Dr Wingnut

Month: December 2013

  • Healthy eating

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    People worry about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they should really worry about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.Anonymous via the Weight Watchers weekly of 2013-12-22So I’m not beating myself up for gaining 5.8 pounds between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve meetings.  In the great scheme…

  • Metrodome

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    Nothing like tearing down a building right after you get the 30-year mortgage paid off.  It was a hideous place to see baseball, and I’m not a football fan, so never went to a game.  I do however have fond memories of my first visit there, Game 6, World Series, Saturday, October 24, 1987; first…

  • Best TV listing ever

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    After seeing the stage production, we were curious what the “swingers” were in the program, and as Jill was looking, she came across this outstanding listing for the Wizard of Oz on TCM.  Excellent.via email from Mrs. Wingnut, Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:46:00 -0800

  • Santa

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    Santa teaches the connection between desire, intention and magic – he was by-far the most important pagan god in my childhood.  He delivered.Via twitter from @BarefootTed, 2013-12-25, 11:06

  • We’re off

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    to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  We have tickets for the show at the Ordway tonight.  Hope it’s as good as the reviews have been saying it is.

  • Why laws for robots are doomed to fail

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    Governments have recognised that fully autonomous weapons raise serious legal and ethical concerns, and that urgent action is needed.Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch via Robots of death, robots of love: The reality of android soldiers and why laws for robots are doomed to failure at Tech Republic

  • The Check-up

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    Great Weight Watchers motivation.Rhymes with Orangevia Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2013-12-7