Netzingers blogs -- Explicit coquina que est optima medicina. http://www.netzingers.com/blog/atom/feed 2011-01-26T22:44:08-05:00 The Bright House Project http://www.netzingers.com/content/the-bright-house-project 2012-01-27T09:18:23-05:00 2012-01-27T09:18:23-05:00 jim The story of a lifetime, coming soon: 
http://brighthouseproject.com/
 

]]> The story of a lifetime, coming soon: 

http://brighthouseproject.com/

 

]]> Seed Saver's Exchange Webinar series http://www.netzingers.com/content/seed-savers-exchange-webinar-series 2012-01-26T09:12:29-05:00 2012-01-26T09:14:03-05:00 jim Seed Saver's has a webinar series coming up here.  The teaser looks great, I can't wait for the real thing.

]]> Seed Saver's has a webinar series coming up here.  The teaser looks great, I can't wait for the real thing.

]]> Once loved http://www.netzingers.com/content/once-loved 2011-09-13T00:03:29-04:00 2011-09-13T00:06:26-04:00 jim The boat sits high on the hillside
It does not move.
The owner has grown old
And gasoline is expensive.
It is a dream
Whose day has come and gone.
Make your dreams
Timeless. 
]]> The boat sits high on the hillside
It does not move.
The owner has grown old
And gasoline is expensive.
It is a dream
Whose day has come and gone.
Make your dreams
Timeless. 
]]> Your lunchmeat comes with free bacteria http://www.netzingers.com/content/your-lunchmeat-comes-with-free-bacteria 2011-05-06T08:03:33-04:00 2011-05-06T08:03:33-04:00 jim Lunchmeat is risky business - better cook it along with your lettuce, jalapenos, and spinach. http://goo.gl/Cch35

]]> Lunchmeat is risky business - better cook it along with your lettuce, jalapenos, and spinach. http://goo.gl/Cch35

]]> Want to get sick and lose money? Eat these foods http://www.netzingers.com/content/want-get-sick-and-lose-money-eat-these-foods 2011-04-29T08:02:27-04:00 2011-04-29T08:02:27-04:00 jim Meat makes you sick, literally, according to the top 5 causes of lost income and quality of life years (QALYs):

  1. ca m p y l o b a c t e r in Poultry costs $1.3 billion and causes a loss of 9500 QALYs
  2. to x o p l aSm a in Pork costs $1.2 billion and causes a loss of 4500 QALYs
  3. liSt e r i a in Deli Meats costs $1.1 billion and causes a loss of 4000 QALYs
  4. Sa l m o n e l l a in Poultry costs $700 million and causes a loss of 3600 QALYs
  5. liSt e r i a in Dairy Products costs $700 million and causes a loss of 2600 QALYs

From http://goo.gl/1kfgD, the Emerging Pathogens Institute of the University of Florida. But seriously, you get toxoplasmosis from pork? Who knew? 

]]> Meat makes you sick, literally, according to the top 5 causes of lost income and quality of life years (QALYs):
  1. ca m p y l o b a c t e r in Poultry costs $1.3 billion and causes a loss of 9500 QALYs
  2. to x o p l aSm a in Pork costs $1.2 billion and causes a loss of 4500 QALYs
  3. liSt e r i a in Deli Meats costs $1.1 billion and causes a loss of 4000 QALYs
  4. Sa l m o n e l l a in Poultry costs $700 million and causes a loss of 3600 QALYs
  5. liSt e r i a in Dairy Products costs $700 million and causes a loss of 2600 QALYs

From http://goo.gl/1kfgD, the Emerging Pathogens Institute of the University of Florida. But seriously, you get toxoplasmosis from pork? Who knew? 

]]> Peak Jobs http://www.netzingers.com/content/peak-jobs 2011-02-17T07:33:19-05:00 2011-02-17T07:35:49-05:00 jim Think that an economic recovery means more jobs?  Just the opposite- businesses are getting better at doing more with fewer and fewer workers. 

http://goo.gl/12uAs ]]> Think that an economic recovery means more jobs?  Just the opposite- businesses are getting better at doing more with fewer and fewer workers. 

http://goo.gl/12uAs ]]> Wedipikia http://www.netzingers.com/content/wedipikia 2011-02-15T07:37:18-05:00 2011-02-15T07:37:18-05:00 jim A wiki with all the stuff that is kicked out of Wikipedia.

]]> A wiki with all the stuff that is kicked out of Wikipedia.

]]> Plot outline http://www.netzingers.com/content/plot-outline 2011-02-13T10:33:30-05:00 2011-02-13T10:34:35-05:00 jim Here it is.  The homesite is going to be where the notch in CR16 is, between the two creeks and above the clearing by the road.  We have bids out for clearing and levelling.  Nothing firm yet, just waiting for everyone to recover from the weather.

With the snow and ice of the past week, it is hard to imagine a sunny warm day like today.  The project won't really get moving until March, when my schedule opens up and I can devote all my free time to moving it forward.  

We are thinking of building a work house out there, a one-room shack we can use as a weekender.  It would be cheaper than a trailer in the short term and give us an outbuilding to use later. 

This Blessed Plot 

]]> Here it is.  The homesite is going to be where the notch in CR16 is, between the two creeks and above the clearing by the road.  We have bids out for clearing and levelling.  Nothing firm yet, just waiting for everyone to recover from the weather.

With the snow and ice of the past week, it is hard to imagine a sunny warm day like today.  The project won't really get moving until March, when my schedule opens up and I can devote all my free time to moving it forward.  

We are thinking of building a work house out there, a one-room shack we can use as a weekender.  It would be cheaper than a trailer in the short term and give us an outbuilding to use later. 

This Blessed Plot 

]]> The Mountain Chronicles http://www.netzingers.com/content/the-mountain-chronicles 2011-02-09T08:01:36-05:00 2011-02-09T08:01:36-05:00 jim Here is the account of making our mountain homestead.  What we have done so far: we bought a plot of land outside of Three Brothers, AR.  Part of the purchase was getting a perc test (septic system test).  That is pretty much all of the actual work done.We have a lot of plans, an unrealisticly tight budget,  a friend who is a builder, and absolutely no idea of what we have gotten ourselves into.   All that we do know for sure is that we keep dreaming about the mountain.

]]> Here is the account of making our mountain homestead.  What we have done so far: we bought a plot of land outside of Three Brothers, AR.  Part of the purchase was getting a perc test (septic system test).  That is pretty much all of the actual work done.We have a lot of plans, an unrealisticly tight budget,  a friend who is a builder, and absolutely no idea of what we have gotten ourselves into.   All that we do know for sure is that we keep dreaming about the mountain.

]]> If modern agriculture is so great, why are food prices at a record high? http://www.netzingers.com/content/if-modern-agriculture-so-great-why-are-food-prices-a-record-high 2011-02-09T07:45:38-05:00 2011-02-09T07:45:38-05:00 jim The answer to the question might be found in street riots around the world.http://goo.gl/1yaQT

]]> The answer to the question might be found in street riots around the world.http://goo.gl/1yaQT

]]> Why we won't do anything about global warming http://www.netzingers.com/content/why-we-wont-do-anything-about-global-warming 2011-02-08T07:38:42-05:00 2011-02-08T07:40:08-05:00 jim There's no money in it.  And, the climate change activists are generally seen as repellant. http://goo.gl/LKfju 

]]> There's no money in it.  And, the climate change activists are generally seen as repellant. http://goo.gl/LKfju 

]]> The austerity wars http://www.netzingers.com/content/the-austerity-wars 2011-02-07T07:47:18-05:00 2011-02-07T07:47:18-05:00 jim This is where the Tea Party finds out that cutting Medicare and Social Security really ticks off old people.  And old people have all the guns, and little incentive to hold their fire.

]]> This is where the Tea Party finds out that cutting Medicare and Social Security really ticks off old people.  And old people have all the guns, and little incentive to hold their fire.

]]> The hourglass economy http://www.netzingers.com/content/the-hourglass-economy 2011-02-03T07:39:24-05:00 2011-02-03T07:39:24-05:00 jim Big at the top, big at the bottom, with little in between.  While economic growth adds to the ranks of the rich, the numbers of poor grow even faster.  With a shrinking middle class, there may be little common ground for civil society.  The means of production are shifting from the proletariat to those who capitalize and operate the automated economy.  Soon, there will be no 'workers', only business owners and the poor.

]]> Big at the top, big at the bottom, with little in between.  While economic growth adds to the ranks of the rich, the numbers of poor grow even faster.  With a shrinking middle class, there may be little common ground for civil society.  The means of production are shifting from the proletariat to those who capitalize and operate the automated economy.  Soon, there will be no 'workers', only business owners and the poor.

]]> The real death panels are in the boardroom http://www.netzingers.com/content/the-real-death-panels-are-boardroom 2011-01-29T21:41:18-05:00 2011-01-29T21:41:18-05:00 jim Who really decides when Grandma dies?  Private healthcare, according to a finding that one cause of high mortality is lack of access to universal health care: http://goo.gl/uz09E

]]> Who really decides when Grandma dies?  Private healthcare, according to a finding that one cause of high mortality is lack of access to universal health care: http://goo.gl/uz09E

]]> I'm rooting for the threat hemline http://www.netzingers.com/content/im-rooting-threat-hemline 2011-01-26T22:25:13-05:00 2011-01-26T22:44:08-05:00 jim Now that the DHS is phasing out threat color levels, I propose the threat hemline as a replacement: 

  • Lowest - Pilgrim-length.  No ankles, no threat.
  • Minor - Formal.  Yeah, I can see the threat, but no, i can't imagine ever getting to it.
  • Moderate - Bobbysoxer.  Exciting, yet still civilized in a Kennedy kind of way.
  • Elevated - Miniskirt.  Daring, as in thighs and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
  • Critical - Thong.  I can see France,  and I can walk!

 

]]> Now that the DHS is phasing out threat color levels, I propose the threat hemline as a replacement: 
  • Lowest - Pilgrim-length.  No ankles, no threat.
  • Minor - Formal.  Yeah, I can see the threat, but no, i can't imagine ever getting to it.
  • Moderate - Bobbysoxer.  Exciting, yet still civilized in a Kennedy kind of way.
  • Elevated - Miniskirt.  Daring, as in thighs and the Iran Hostage Crisis.
  • Critical - Thong.  I can see France,  and I can walk!

 

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