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- February 12, 2022
- International Darwin Day 2022
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When I was in school I learned of Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. While many spiritually oriented individuals such as myself think that evolution is contradictory to theology and the creationist belief system I simply feel that it is a method of the almighty whose ways are mysterious and without question.
Science too is merely a divine methodology; much of which has been misrepresented in the public school systems particularly in the field of physics and we will some day know that subterfuge which has been shadow world leadership in the greater picture of the universe.
Inasmuch as I therefore see Darwin as a tool set upon the earth to bring to light those ways in which we are.
Charles Robert Darwin was a English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from common ancestors is now widely accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science.
He was born February 12, 1809 at The Mount House in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom. He died April 19, 1882 at his home called Down House in Downe, United Kingdom. His spouse was named Emma and they had a number of offspring together.
Among key awards and recognition he received are:
Copley Medal
Wollaston Medal
Royal Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Fellow of The Linnean Society
Fellow of the Zoological Society
International Darwin Day is held each February 12th in the name of inspiration of the people around the world to reflect and act on ideas like intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, and hunger for truth as embodied in Charles Darwin.
It is a day for celebration, activism, and international cooperation for the advancement of science, education, and human well-being.
See Also:
Evolution Day
Evolution Day 2019
I'm NOT a Transhumanist
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- February 11, 2022
- National Inventors Day 2022
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This is another of those perceived travesties imparted by a well-meaning government.
February 11, 1983 was proclaimed as National Inventors Day by Ronald Reagan which corresponds to the anniversary of the birth of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison — who allegedly held over 1,000 patents.
Only problem is I suspect that a signifcant number of his patents were stolen from others in his midst such as various associates and Nikola Tesla.
Given the fact that these suspicions cannot be proven at this juncture, I suppose I'll just have to give him the benefit of the doubt ... only I subjectively don't have any.
My problem with both Westinghouse and Edison surround their mistreatment of Tesla and the FBI is right in there with them stealing his stuff as well when they cleaned out his vault the very day he died.
I get this skepticism honestly coming from a place where my intellectual property was routinely stolen and copyrighted by others whose capabilities were far less than mine.
So anyway, Inventor's Day is somewhat sullied for me and Thomas Alva Edison is NOT what he is to many others in my mind.
J Edgar Hoover was and the FBI is far worse.
Happy Inventor's Day anyway.
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- February 10, 2022
- Attention to detail too
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In my career I've encountered too many who lack attention to detail.
They are mostly females and typically speak in circular patterns interspersed with 'do you dig where I'm coming from ?' among other trite mess and I have grown intolerant of interactions with individuals unable to function at an adequate intellectual level in my presence.
No offense, I think it's fine not to be academically spirited, but prefer coherent stimulating company myself.
I've always prided myself in my ability to provide attention to detail.
Until lately I have always been able to engage my cognition with accuracy and thoroughness pouring over details for hours on end without tiring.
I have analyzed data to check for errors and inaccuracies but more, erroneous control structures and logic in code that I write.
Far better to discover your own errors than to have the client do so.
This, unfortunately, has occured occasionally over time.
That was then. This is now.
Of late, I notice these thought processes I once cherished in myself aren't as fluid and easy as I once thought they were.
I attribute this to my advancing age and while my memory is satisfactory I view it as a failure of my own personal standards.
Why then, should a retired fellow be so concerned noticing less intellect than remembered previously ?
Because I'm a F☠cking stickler for facts, recall, and consistently firing synapses.
This is why further courses of nootropics are in my immediate future.
I am not one to take what I construe to be excess groping for a thought or a word or an idea lying down.
What do I look like, some dumb ass college instructor ?
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- February 9, 2022
- Chick Corea, jazz virtuoso
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Normally, I won't waste any time pouncing on you if your persuasion is Scientology. Yes, I feel that the ersatz religion is a lot of bunk created by a shyster out to make a buck.
However, one of my most favorite keyboard artists, Chick Corea, was one so I'm going to leave that fact alone.
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz musician who composed beautiful pieces, lead a band, and sometimes dabbled in percussion and kept me entralled during very difficult moments in my life.
He was able to make me forget my troubles for brief interludes with the melodious pursuit of his art.
My audiophile interest in jazz fusion and improvisation melded perfectly with his ensembles with Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, and McCoy Tyner.
His place as one of the foremost jazz pianists in history is well deserved and I am sorry that he is only available on recordings now.
He succumbed to a rare form of cancer at home Florida on February 9, 2021. He was 79 years old.
He was awarded 25 Grammys and received over 60 nominations over his career.
Rest in peace.
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- February 8, 2022
- Communications Decency Act of 1996
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On this day in 1996 congress passed the Communications Decency Act.
This was an attempt to control what was construed as “obscene or indecent” to recipients under 18 years of age and outlawed the display of “patently offensive” materials to those under 18.
Of course, the only problem with all of this is the interpretation. That which YOU might feel is obscene or indecent SOMEONE ELSE might view otherwise.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was merely one of many attempts by congress to involve themselves outside of their purview.
The United States Supreme Court struck those anti-indecency provisions in the 1997 case Reno v ACLU.
Today we have judges who believe they have the right to legislate and in particular those libtard appointment mistakes secondary to the Obama and Biden administrations that in themselves are obscene and indecent with innumerable capricious judgements which favor the criminal.
Boo to Obama.
Boo to Biden.
Boo to the George Soros owned democrats and progressives out to ruin our nation.
A day of reckoning for these crimes will come.
I am not the only conservative who is fed up.
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- February 7, 2022
- Rudelle Eaddy's Funeral was today
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I am sad to note the passing of Rudelle Eaddy, the mother of my sister-in-law and a friend of mine.
Rudelle was one of those people who could really be entertaining in casual conversation.
She had her ideas and could express herself with the best of them.
I enjoyed her perspectives on matters of life and she was able to convey them so well.
I attended the funeral service with Mom and it was a very uplifting experience given who she was and what she was all about I am sure she looked down upon us with a smile.
Rudelle Eaddy has the distinction of being the ONLY person to remember my name the second time we met.
She and I hit it off from the beginning and it was sad to witness her decline over the years.
She is now with her late husband and without the infirmities of our earthly bodies.
Rest in peace, Rudelle.
Obituary of Rudelle Richburg Eaddy
Rudelle Richburg Eaddy, 91, of West Columbia, SC, peacefully passed away with her daughter by her side in the morning hours of January 31, 2022, after a courageous battle with mixed Dementia, Vascular/Alzheimer’s.
She was born on July 8, 1930, in Clarendon County SC, to the late Julius Riff Richburg and Alice Estelle Hodge Richburg. She leaves behind two daughters, Miriam Williams (Ralph), and Sonya Williamson (Jim); eight grandchildren, Alice (Ed), Lauren, Nicholas (Aimee), Justin (Melissa), Trey, Britney (Taylor), Cameron (Heather), and Jimmy; sixteen great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Jordan, Victoria, Sanders, Benjamin, Turner, Mason, Haley, Chase, Alyssa, Malachi, Liam, Charleigh, Lucas, Riggs, and Laura; two sisters, Mildred Richburg Tucker (Spartanburg, SC) and Mary Ellen Coker (Easley, SC) In addition to her parents, and several siblings, Rudelle was preceded in death by her devoted husband Heston A. Eaddy and her two sons, Bruce W. Eaddy and Aaron H. Eaddy.
Ms. Eaddy was a member at Westside Baptist Church West Columbia, SC over 62 years, she deeply loved her church family and spending time with them. Rudelle participated in many activities such as driving the church bus when her Sunday school class went on trips, cooking for church activities, visiting shut-ins, taking care of the nursery, and many more.
Rudelle was extraordinarily talented in many areas. She enjoyed working in her yard and garden, she had a green thumb and could make anything grow. Her yard was always full of beautiful blooming flowers. She was an avid seamstress and enjoyed sewing for her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed crocheting baby blankets, throws, and clothes for her dolls; many were gifts for friends and family. She loved having friends and family gather at her home to visit especially during the holidays. Christmas was always a big celebration at Rudelle’s home.
Rudelle was the person that would light up the room, she never met a stranger and viewed everyone as a friend. Never, would she turn down an opportunity to go shopping for a new outfit, visit the farmers market, and always had an appetite for Chinese food. Most of all, she loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Rudelle will be greatly missed and has left a lasting impression on everyone who knew her.
A Funeral Service for Mrs. Eaddy will be held at 1:00 pm Monday, February 7, 2022 at Thompson Funeral Home, 4720 Augusta Rd, Lexington, SC with burial in Southland Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 11:00 until funeral time.
The family would like to express their heartfelt appreciation to those who were an enormous impact during Rudelle’s journey. Dr. William Crigler, Dr. John Mattei, Dr. Vlastimil Smetka, Deborah Cook, RN, Robin Brunson, RN, Michelle Joyner, RN, Karin Arlett, RN, Jackie Steck, Social Worker, Violet Grayson, CNA and Chaplin Chuck Byrd & the entire Amedisys Hospice Team.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest that those desiring to make memorials please do so to the Alzheimer’s Association – Fight Alzheimer’s & Dementia – https://act.alz.org/donate
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- February 7, 2022
- Wireless Provisioning for Mama
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They're getting close on Mom's house so I decided to get a wireless range extender so that her internet experience won't degrade in her new place.
My primary considerations in the choice of extenders were the technical specs.
The one I chose will provide the most bandwidth and coverage though the distance between our houses doesn't really REQUIRE extending per se ... but I wanted to go for the gusto.
The fact that it is in the same product line as the router it will extend is neither here nor there.
Mom has really taken to the wireless on the homestead given the trouncing she took at the hands of Consumer Cellular ...
They have a decidedly finite definition of "unlimited" and simply cut you off without warning until you pay them additional money.
Their treatment of her was totally unsatisfactory and has left me considerably chapped with both them and AARP who recommended their sorry asses.
Misrepresenting the deal is never okay.
So now she will essentially have the same connectivity in her new house as she does in her room in my house where she is holding temporary audience.
There are some things you don't mess with and my mama is one of them.
She gets the technological edge she needs because of who she is. She has earned this consideration and provisioning on this — her new frontier.
Consumer Cellular (and AARP) can simply go to Hell.
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- February 6, 2022
- February 6th is Pay a Compliment Day
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A compliment is a polite expression of praise or admiration.
Flattering remarks, tributes, accoldaes, and praise all fall under the same umbrella.
If you get carried away as in a speech or eulogy the expression becomes an encomium which originates from the mid 16th century latin and is somewhat archaiac in these times.
I like to pass on a compliment or two along the way ...
Well, there's the kiss of death:
She's got a great personality !
There's the countryfied standout:
Gee, for a fat girl you sure don't sweat much !
And it's more urbane variant:
You too can have ALL the je ne sais quoi P-Diddy thinks he has.You look damn good to be as fat as you is !
So I suppose the moral of the story is to be cautious in the rendering of compliments lest you mess up as I have witnessed in the hilarious past.
Happy Pay a Compliment Day to you !
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- February 5, 2022
- National Fart Day 2022
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Well, I hate to admit this but I have my gassy moments.
The character of these episodes range from explosive outgassing, silent but deadly, loud but harmless, the occasional whiny squeaker, and even the rare shart; which is a later development in my evolution.
I have never been one to comply with any norms of behavior imposed by others upon me.
Actually, I used to until I realized that the vast number of those in my midst are stupid — even with advanced degrees.
Inasmuch as that evidence is overwhelming at this miserable political juncture; I now would just as soon fart on you as look at you.
I don't laugh and try to blame it on you in an elevator — I just admit it and depart to leave you marinating in the methane from my hot burn ass emission.
Since 2008, National Fart Day has been held each February 5.
The main purpose of the day to provide release without consideration of etiquette and those other interpersonal niceties our chief executive chose to disregard as he farted in the presence of Camilla Parker Bowles ... of ALL people.
Then he turned around and pooped in the presence of the pope.
So flatulence is the very least of our worries in the world of woke idiots, cancel culture slobs, BLM marxist fakers out to rob the nation, and antifa subversives out to destroy us all and affix the blame on others.
Stupid democrats and progressives are a highly appropriate reason to participate in National Fart Day.
Go fart on a democrat or progressive each and every time you have a notion.
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- February 4, 2022
- My left lower leg is a little swollen
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I am experiencing mild swelling of my left lower leg.
This was brought to my attention by my diabetic foot care woman, Mrs Goodfoot on Knox Abbott Drive in Cayce who noticed it immediately when I sat in the chair whereas I did not and cannot state how long the condition has existed.
The persistence of this over several days since I was advised of it's existence has both alarmed me a little and had me thinking about the cause and effect behind such new developments.
I have determined that my recent heavy consumption of microwave popcorn must be the crux of the issue.
Yes, I have eaten Oville Redenbacher's Ultimate Butter popcorn with wild abandon as though they were never going to make any more.
I personally feel the Ultimate Butter variety probably includes an unmentioned ultimate salt content as well.
Sodium is needed to help our bodies carry out normal functions, but too much sodium can be problematic and cause some serious health issues.
Anyway, leg swelling can occur in any part of the legs, including the feet, ankles, calves and thighs.
Leg swelling can result either from fluid retention or inflammation in injured or diseased tissues or joints.
Many of the causes of leg swelling, such as an injury or prolonged standing or sitting, are common, easily identified and no reason for concern.
Sometimes leg swelling can indicate a more serious disorder, such as heart disease or thrombus (a blood clot).
Many factors can cause leg swelling. Some are more serious than others.
Specific rationales for diminishing sodium levels in the body include:
• increase water consumption
• increase potassium
• increase physical activity
• decrease salt intake
I'll just have to work on this new problem and see how things go.
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- February 3, 2022
- American Painters Day 2022
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I once fancied myself a painter and even dabbled in oils.
While my efforts were totally without merit; they did inspire me to go the sketch route and I still sketch to this day.
The world has a great many painters who have made their marks with particular distinction in the field and for which massive amounts of fundage are paid for examples of their work.
Alas, this will never be me.
However, American Painters Day honors all Americans who paint.
Insasmuch as the day is held on the birthday of Norman Rockwell a lot of emphasis is placed upon him this day.
He was born in New York City on today's date in 1894.
He is a truly excellent example of one who understood application of paint on canvas.
A virtuoso of that ubiquitous medium called oils.
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- February 2, 2022
- National Heavenly Hash Day 2022
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Once upon a time I was naive enough to believe that Heavenly Hash was JUST a flavor of ice cream.
This is because it was one of my earliest and longest standing favorite flavors of ice cream with which I ever indulged myself.
So nowadays in my enlightened old age I have discovered that heavenly hash is merely a combination of flavors used together in various dishes which qualify for that same name as the ice cream, Heavenly Hash.
National Heavenly Hash Day is held each February 2nd and concerns itself with a favorite taste combination that covers a variety of desserts with common ingredients.
My take on Heavenly Hash spins around marshmallow, nuts, and chocolate. Yours may differ more or less in any direction.
The important thing to remember is it doesn't have to be ice cream as I so mistakenly believed for some 60 years !
Some of these concoctions qualifying as Heavenly Hash can be very exotic combinations of fruits, chocolate, nuts, marshmallow, pastry, baked goods ... and yes ice cream; and even may contain brandy and/or liqueur.
Tastes vary as do those many versions of Heavenly Hash.
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- February 1, 2022
- National Coon History Month 2022
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February brings us National Coon History Month.
It is originally a contrivance of the United States to cultivate a national feeling of guilt for some misbegotten perception of mistreated coons.
Now it is simply an annual observance originating in the United States and is getting official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada, and more recently has been observed in Ireland, and the United Kingdom because there are a lot of whining coons there too.
The crux of the observance is to take note of the coon as a downtrodden species needing affirmative action and preferential treatment to survive in a world in which they cannot adequately compete because coon lives matter.
Happy National Coon History Month !
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- January 31, 2022
- Corn Laws abolished in Britain
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Some laws are bad ideas. Laws like the seat belt laws where people think they need to control every aspect of your existence like the overstepping retired bimbo Senator John Land, a moron who pushed them here in South Carolina.
Bad ideas like the Corn Laws of Britain which were a set of taxes and restrictions which increased the price of corn and other staple grain crops like wheat and barley were abolished in Great Britain.
Designed to protect British farmers from imported grain obtained at a bargain price the corn laws were a response to the Napoleonic wars with a British blockade of Europe leading to an increase in profits for the local economy and farmers attempting to retain the higher profits.
The economics trickled down to bread and the cost of living in gernal and limited the disposable income of Brits as a whole limiting economic growth.
It reached the point where the working class was unable to afford anything other than food and they were forced to stop buying manufactured goods, reducing the profits to the manufacturing sector of the economy.
The working class were hurt by the corn laws while the wealthy 3 percent who voted benefited.
The prolonged allowance of this disparity led to widespread rioting and this was the beginning of the end of the corn laws despite what the elite wanted for themselves.
On this day in 1849 the Corn Laws were abolished in Britain.
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