MORE MUSINGS

(I finished my special nursing duties today. I hope I did it properly.  Elaine, you'll get my bill tomorrow.)

1.  WORDLE  (an English exercise)

Once again, a hard one today. I was nervously swirling around in my kitchen chair, thinking that it was hopeless, when the solution word popped out of my head allowing me to preserve my winning streak. 

who - me

what - solving WORDLE

where - in my kitchen 

when - today

why - because it's fun

2.  WAIT, WAIT, DON'T TELL ME!

Once again I learned some things from my favorite podcast:

A Girl's Best Friend

A company has found that they can create real diamonds out of - - Ranch Dressing!

Quick, let me check the fridge!

Scientists have always known that diamonds are formed by carbon manipulation. (I think.)

My Walden Farms "Sugar and Fat Free" Ranch Dressing has the following ingredients:

Water

Vinegar

Corn Fiber

Erythritol (Sugar Substitute)

Salt

Cellulose

Titanian Oxide (Food Coloring)

Xanthan Gum (Food Stabilizer)

Garlic

Onion

Propylene Glycol (Flavor and Moisture Aid)

Lemon Juice

Yeast

Mustard Flour

Lactic Acid

Chives

Black Pepper

Parsley

Celery

Dill

Flavoring

OMG!  Should we be ingesting all that on our currently overpriced salads?

Which ingredient provides the carbon to be squeezed into diamonds? 

GET YOUR GOAT?

The Kawasaki company has developed "BEX" a rideable robot goat! (I wonder why)

May I refer you to a recent FACEBOOK video of a little monkey riding on the back of an amenable little goat. 

I wonder if Kawasaki will next develop "MEX" a robotic monkey to ride their robotic goat.

3.  GETTING PUTIN'S GOAT

A couple of days ago a frustrated President Biden accidently (?) uttered nine words "heard round the world" that seemed to hope for the overthrow of the ruler of Russia. "For God's sake this man cannot remain in power."  Oh Oh!

This, of course, sounded like a violation of the tacit agreement among nations that one nation's ruler should never advocate the overthrow of a duly elected leader of another country, even if is felt that their election might have been rigged.

This reminds me:

Centuries ago the Roman orator, Cato ended each speech with a long-winded Latin denunciation of Rome's rival Carthage.  The crux of these remarks was that Rome had to make sure that all power was removed from its rival.  Cato's remarks were condensed to a potent and successful phrase:

CARTHAGO DELENDA EST

(Carthage must be destroyed)

How about a rallying phrase for the current situation?

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