Queen Elizabeth RIP
September 8, 2022Major-crater story this Thursday noon, and probably for a few days hence — Queen Elizabeth II has died, aged 96. Typical of the stories to be posted — per the Guardian‘s Iive blog: Standing outside…
Category Archives: Health
Cannabis On The Scene And Not Just For The ‘Dude’
September 2, 2022In the downer toilet-flush of a Friday news dump, I’ve gone to do a bowl — pipe bowl, that is. Here are some cannabis/marijuana news bits to refresh the mind to what ails it outside…
Climate Getting ‘Heat Dome’ Hot
August 31, 2022Although it’s still fairly pleasant in the shade this near-noon Wednesday, the direct sunshine is hotter than shit here in California’s Central Valley as we encounter another ‘heat dome‘ driving temperatures to triple digits. Not…
Seal-Level Rise From Arctic Ice Melt — Worse Yet To Come
August 29, 2022Cool and way-pleasant this near-noon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — well under triple digits as apparently we’re right now in a real-short lived (two days!) episode of crisp temperatures and comfortable ambiance when…
Tweet Of The Moment — Time Melt In A Republican ‘Upside Down’ World
August 19, 2022Another hot one building outside this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — we’re still under triple digits right now, but the heat-blasting doesn’t always intensify until late afternoon. We’ll weather the weather, as…
Puke!
August 16, 2022One thing that’s become more-increasingly clear the last few days is the longtime huge-enormous dislike for the T-Rump has finally morphed into a stomach-upsetting surge of pure nausea — I am so freaking-fucking sick of…
Olivia Newton-John — R.I.P.
August 8, 2022Olivia Newton-John has died, it was announced today. She was 73, same age as me. In the 1970s I had a continuous crush on Stevie Nicks, Diane Keaton, and Olivia Newton-John. A most-peculiar period for…
BFD: A Rose Is Still A Rose — Senate Passes IRA
August 7, 2022Yes, indeed. It is a Big Fucking Deal. The value/impact comes not only from what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act itself but that the bill actually passed the Senate, despite the notorious Manchin-Sinema one-two franchise…
Summertime ‘Danger Season’ Due To Global Warming
August 4, 2022Hot and still this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley — temperature near 100 alfrerady and without hardly a hint of wind, makes the air heavy and creates a feeling of even more heat.…
Catastrophic Climate-Change Risks Are Unexplored — ‘We Must Do The Maths Of Disaster In Order To Avoid It’
August 2, 2022Mid-summer’s nightmare as heat and fire together in a deadly, dangerous mix — in California, the McKinney fire near the Oregon border has burned 56,000 acres and killed four people so far, further north in…