative ...
yet, Charmin has few problems with those bear "bottoms".

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... l-day.html

"Researchers found there is no good evidence to support the idea that eating breakfast promotes weight loss -
or that skipping breakfast leads to weight gain."

Seems to me ... "break fast" defines the original purpose of breakfast ...
and the post-fast meal supplies long-lasting energy (plus other nutrition) for a productive day.

Since "weight gain" suggests an excess of food with complementary low physical activity,
a better study would be to prove that less food and more physical activity causes weight gain.

Rod

[Amigoo]

"weight gain" suggests an excess of food with complementary low physical activity

However, low physical activity is not "limited exercise" ... apparently:
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/3/16845438/e ... n-calories

... and the brain requires its portion of the daily energy consumed.
So, thinking seriously about exercise improves weight loss?

Nevertheless ... calories consumed have to be "burned" ...
and exercise burns calories ... always.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/us/girl-scout-l ... m-crumbles

Somehow the logic of this incident seems to crumble upon reflection ...

Is it possible that a girl scout leader would willingly teach the girls that their sales effort may all be in vain!? Or that they could double their money by falsifying the theft? Besides, lotsa boxes have to be sold to accumulate $1,100 ... requiring hours of sales effort

Methinks that the appropriate charge would be negligence: leaving the envelope vulnerable to passer-by theft.
Then again, I'm recently sugar-biased by two all-too-quickly-consumed boxes of Do-Si-Dos.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://nypost.com/2019/01/31/young-man ... cide-note/

“I have written this note several times in my head for over a decade, and this one finally feels right. No edits, no overthinking. I have accepted hope is nothing more than delayed disappointment, and I am just plain old-fashioned tired of feeling tired.”

Re: https://www.zocdoc.com/doctor/tara-cond ... -rd-198407

One comment: "She had a nice bedside manner but offered nothing insightful. Most of what she said was common sense/easily searchable online. In the 1.5 hours I was there she really didn’t get to know me or my food allergies."

Despite the MANY 5-star reviews, a few like this one hint that Tara did not "connect" with other clients at the deepest of levels (soul to soul?). And her Instagram photo favorites are noticeably lacking in people (compared to similar personal collections): https://www.instagram.com/taracondell/

Best guess: Tara was rarely soul-satisfied in all her goings about ... but had expectation of continuing life where such satisfaction is possible.
Her "hope is nothing more ..." hints (IMO) that she did not share her longings and disappointments with others.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Logically, if planet Earth is making serious attempts to find other inhabited planets, much advanced planets have been trying for ages to find other inhabited planets ... and have not been successful (or they're not telling us) because of the unfathomable (until recently) distances, with the longer distances suggesting that communications require ages ... further suggesting that when contact is made, the planet may have advanced far beyond that suggested by the content of the initial communication.

With such a delay in communications, we might expect that patterns (astronomy, science, electonic signals, etc.)
are the better content for first contact and response.

Rod

[Amigoo]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/201 ... 720895002/

"The worst Super Bowl foods you can eat? Go for it, dietitians say. Just this once."

... and if you don't gorge, "Just this once." once in a while is permissible (IMO).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/atlanta- ... rity-risks

"Super Bowl security crackdown prompts closure of pedestrian bridge that cost Atlanta $23M"

Typical media finesse, making news controversial
Hints that the closing is permanent (but not when game ends):

"the bridge will be open for attendees to exit at the conclusion of the game."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... scene.html

"The scene in which Poppins joins Dick Van Dyke’s Bert and his fellow sweeps on a rooftop
for the song Step In Time is one of the best-loved moments in the 1964 Disney classic."

Watch out! Mortimer (and Mickey!) ...
Disney was very controversial (according to this new academic perspective)
with both cartoon characters having white faces upon black bodies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvv2fx00gqs

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/tal ... 779044002/

Intriguing new communication option ...

"What? You didn't get my message?!
I know I sent it! I can prove it!
... Oops! I just lost it!"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nsent.html

"Man wants to sue his parents for giving birth to him 'without his consent' as part of 'anti-natalist' movement
that says having children is morally wrong"

"We're Anti-Natalist Anti-Life" might be a complementary slogan for this movement.

Rod