💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Very good autumn special dinner last evening at Aspen Creek Grill of grilled salmon on succotash. They substituted green beans for lima beans. I understand as green beans are mor…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · We voted today at the Boone County Courthouse in Lebanon. Please vote!

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Real treat for breakfast this morning. Smoked salmon with cream cheese, spinach, egg, pickled red onions, and capers on a whole grain English muffin. Yummy.

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · I once told such a bad joke that 3 empty seats got up and walked out.

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · A huge whole wheat chicken salad wrap stuffed with lettuce and bacon from Bakes & Bites. It tasted so good I ate the whole wrap for lunch. Bakes & Bites is very new opening 6 Aug…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Since the food pyramid is not 3-D, should we call it the food triangle? Just asking …

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Traveller is an interesting historical novel by Richard Adams. It has been many years since I have read a work of fiction longer than a New Yorker short story. I enjoyed reading…

English has long been hailed as the international language of communication, business, and diplomacy. It is estimated that over 1.5 billion people worldwide speak English to some degree, making it the

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Today, 17 September, is Constitution Day because on this day in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed by the delegates of the Constitution Convention. I propose based on the act…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · I had a very good dinner at The Local Eatery & Pub in Noblesville last evening with Shelley and two fellow Lilly retirees. I had the evening special, grilled Mahi Mahi served over…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · From The New Yorker. As a tool AI may be revolutionarily helpful for mankind but like any tool such as automobiles or nuclear energy, guardrails are necessary.

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · I had a great lunch the other day at The Zionsville Public House with a fellow Lilly retiree. The summer salad was refreshing with a tasty lemon vinaigrette dressing. The bowl of…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · I stopped watching 60 Minutes last spring because of the obvious political intervention in the program. I decided to give the 59th season a chance, so I watched the first episode…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Yesterday I played across the board at the 3rd annual Indy Chess Club, ICC, championship. It has been a long time since I played multiple longer games in one day. The time contro…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · A very good dinner last evening, Cajun catfish with a side of coleslaw, at Aspen Creek Grill last evening. @aspencreekgrill

A Book That Looks Neutral but Never Has Been A dictionary can seem like the most objective book in the room. It sits on a shelf, heavy with authority, promising to tell us what words “really” mean. W

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Shelley and I have never been to Divvy. As Shelley put it, this is a great Indiana version of a Tapas Bar. We shared the Devour Indy board in the first picture and the favorites…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The adult version of the game, Battleship.

The Short Answer September means “seven” because its name comes from the Latin *septem*, meaning “seven.” In an early Roman calendar, the year began in March, so September occupied the seventh positi

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Not tested for efficacy nor safety. First do no harm?

Kennedy also blamed COVID lockdowns for declines in vaccination

A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.

Giving Elusive Smells a Name Smells are often easier to recognize than describe. You may notice damp paper, scorched food, pine sap, or an approaching storm yet reach only for “strange” or “strong.”

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · Since I retired, I have substantially upped my puzzle and game playing on line. Our younger daughter introduced me to Map Tap. It is a free geography location quiz. It has a Nort…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · This book is a very good collection of essays on drinking wine by Lettie Teague, a wine columnist. Her insights into casual wine enthusiasts to oenophiles are incisive. I recomme…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Great breakfast of wild caught smoked king salmon with capers and pickled red onions. Shelley had a ladies vacation trip to Seattle so I got smoked salmon. Better than a tee-shir…

Investigators may be reaching into their own pockets to publish

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · A few months before I retired, my boss texted me, asking me to send her one of my jokes. I replied, “I’m working at the moment”. “I’ll send you one later.” “LOL”, she texted bac…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · An observational study. But data nonetheless. I thought drinking milk would be better for hip density than drinking tea. Oh, well I was wrong.

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Make America UnHealthy Again, MAUHA. Go RFK Jr.!

Introduction The English language is an amalgamation of different languages, cultures, and traditions, resulting in diverse dialects that sound completely varied. While all are English, some are so

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Three meals in a row eating out! How decadent. Great breakfast at Lincoln Square Pancake House of Omega Morning. @lincolnsquarepancakehouse

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Because I had such a heavy lunch yesterday, I had a delicious peanut chopped salad for dinner at Moontown Brewing Company in Whitestown with Shelley. She had the Greek Goddess sal…

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Burrito El Meson for lunch yesterday was a very filling and delicious meal with a fellow Lilly retiree, Dan at El Meson in Zionsville. @ElMesonRestaurant

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Now as a retired endocrinologist, I finally understand what I was doing for over 3 decades. LOL

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Introduction The typewriter did more than speed up writing. It reshaped how English looked, sounded, and moved through the world. Before its rise in the late nineteenth century, most writing was done

The administration failed to conduct a cost-benefit analysis

Why We Love Wordplay Wordplay has an irresistible charm. English, with its vast vocabulary and quirky inconsistencies, is a playground for puns, offering plenty of opportunities for humor, wit, and c

The Universal Appeal of Music Music has an uncanny ability to transcend cultural and linguistic boundaries, creating connections among people who would otherwise remain strangers. At the heart of thi

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · With my younger sister and our brother in law, Shelley and visited the covered bridges of Parke County, Indiana. @parkecountyindiana

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The same should apply to the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, etc. under the Trump administration.

The Rich Tapestry of English English is often described as a melting pot of languages, seamlessly weaving together a multitude of linguistic influences from around the globe. With a history that span

Calls the health secretary's maneuvering to avoid congressional scrutiny 'despotic'

💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Tomatoes bought yesterday at Zionsville Farmer’s Market. Very delicious served with freshly cracked black pepper, ramp salt, and harissa flavored olive oil! @zionsvillefarmermark…

A lopsided House vote cleared the measure for President Trump’s signature after a lengthy back and forth and several nearly fatal blows to the legislation.

Montgomery County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to acquire the White’s Ferry landing in hopes that public ownership will help reopen the Potomac River shuttle.

Unable to publish in their own journal, deputy editors turned to popular online repository