Big Stick Physics
That was a good blizzard. Not one for the record books, but a solid 16 to 18 inches.
Young Master Sparkles is staying in bed until the fire is roaring and the house is up to 75o. That’s smart because the snow is over his shoulders and I haven’t budged on the pooping-in-the-house issue.
If Sparky is in the mood to romp and frolic, he likes fresh snow. Crusty snow and ice bother his paws.
Interesting research about how pet ownership improves brain health. Okay, the research is actually really boring and the graphs are terrible, but the results are interesting.
Having a dog can make your brain perform like it’s 15 years younger. Cats do as well, but fish and birds don’t help at all.
The snow-pocalypse is getting started, so like the southerners stocking up on bread and milk, I should do something to be more prepared.
In the shed, the firewood on top is low-grade salvage wood that is fine for mild weather in the fall and spring. For a blizzard, I need big chunks of maple or oak. The yard panzer is great for grabbing a bin of premium firewood.
Okay, I also wanted to see how it drove in the snow.
Or anywhere people aren’t trying to help him so much.
It’s 2o below zero, so Sparky wanted to wear the fleece jumper I made for him a couple of days ago.
CNN: Here are the 2026 Oscar nominees
The Academy Awards have evolved into a virtue signalling, Hollywood, circle jerk, but I always check the list in case there is a good movie I missed or to see if we agree.
I like these AI patriots.
To my English-speaking followers: You asked, and I listened! 🇩🇪🇬🇧
Due to massive demand, I’ve added English subtitles to the German Amelia/Maria video. Now the message can be understood worldwide
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— Ragnarök (@Neogermane) January 22, 2026
Maps show where winter storm threatens to bring heavy snow, brutal cold this weekend
I sympathize with my former colleagues. A snow-pocalypse over the weekend doesn’t help at all. If this hit on Monday, they might get two snow days out of it.
NPR: The ICE surge is fueling fear and anxiety among Twin Cities children
I like to listen to NPR when I wake up, and am still half-asleep. The mellow reporter lulls be back to sleep, or there is a story so delightfully melodramatic, that I am awake and ready to join the world.
“Every single patient I saw yesterday, we had some discussion over the increased stress, trauma, worry, anxiety, depression that is stemming from the presence of ICE in our communities,” says Dr. Razaan Byrne, a Minneapolis-based pediatrician at Children’s Minnesota, a pediatric health system.
Governor Walz and Mayor Frey are encouraging the locals to resist and impede federal law enforcement, and the locals are dragging their children along as props to these little rebellions, and I’m supposed to be moved. I can only laugh and wonder.