Story about a FB friend's Grandmother.

There's so much here about the 'old' days, communication between men and women, and what a person can do on their own if they make it part of their personhood.

http://lubbockonline.com/columnists/2011-02-07/westbrook-pioneer-teacher-still-teaching-even-no-classroom?v#.VrieqFUrLnA

Oh, California, I'm surprised you have any sports franchises at all:

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/02/07/why-it-matters-that-players-in-super-bowl-will-pay-taxes-on-game/

Win on Sunday, and [ Panthers QB Cam ] Newton will pay California a total of $159,560 in taxes in 2016. Lose, and he will pay $159,200, based on an income reduction of $51,000…

In looking at the seven days Newton will spend in California this week for Super Bowl 50, he will pay the state $101,600 on $102,000 of income should the Panthers be victorious or $101,360 on $51,000 should they lose.

The result: Newton will pay California 99.6% of his Super Bowl earnings if the Panthers win. Losing means his effective tax rate will be a whopping 198.8%. Oh yeah, he will also pay the IRS 40.5% on his earnings.

Often is sucks to be the odd man out:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/08/theres-only-one-person-left-on-this-texas-city-council-after-fbi-arrests-top-officials-on-corruption-charges/

But, perhaps in this case it is a lucky thing to not be invited to join in their "games".

TOO AWESOME A HEADLINE TO CHECK: “66-Year-Old Man Struck By Lightning While Masturbating To Bible.”
… · Instapundit http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/226181/

This is troubling, particularly the Nature article reference within:

https://judithcurry.com/2016/01/31/violating-the-norms-and-ethos-of-science/

Gee, I thought a "krikey" was some kind of non-kosher seafood. If it isn't, it ought to be.