Something that we appreciate about this big guy is his politeness. For example, C asked some pals over during the Turkey Day weekend to do some holiday crafting. She had put out a zillion things-pencils, paints, brushes, paper, old magazines for collages all on a long table. It's been up for a week and we have noticed that not once did Buddy jump up on the table and start flicking items off with his Lordship's paws. We're so lucky! Other cats would have been there raising havoc the day of the event. Thank you, Bud!
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USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map For MI 2023
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The cat who authored two scientific papers:
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From the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
In 1975, F.D.C. Willard co-authored a paper about atomic behavior, "Two-,Three-,and Four-Atom Exhange Effects in bcc3 He". The Physical Review of Letters published the paper. Willard, a Siamese cat, shared the writing credit with human Jack H. Hetherington, a physicist and mathematician at Michigan State University. The paper was prodigious accomplishment, as F.D.C. Willard was only seven years old at the time of publication.
Some secrecy surrounded the collaboration between the two researchers. F.D.C. Willard was actually a nom de plume. His true name was simply Chester. The more formal attribution stood for “Felis Domesticus Chester,” and Willard was the name of the cat’s father. Hetherington later claimed that he had been the sole author of the paper, and that he attributed credit to his cat, Chester, as a way to minimize edits to the original manuscript. According to Hetherington, he had mistakenly used the plural “we” instead of the singular “I” throughout the document, which he had laboriously typed on a typewriter. Not wanting to retype the paper, he took a shortcut by adding F.D.C. Willard as co-author.
However, some doubt exists about the supposed lack of F.D.C. Willard’s contribution to the publication, as he was later the sole author of a paper about solid helium 3 in the French journal Recherche. While he was clearly fluent in French, perhaps the four-legged physicist’s demonstrated reluctance to speak to the press on his own behalf accounts for the widespread support of Hetherington’s narrative.
While speculation remains, it is worth noting that no animosity existed between the two researchers, and they remained lifelong companions, with Hetherington frequently referencing F.D.C. Willard in footnotes of subsequent publications.
F.D.C. Willard (Chester) passed away in 1982, a notable contributor to the field of atomic research. He was a good boy.
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The mural at Shanora's Wigs
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Originally painted in 1993 by Mark Beard, this was one of the oldest surviving murals in the Lansing area. Depicted above is a second version painted in 2008. Sadly, Shanora's has closed and the mural painted over with brown paint. One wonders why the new owners of the property did this? If it was a question of repair, they could have called for crowdfunding. Hell, people do it to finance Grandma's funeral or help buy their child a new kidney. They could easily replace the sign with whatever new business comes in but retain the mural to honor this landmark that has been part of the community for 30 years as a tribute to the contributions of Black folk in American society. What a shame.
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A new Mtn. Dew ad with the tagline: Your soul needs a refresh. Mtn. Dew can help.
Three Gen Xers college pals got the degree but are stuck in boring, unfulfilling jobs which are not even close to their dreams. But, they got rent, gotta eat and have a boatload of education debt. You gotta do what you gotta do.
One day, they begin to collectively hallucinate and with the help of their friend Dew, they transform into a hybrid of their old selves! And for these new selves, it's a brand new day! Their inner souls, refreshed, stand on the edge of greatness. Create your own tribe and anything is possible. Your soul needs DEW! Hallelujah! Can I get an amen??!!
Oi! Let's catch our breath and step back in wonder of the power of caffeine and sugar. This densely packaged visual piece has a gumbo of references: gaming, Transformers, the new crew is so hip that when they walk into a bar and they receive a chin up greeting from an established cool bro. There are a couple of curious references for Boomers: a quick recreation of the Beatles Abbey Road album cover; and a point back to the TV series The Mod Squad which had the tagline: one black, one white, one blonde. Yeah, that was a cool crew and the updated version replaces Linc with a Hispanic. They break the rules, dress wildly, drive strange vehicles, paint murals. Are they getting paid for anything?
Ahh, it was all a dream. But the caffeine and sugar experience has awakened something deep inside them (gee, can we get any more Jesusy than this?) and moving forward, they realize that they can be more than what they had. The piece ends with metaphor: our three heroes, standing together in a under construction high rise (small caption: do not attempt), with the beams of a new day warming their faces. It is done.
There was definitely some time, thought and effort in creating this 2 minute piece and I can appreciate that. But stepping back, all in the service of selling a soft drink? Sigh, I guess if you are in the biz, you might as well create something interesting, evocative vs some generic schlock.
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Parker's Mood-1948-Charlie Parker alto sax. John Lewis piano, Curly Russell bass, Max Roach drums.
It is said that Parker was so good on alto sax that veterans and newcomers switched to tenor or bass sax in order to keep working.
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Every other day or so comes a welcomed event at our house: a fresh can morning/evening! A new, room temperature can of food is opened for our Buddy. He is very appreciative- vocalizing, twining and tailing. We haven't gotten to the point yet where we are nuking his chilled food yet.
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Josh Cellars, a Californian wine with the tagline: Bring more to every moment. Sure it does, when you have a good buzz on! And their reserve wines are made for life's most cherished moments. Your feet hit the floor in the morning-have a glass! Breakfast of champions! You get the trash out on the correct day-have a glass! By this metric, you're smashed by noon.
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From Mad Magazine 2016. Now known as the MAGA pledge.
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