Monday Stuff On the Way to Other Stuff: Reflecting On The Season

Our snow is gone, except for some stubborn patches. It never hangs around that long here. (I know. you think, 'Colorado's dry?' Most of the time, yes -- unless you're up in the mountains.)

    Our fall colors are pretty much gone, too. On to November, the dreary month -- at least at night. (We generally have lots of sun during the day, thankfully.)  I plan to give myself permission to read by our electric fireplace, use candles generously...and bake cookies, apple crisp and dumplings. Those make the Brick happy. 

Meanwhile:

Scuba diver in trouble rescued by mermaids -- really!

Two Michigan players get beaten up after the Michigan/Michigan State game. (Michigan won, 29-7.) The police are investigating, thanks to a video. (Do the State players realize that their faces and numbers show up clearly on the video??)

    Update:  Several Michigan State players were suspended. Looks like some arrests are coming, too. Go figure. Update #2 -- four more suspended. 

Did she do it? That isn't in doubt. But her claims of not using oxygen, and completing the climb of Manaslu in record time? During a storm? Serious questions here about Grace Tseng's claims. Hmmm.  (I always find it amusing when these climbers claim to do it 'alone,' with obviously shoveled paths, ropes up, etc etc. So much for crediting the sherpas that made it possible.

Bodies buried under Washington Square Park? More than 20,000 of them? Shades of Cheesman Park in Denver. (If you're curious about this, my Ghosts & Legends book explains.)

Scary facts that will give you pause. In more ways than one. 

Celebrities who say they lived in haunted houses. 

More 'celebrity supernatural experiences' here.   Some repeats here from the link previous.

Ten horrror films that disturbed the crews working on them. (The Shining leads the way. What a creepy movie.)

Vermeer's Girl with A Pearl Earring -- fortunately unharmed. Throwing mashed potatoes on a Monet painting proves WHAT?!?  This incident ranks right up there, too.

Secrets of a professional negotiator.  (From Retirement Manifesto)

How to make 7-layer jello.  (From The Frugal Girl)

Or petit fours.  (Thanks, Paula Deen.)

Or air fryer onion rings!  (From Foodtalk Daily)

The person breaking into the Hobbs' campaign office has been arrested. (Oops, he wasn't connected with Kari Lake at all, in spite of statements by Hobbs campaign staff. Initially they insinuated that someone connected with her campaign broke in -- then they accused her of accusing THEM of staging it. Sigh...and the break-in, according to Hobbs, was "an intimidation against her campaign." Tell that to the guy -- with an extensive arrest record for burglary -- who did it.  Just like Watergate... right?)

An early Warren Buffet letter -- and what we can learn from it.

Now you can see the moment when the 5.1 earthquake hit northern California recently.

The New York Supreme Court strikes down the vaccine mandate as a condition for employment -- and orders that employees be reinstated, plus given back pay.  Whoa. 

A humpback whale helps rescue itself! 

Packing light -- from someone who's done it traveling worldwide.

A strange, poignant story of a leopard -- and a cow. I know, this sounds weird. But it's quite touching.

Courage -- we need it now more than ever.  A classic from yours truly. 

Cumings - my mom's clan

An $11 million estate -- left to strangers!

"What is the most ridiculous thing, as a teacher, that you had to deal with parents who thought their child a perfect angel?" More interesting answers from Quora.

Memories, a quarter-decade later, of Colorado's 1997 blizzard. We remember that one -- it was rough! The Mama and my dad were visiting...and trapped here. (Which they weren't too thrilled about.) I was more worried that it took the Brick a couple of hours to make a normal half-hour commute back home. (He and the Jeep made it in two pieces.)

A grizzly bear attack in Evanston, Wyoming!  The hunter made things worse by shooting the bear -- and himself, in the process. (Fortunately, he lived.)

Stanley Tucci:  'Assassin's Pasta!'  (And it's made differently than I've ever seen, too...)

Now this is one wacky story! A couple who disappeared after the husband called police about 9/11, FBI and CIA conspiracties, are found safe with their sons -- 300 miles from home. They're ok -- "but convinced people are still after them," the report says. Weird.

"How growing up poor made me a badass."  The author of one of my favorite finance books, Quit Like A Millionaire, chimes in. (From Millenial Revolution)

Ten replacements for outdated family holiday traditions. Silliness with a pointed edge (ouch!) from Babylon Bee.

Linen weights (and a little history)... as in how much different linens weigh. Yes, this is important for textile freaks -- like me and many of my Gentle Readers.  (From Sartor)

Retailers at risk of bankruptcy. Including one of my favorites: Tuesday Morning.

Weird things showing up on x-rays.  (Ironically, I read this on 'Upbeat News.')

Have a good week. Courage, Gentle Readers...