Vegans and vegetarians in my Plurk line: I'm curious to know where you stand on this: Vegans and vegetarians are torn over trying Burger K... Is it a deal killer for you?

Good grief, Popeye was a cheaterpants: Spinach chemical should be put on doping ban list, s... I always figured Popeye was propaganda created by Big Spinach but apparently the stuff actually works.

So, the International Astronomy Union (IAU) is hosting a contest in 100 plus countries to name an exoplanet assigned by the IAU to each country. At first glance, it appears that almost all of the planets are hot Jupiters, although I did see a planet with an orbital period of 464 days. Here's the website: IAU100 Name ExoWorlds - An IAU100 Global Event . The United States

Librarians: Interesting article in <i>The Atlantic</i>: The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wall...

For those who like food and restaurant plurks, Mrs. W. and I visited Our Menu for lunch the other day. For appetizers we split the pork spring rolls (A3) and pan fried pork dumplings (A2). The spring rolls were huge and came with the best peanut sauce I've ever had. I had the lunch special pho with Vietnamese meatballs (L8) and

It's that time of the year again. Happy Festivus to everyone!

OK, this is interesting: Walking backwards can boost your short-term memory . It apparently works for SHORT term memory but I'm going to give it a shot for trivia contests. It can't do any harm to try it out.

PICC line has been out for a week as of tomorrow. As of Thursday, I have been able to take the pups for a short morning walk. Yesterday was a longer morning walk and today was a longer morning walk and first short evening walk. Progress!

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a happy puppy. I'm watching game 5 of the World Series at home. Not in the hospital. I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who sent in their support and prayers. It helped immeasurably and is greatly appreciated.