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F-150’s place high on the list of most stolen vehicles. The new truck will travel to both urban and remote locations. 2024 F-150’s come stock with the Stolen Vehicle Services feature, designed to locate and recover the truck after it is taken. I would rather prevent the theft in the first...

When asked about regrets while dying from esophageal cancer, Christopher Hitchens replied - ‘Booze and fags are happiness’. Near the end, in a more somber mood, telling Charlie Rose - ‘He would not have had it any other way – it was ‘impossible for me to imagine having my life without going...

While searching for a related electronic item, this popped up on my screen. I know a good deal when I see one, but this one is too good to be true. Thinking either a mistake or deliberate fraud, I contacted the seller to confirm the details and received a quick response indicating that yes the...

Creator of "Word Jazz" - lived to age 98. I was introduced to his work through KVMR out of Nevada City, CA. back in the late eighties. I somehow missed his segment on NPR (I caught up through cassette tape, sourced from Ken), the NPR archive is linked below along with an article on his passing...

This will be something to watch - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/trump-risk-adjustment-payments-obamacare.html

Debuting in 1943, the MBTI - Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. Many if not most here are familiar with the ‘test’, yet what do you know about the secretive, Jung channeling, co-creators - mystery writer Isabel Meyers-Briggs and her mother Katherine...

Interesting new Finnish study comparing identical twins where one twin exercised, the other was sedentary. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/one-twin-exercises-the-other-doesnt/?_r=2 This supplemental blog post by physiologist Michael J. Joyner MD has a stunning photo example where...

Interesting piece in today's Bloomberg news - Buttered Coffee Could Make You Invincible. And This Man Very Rich - Bloomberg Business link to his blog - https://www.bulletproofexec.com/blog/

Dr Huo hopes to see her test available to physicians in 2-3 years. That would be good news. Study: $1 Test Developed at UCF Outperforms PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer - UCF Today - UCF News and Articles - Orlando, FL News

A bite from the Lone-star tick leaves some people allergic to red meat, or more precisely, to the alpha-gal sugar contained in red meat. A Bite From This Tick Could Make You Allergic To Meat

For me it is - "Everything that happens will happen today" by Brian Eno and David Byrne. It was released in 2008 but is new to me in the past year. This is one of those rare collaborations where the synergy of the two artists surpasses their own excellent solo work in my opinion. I puchased...

I think this best describes our approach to the retirement concept. Or, retire early and retire often for those with a sense of humor. Several times over the course of 35 years together, DW and I made the decision to step off the treadmill for a year or more and go take a look around. Yep, we...