Friday, June 14, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Euphemism

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:40 AM PDT

I went to a financial advisor the other day and he described how my retirement accounts would accrue interest over the years until the end of my retirement. I said, “End of my retirement? Do you mean death?” “Yes,” he said, “but some people don’t like to talk about it.”
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Another disastrous result of global climate change

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:18 AM PDT

The low water level in the Great Lakes. From the New York Times: “Water levels in the Great Lakes have been below their long-term averages during the past 14 years, and this winter the water in Lakes Michigan and Huron, the hardest-hit lakes, dropped to record lows, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.” What [...]
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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

My Life in Meats

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT

I gave up eating red meat for about 18 years. Then I slowly went back to it a few years ago, trying to eat mostly grass-fed meat. Then I reached a point in the last year where I felt I was eating too much of it. You see, I love meat. I grew up on [...]
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

You Can Practice Resuscitating on this Body

Posted: 04 Jun 2013 07:41 AM PDT

I remember learning in First Aid class in high school how to resuscitate a person using a doll called Rescusci-Annie. Here she is:  
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Let’s Go to the Amish Conference

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:31 AM PDT

If you want to know more about the Amish — and who doesn’t? — go to the conference on “Amish America: Plain Technology in a Cyber World” to be held June 6-8 at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pa. The college has a center for Anabaptist studies. Wish I’d heard about this sooner and made plans [...]
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Monday, June 3, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

I’m Going to Bigfoot Country

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:56 AM PDT

I have been fascinated by Bigfoots for a very long time. This summer I am going to Yellowstone Park, which is an area known for Bigfoot sightings. I will also be in several other wildnerness areas. It’s a long shot, I realize, but if I see a Bigfoot, I promise to bring back photographic evidence.
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