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Author: Rick Thues

Alphabet

January 4, 2022 Uncategorized 8 Comments
Episode #675 January 8, 2022 My most viewed YouTube video of 2021 was “Alphabet.” It was posted in 2014 and has accumulated over 216,000 views.   This slide show was the result of a photography assignment by Chris Marquardt on the Tech Guy Radio Show with Leo Laporte. The photographs were taken during a road trip to Yellowstone National Park. The assignment was to photograph found-objects representing the letters of the alphabet. Here it is: Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4VnjFa-8MQ
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Feta Pasta

December 28, 2021 Uncategorized 4 Comments
Episode #674 January 1, 2022 We all like food. Sometimes i feel in a rut. i cook the same meals in endless rotation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiaBbzLJteY Recently a new item came into our selection and it is delicious. My wife Paula found a recipe for baked feta pasta. It is SO GOOD that i had to share it here in my bLog.   BAKED FETA PASTA INGREDIENTS: 12 oz package of multi color spiral Rotini pasta 3/4 cup olive oil 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning 1/2 tsp parsley 1/2 tsp coarse ground pepper 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes 1/2 onion...
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December 25

December 21, 2021 Uncategorized No Comments
Episode # 673 December 25, 2021       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjdt2r7s_EQ Rome December 17th, 100 BC It is the winter solstice. The days are beginning to lengthen. Thank Saturn for the change of season and this time of sowing seed. Clodia is in the kitchen baking a king cake. She mixes in a dried fava been, then places the cake in the oven. The smell of baking cake fills the domus. There is a knock on the door. It is Uncle Felix and his family. There are more guests in the yard. I usher them in through the Atrium and into...
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Ice Cream

December 13, 2021 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #672 December 18, 2021 There are foods people love that stand above all others. They are delicious, addictive and irresistible.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySb1f9zWJkQ Ice cream has been a favorite of mine my entire life. i began my working career at a Foster’s Old Fashion Freeze. The silky cold of soft serve ice cream made the heat of my summer job melt away. Whenever i refilled the dispenser i made it my job to taste test that the frozen ice milk was the right consistency, temperature and flavor. My next job was at Baskin Robbins. While there are always 31 flavors...
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Butterfly Effect

December 7, 2021 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Episode #671 December 11, 2021 Every time i interact with someone or something in this life i catch a butterfly.   “When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.” —Edward Norton Lorenz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va3iR7qNXw8 Every action is the beginning of a causal chain reaction. “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a...
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Beatles Venn

December 2, 2021 Uncategorized No Comments
Episode #670 December 4, 2021 "And let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be" -- The Beatles, "Let It Be"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMSOfs10mA The solution for sadness is “Take a sad song and make it better.” To combat stress realize that “Nothing is real.” If i am hurt “I get by with a little help from my friends.” When you are angry “Picture yourself in a boat on a river.” As you make a sad song better when nothing is real “Don’t carry the world upon your shoulder.” In a...
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