Daughter #2 and Son #1, along with our granddoggy, came down to spend New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year with us. We didn't do anything particularly special, except eat, watch a movie...and talk our heads off. It was wonderful -- especially because I had no hopes for it a few weeks earlier. And it was a good sendoff to:
Back to work.
The New Book needs its final revision. One long appraisal report needs a few final touches. And two quilts await their final restoration work.
I've already got the movies ready, and easy meals planned. This week should finish up several works-in-progress. Which will feel a little strange -- I usually have a bunch of projects going at the same time. But this year, I intend to take a little rest, along with the work. We may get some snow, as well, to help out the impulse to stay inside.
Isaac Newton had an interesting 'cure' for the Black Death: toad puke lozenges. Learn about this and more from Listverse's 10 more historical events that sound too weird to be true. Also:
Ten people who swear they saw a mermaid. (They just keep cranking out the odd, intriguing bits, don't they...)
An Arkansas doctor clears his cancer patients' debts to him. What a kind gesture!
The kid who pretended to be an OB-GYN, and opened his own medical office, decided to try more graft after he got out of jail. Too bad he got away with it...for a while, at least.
Two dozen DIY meals that taste like takeout...including teriyaki chicken. Yum.
Try some KFC-style coleslaw to go with it.
A classic retirement interview, from Esi Money.
A look at Bill Clinton's world, post-presidency...from an intimate who's now banned from it.
Ten people who lived a life -- that wasn't actually theirs. Including, of all people, 'Jeanne Calment,' supposedly the world's oldest woman. (New research suggests it was actually her daughter Yvonne who took her place, after Jeanne died at age 59. Thanks, Listverse, for the updates.)
Which spot registered a balmy -50 degrees this past week? Why, Antero Reservoir in Colorado, of course.
Extreme frugality -- post holiday-sales edition. (From Surviving and Thriving)
A girl loses a spot on her cheerleading team, plus a chance to attend her favored college, after a video of her using the "n---" word at 15 surfaces. Now here's the rub:
The kid who kept the video, and used it against her, waited for years for just the right moment. "I wanted to get her where she would understand the severity of that word," he said. Yet he 'gently corrected' his dad when Dad said the same thing. (Oh, and one of the girl's black friends said she had apologized for using it Way Back Then. But this kid wouldn't know that, because he and she were not personal friends.)
Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island has died. Now only Ginger is left.
No-knead rosemary bread. Easy to make, great with soup.
A very strange UFO video - 1995, Salida, CO.
Seven great appetizer recipes. Mavis did them for New Year's Eve, but they'll come in handy all year round. (From One Hundred Dollars A Month)
Have a great first week of the new year.
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