As part of my exploration in to Federated Wiki, I have found an orientation site that I think provides much useful information.
Peanut allergies amongst children has increased in the last couple of decades. Why? Most likely it is because parents, with the best of intentions, are not allowing their kids to eat peanuts at an early age when they can build up tolerance.
For full leukaemia to occur, another biological event must take place and this involves the immune system. “For an immune system to work properly, it needs to be confronted by an infection in the first year of life,” says Greaves. Without that confrontation with an infection, the system is left unprimed and will not work properly.”
The latest update to Dialog has been installed in my phone and if all is well this post will appear on my blog. The location for writing a post is in the profile tab.
I made the mistake of looking at my 401k today. Thanks Trump!
‘Captain’ Daryl Dragon dies with Tennille at his side - CNN
The only song of theirs that I remember is Love Will Keep Us Together.
Another holiday vacation has come to an end. I did not cross off all the items on my to-do list, but that is a bit of the point. Instead were spontaneous movies and trips to Starbucks. I did finish reading two books and start and finish a third. We had great weather, although warmer than usual for this time of the year, and no snow. Right now we don’t know when is the next possibility for significant snow fall. In the end, it has been a good time and now I am ready for 2019. I wonder what is in store?
Why is New Kids On The Block allowed to keep using that name for their band? More like Old Men On The Porch.
The Yooper GLi championship begins. Let’s Go Tech!
Smurfs slayed. Michigan Tech plays in the championship game tomorrow.
We have come to another Great Lakes Invitational hockey tournament. This year Michigan Tech plays the University of Michigan first.
Andrew Sullivan:
And so we’re mistaken if we believe that the collapse of Christianity in America has led to a decline in religion. It has merely led to religious impulses being expressed by political cults.
These College Football semi final games are awful. We saw better games yesterday.
Rethinking Religion Finding a Place for Religion in a Modern, Tolerant, Progressive, Peaceful and Science-affirming World by Barbara O’Brien.
This book is a proposal to rethink religion so that our definitions are both more accurate and more inclusive of the variety of religious experience around the world. It also is an argument that there is a way to be religious and modern, open minded, progressive, appreciative of science, tolerant, and a peaceful global citizen of the 21st century.
From wild man to wise man: reflections on male spirituality by Richard Rohr.
The book, From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality, was revised in 2005. For this new work, Richard shortened almost every chapter, changed some chapters significantly and dropped seven chapters from the previous edition. He added three chapters that discuss John the Baptist, Paul and grief. The former afterword has become a very different chapter two, “Is There Such a Thing as Masculine Spirituality?”
New York Times, The Year In Pictures 2018
Today we had 55 degree weather, tomorrow’s high is forecasted to be 34 degrees. Love living in Michigan.
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times - WIRED
Everything you ever wanted to know about skipping a rock on water.
Joe Pinsker,
Every day, as Americans dry their hands, soak up their spills, and wipe their counters, they are—whether they know it or not—contributing to their country’s dominance.
Source: Americans Are Weirdly Obsessed With Paper Towels - The Atlantic