Proof That Mathematics Rules the World . . .
. . . is all around you (pun intended)
because too much pi
always gives you a large circumference.
There Comes a Time . . .
. . . in many people’s lives
when their subscription runs out.
Wish I’d Learned This . . .
. . . a long time ago.
Having a nip before dinner, bedtime, on the way home or anytime would have been more
effective had I known it’s a short version of nipperkin,
which is defined as “any amount less than or equal to half a pint.”
Be Thankful . . .
. . . after lamenting over the things you wanted but didn’t get,
for all those things you don’t want that you don’t have.
The Longer I Live . . .
. . . and the more I see, hear and read about the doings of mankind,
the more I appreciate Noah’s wisdom of letting only animals climb aboard his ark.
Picture a Home Inventory
Having a handy reference should fire, water or burglar disrupt or destroy your home will make it much easier to deal with any agencies involved in recouping damaged or lost property.
Any camera, including your cell phone, can produce a visual record of what you have that you can show police or insurance company what you’ve lost.
Start by shooting your yard and the exterior of your home, garage, patio, and all the plants and yardwork equipment, swimming pool, vehicles, tools and “stuff” you have. Everything, including your pets.
Then do the same inside the house with every room and every piece of furniture with the drawers closed and opened to show their contents. Don’t forget your liquor cabinet. And all that’s hanging and stuffed into your closets. If you some special pieces, you can set them in the middle of the living room floor and shoot them separately.
Whether you’ve shot video or still photos, copy the contents in your computer and onto two or three thumb drives. Store those drives off premises, such as a safety deposit box and with a member of your family.
Favorites From the ‘60s
There probably still are 50-year-old things around the house that recall the 1960s.
How about that pair of ugly but comfortable Birkenstocks? And that packet of M&Ms tucked into the kitchen cupboard?
A constant reminder of that decade are those big square brown trucks UPS still uses as is your color television set, which came into its own in the mid ‘60s. Alex Trebek and “Jeopardy” began their amazing run about the same time as “Star Trek” ventured “where no man has gone before.”
The Big Mac and Pop-Tarts emerged during the decade along with a healthier counterpart, Gatorade.
Both James Bond and The Beatles popped into our culture then along with the pill, that planted seeds for the later sexual revolution.
A recent call for authors . . .
. . . by the Union-Tribune alumni blogster prompted me to recall, and then to write, this.
It was my writing of a book made possible by a 1967 Canadian centennial grant matched by the H.J. Heinz Co. that financed a six-week vacation to California I cajoled out of my newspaper boss and that convinced me we had to move there.
Titled “The Tomato Capital,” it was (is, if there are any copies around anywhere) a history of the southern Ontario city of Leamington on the north shore of Lake Erie that’s the HQ of the Heinz company’s Canadian operations.
More recently, I collaborated in San Diego with a TV anchor and two daily newspaper columnists with whom many 919ers are familiar to write “Close Encounters With the 4th Estate,” which is a bit more readable and was much more fun to produce.
Mature Life Features 