Religious influence is decreasing in the US

I’m an atheist.

Articles on hangover cures

just passing these along – don’t know if they work

 

Flowers

I like gardening.

From my experience:

Daffodils are easy.  They also multiply a lot.  Tulips are hard and not worth the trouble.

Irises are great but may take until the second year until they bloom.  Once they get acclimated, they produce lots of flowers.

I get all of these from White Flower Farm that was recommended by my uncle Sam many years ago.  Their stuff isn’t cheap but the quality is great.  I especially recommend Thalia, a daffodil which has several small flowers on each stem.

At my old house, I grew roses.  They were a pain in the ass.  Great flowers but the plants caught lots of diseases.  There are a few photos here of the variety Tropicana.

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Thanksgiving odds and ends

 

The stolen colon

Kansas City police recovered a stolen inflatable colon:

Here’s background:

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia has a large real colon and sells merchandise about it!

The megacolon

mega colon plush

The inflatable colon reminds me of the giant heart at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Bombs are not a surprise after Trump’s attacks on the media and his opponents

Trump has created an atmosphere where the bombs were not surprising.

Let’s see if he calls it terrorism.  I doubt it.