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IAN: January 5, 2025 - Decisions, decisions [1]

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Date: 2025-01-04

We have another couple of weeks to choose how we are going to stand for our country.

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Sandwiches of History. This looks like fun.

A study in Europe indicates that stimulating the hypothalamus can restore the ability to walk in some paralyzed patients.

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Here are 52 things one person learned in 2024. An entertaining list.

The most feared song in jazz. John Coltrane, Giant Steps. An explanation on Youtube.

The weirdest tourist attraction in each state. Does the birthplace of James T. Kirk actually count as weird?

A newly published study of dinosaur turds focused on the evidence of how they thrived.

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A few weeks back, my computer cooperated with upgrading the operating system. Installed the upgrade overnight, even. When I got back onto my computer the next day, there was a notice about no longer supporting the driver for my printer. I keep a printout of the current month as the calendar for my desk and print out the entire year at once so I can make notes as things come up. When I was ready to print it out this time, a notice (all blessings on whoever thought of this) popped up with a link to a list of different printer brands with links to the different company sites. Once I found my particular printer option in the list at the company site, it took pushing three buttons to install the new driver. I wish whoever does the instructions included with the purchase would do something that simple.

Not terribly long ago, I bought some instant coffee through Amazon. Not bad (pretty good, in fact), so — because of the strike, which I haven’t heard anything about it being over — I decided to buy more direct from the company. Delivery is through Amazon — and this is the second time it’s happened this way.

This year’s duck soup has been quite good. I bought an induction burner several months back and have mostly been using it on the rare occasions I’ve needed to reheat coffee. The instructions are very simple, and I really need a bit more detail; but I did manage to get the soup made.

My grandson’s birthday is this coming Thursday. Gawd help us all — he’s going to be a teenager!

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Love you guys!

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