Days and days

We'd tease the retired folks in our lives because they'd lose track of the days. They'd cross out the days on the calendar much like prisoners counting the days.
You know what, of course - they're right. The perception of days in a week changes dramatically when you step out of the rhythm of work. Today is Thursday. At work, we'd be leaning against Friday. Here and now, the days stretch out like a knotless rope. Sitting on the deck of camp, a strong northwest wind ruffling the pages of the book that I'm rading (This Land is Their Land by Barbara Ehrenreich), it could be any day. Does it need to be a particular day? Dunno. Stay tuned.
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Happy 61st Birthday, Arlo

YouTube - Arlo Guthrie/I Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Crime in Suburbia

From The Landmark (subscription required):

Holden

Thursday, July 3

5:38 p.m. Caller reports man stepping out into traffic trying to get hit by car to collect insurance; no contact

Paxton

Sunday, July 6

8:49 p.m. Rutland resident calling to report that a Paxton neighbor has been using power tools all day and he is sick of it, Turkey Hill Rd.

Bunny, we has one.

Water, water, everywhere and you don't have to drink it all.

Water, and lots of it, has been a prescription for health for a couple of centuries now. Interestingly, this article, Junkfood Science: Wellness water — the 8x8 myth, reports that there is very little scientific evidence to support the claim that water consumption brings good health, weight loss, or world peace. In particular, the 8x8, eight eight-ounce glasses of water, regimen is supported by  anecdotes - healthy people drink water. There were no finding to support the claim that these healthy people became healthy because of their water consumption. Again, there's a problem between correlation and causation.

The general guidance - eat a balanced diet and drink fluids when you're thirsty - still holds.

Iraq defeats terrorism. Our troops can come home now.

According to Fox News, Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, said that Iraq defeated terrorism.