Monday Stuff On the Way To Other Stuff: Better - Just Not Recovered

     I'll post this Sunday evening -- I've got a birthday supper to attend for a certain daughter tonight. YAY!!!! (And then some work...)

    A week of dealing with Covid symptoms is done. We're both improved, but it's not over yet. At least we can go see our little darlings -- both girlies have birthdays in early August, and were feeling quite nervous about meeting up, since Mom was still testing positive.

Maybe this would have helped...I sure felt like it sometimes.

    Well, not anymore. Thankfully, I am now a Negative Person. But a negative one, with a ton of work that should have been finished up last week. The Brick is feeling much better, and has managed to catch up on some chores. I need to get rid of these cold/achy/flu-yness symptoms, and get on with life!

Sigh...no doubt President Biden can relate.  Meanwhile:

Yesterday was George Jetson's birthday??? Whoa -- there had better be a LOT of changes after 7/31/22.

Some weird twists on ten crime cases. As in Really Weird, surprising twists.

Antiques Roadshow and 'found at a yard sale' stories, one after the other. (And no clicking to the next page!) Lots of photos and comps too, for fellow appraisers.

A rare "magic mirror" -- discovered in plain sight! This is weird, too... a headless religious figure, also hiding in plain sight for decades next to two apartment buildings.

Coal miners -- and a miracle rescue -- 20 years later: "God was the 10th man." (You'll have to read the article to find out why nine men were rescued -- but only eight are shown in the photos.)

A very interesting look at philanthropist David Rubenstein and his connection to the Founding Fathers -- as well as Alaska's newspapers, governors...and oil. 

Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) died recently, age 89. A class act, with dignity and grace. I admired her.

Also recently died: one of the remaining WWII Navajo code talkers.  He was 98.

Clever redneck engineering solutions. I could see the Brick and my dad doing some of these!

Some very funny parent/children tweets.  Especially if your kids are under 10...

Archeological finds straight out of a horror story. And while you're there on Listverse:

Unsolved codes maybe you can crack!   (The Antiques Roadshow link above starts with one of these.)

Growing up poor. Does it affect you? Well yes, but... (From Get Rich Slowly)

Easy ways to mess with people's heads -- people who are messing with YOU. 

Ten ways to bless someone -- without spending a lot.  (From One Frugal Girl)

How to fix frizzy hair on dolls or toy ponies. Trust me -- someone, somewhere is needing this.  (From One Frugal Girl)

How are Californians handling the huge jump in inflation? (It's not a recession, remember -- President Biden is assuring us of that. Two quarters of negative growth, according to Biden, aren't enough to justify calling it a recession. Treasury Secretary Yellen agrees with him -- and she should know.) But President Clinton said...

An especially good Monday Stuff post -- back in 2012, courtesy of yours truly. (I wonder what happened to the so-called scientist??)

The gorgosaurus dino skeleton that went up for auction... 

(It sold for a little more than $6 million.)

Some terrific blueberry recipes.  (From One Hundred Dollars A Month)

A parrot - the lone speaker of an extinct human language?  You think that's weird? How about...

The jockey who has been the only one to win his horse race -- dead.

Fifty famous lefthanded celebrities. 

A CNN panel struggles with the Biden administration's definition of "inflation."

Here's the way to success as an entrepreneur. Invest $1,000 , lose it -- and you've won, according to Robert Kiyosaki. Why? Because you've 'learned to fail.' (No, I am not making this up. NBC funded it back in 2006.)

The Challenger crew...what happened to them after the explosion? Quora people weigh in.

Financial gurus that have gone broke sometime in their lives.  (From The White Coat Investor)

The flashy bishop who got robbed right in the middle of his on-camera sermon. The thieves made off with at least a million dollars in gold jewelry. He's pissed -- after all, 'I worked hard for it, so I can wear what I want!'

    Yep, that's what Jesus would do.

A little girl -- lost for a decade until she's found -- in a Nicaraguan orphanage.

Ten lost films, recently found.   Plus... ten films that are still lost.

These mansions aren't worth what they used to be.

Have a good week. Stay healthy.