New Therapy Offers Promising Solution to Childhood Peanut Allergies
Prior to our field trip to Cedar Point for Physics Day, one of my students who had a severe peanut allergy, came by to discuss medical precautions necessary for our day of fun.
He told me that food cooked in peanut oil, could send him to the hospital. Trace amounts of peanuts could kill him.
Disney Puts Tangled Live-Action Remake on Hold
After losing what will be hundreds of millions of dollars on the live-action remake of the movie, Snow White, Disney is holding off on the live-action remake of Tangled. A problem with Snow White, was the decision to make several changes to the movie late in the production. Re-shoots drove up the cost and made the plot less coherent.
Disney may be rethinking their approach to live-action remakes.
Sparky was intrigued by my account of cleaning out the clogged storm drain. He understood that he couldn’t help because it was too close to the road.
We know how to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon.
Sparky is watching Bird-Mouse, and I am watching Serenity while Critical Drinker and MauLer provide commentary for the movie.
We could not be having a better day.
Sparky wants a slab of ribs to make it a perfect day.
Sparky heard Uncle Davy say he didn’t look dopey enough in his Sparky as Dopey dwarf post.
Sparky tried sticking his ears out and looking brain-dead.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025, when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, delivering the longest floor speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.
Breaking the filibuster record is certainly a splendid accomplishment by Senator Booker. What motivated him?
Lee Zeldin, E.P.A. Head, Shuts National Environmental Museum
On Monday, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said he had shuttered the museum, which was inside the agency’s headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington.
In a statement, Mr. Zeldin said the move would save taxpayers about $600,000 annually.
This museum appears to be a flagrant waste of public money. Any politician who thinks the EPA museum should continue to operate, should have the opportunity to make the case.
Sparky was never going to catch that squirrel, but I used that as an excuse to get him outside for a walk. The walk went fine as long as Sparky was going downhill. The weather was very comfortable, so I thought we could go for a long walk. As Sparky was taking a whiz by the creek, I started up the big hill. He wouldn’t budge.
Sparky could accept that we were on a walk instead of killing squirrels, but we didn’t have to make this a death march. Sparky thought I should be grateful that he would walk back to the house without needing to be carried.
Watching that squirrel, Sparky thought it would be a good idea to go outside and catch the squirrel.
He was wide awake now. Sparky wondered if the squirrel might try to escape up a tree. He asked me to throw rocks at it or shoot it, so it fell out of the tree. Sparky was so adorable when he asked, I told him that I would.
Sparky napped for so long, I started listening to an audio book. When he asked what the book was about, I told him it was about a squirrel that wanted to be a dog, and the squirrel is right there, on that tree.
Sparky thought we should keep an eye on that squirrel. At least that roused him from his lethargy.
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