We saw a bear at Cape Perpetua. It ran away from us with incredible speed. I can readily believe that when they say you can't outrun a bear, they're right.

We are going to be there in May. It's been on my bucket list for ages. Can't wait.

Roasted on a sheet pan with a bit of olive oil and a sprinkle of kosher salt.

And let their lawyers who came up with this ghoulish argument tag along with them, too.

If it is impossible to know the subjective experience of each occupant, how can Boeing be so sure that they weren't suffering the worst terror and anguish until the moment of impact?

The plaintiff here doesn't appear to have screamed, though. She pointed out (correctly as it happens) that the town had been violating the open meetings law. She was rudely cut off by the public official and accused of slander for saying that true thing. Then she responded by calling the official "Hitler."

An exaggeration, sure. But she had just been falsely accused by that official of lying.

Civility is a two way street.

Many can, all do not. I was at a hardware store one day when they were opening the chick shipment box. It was pretty ugly. Very sad to see dead chicks.

We are going to be out there next week. Hope the weather gets better.

Your dogs are well trained! I wouldn't trust mine if he could reach the table.

I don't think average life expectancy of the general population would have anything to do with this. This is just looking at the Medicare population, and who has more chronic conditions.

The average life expectancy in a particular area is impacted by how many people die before they even reach Medicare age, right?

See:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/middle-aged-white-americans-left-behind-and-dying-early/433863/

Ok, so these are all people over 65 (although disabled people are eligible for Medicare, too), but there's a big difference between a 65 year old and an 85 year old in terms of likelihood of chronic medical problems.

I wonder if the Medicare populations in the blue areas are older in general than the Medicare populations in the other areas? The older you get, the more likely you may be to head south for warmer weather.

Just don't have it every day (or every week) and you'll be good. As a once in a while treat, bacon is fine.

We've always used doggie doors, love them.

One of our Boston Terriers, Elmo, tried to pee through the doggie door one time. He stopped half way through the door with his front paws outside, lifted his leg, and peed. Needless to say, it didn't work out too well.

I told him "no" and that's the last time he tried that.

Now, wouldn't it be really funny if his case gets assigned to a female judge?

Just wait until the first turkey tries to blow up a plane. There goes that rule.

Perhaps they ought to have studied how cash transfers from rich to poor can increase the happiness of the rich.

It works that way, too.

See, e.g., Dickens A Christmas Carol.

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure can buy food and shelter. Try being happy without either of those.