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Happy Saturday morning, hey, now here with you and a great morning coffee. It was just yesterday that I read that the guy who shot up cars on I-75 near London Kentucky was found. How do you ask? It was because people spotted Turkey Vultures circling over a specific wooded area off the road. And yes, when they checked, they did find a body.

I mention this because last Saturday I participated in the Raptor 5K in Milford (did fine thank you), but to mention that this year’s theme bird was (guess anyone?) the TURKEY VULTURE!

Since I seem to be dealing with birds, this weekend it’s Octoberfest Zincinnati. It’s the second oldest Octoberfest next to the one in (“Home of the Monks”) München, Germany our ‘sister-city’. However, our annual Chicken Dance will beat out all others (size-wise).

Wanna learn how to do it? The video below has the University of Cincinnati dance team show you how. (Seniors, watch the gals on the wall for a ‘more leisurely paced’ rendition).

News Dies – and in almost every case it does so very quickly. Think of some major event and reflect on just how long it’s been since you either saw or read coverage of it? Today’s most favorite person to disappear quickly from a front page (unless it’s of benefit to push an agenda) is former President Trump. Just how much time did it take before the assassination attempt on his life disappeared – totally.

A guy by the name of Jon Kahn also took note, so he wrote a song; “Fighter”. Apparently, he wrote well. Forbes mentioned that it’s playing at the TOP of the iTunes chart. Enjoy!

With my own eyes – I’ve come to grips with the fact that things have changed over the last four years. Four decades ago we got slammed between the eyes with a similar situation. The year was 1980. Another election year. The contestants were the Republican challenger and the Democrat incumbent. Contesting Jimmy Carter’s record as his final ‘home run’, Ronald Reagan asked: “Are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago?”

Well, I keep hearing that we’re in that same boat. Problem being, except for gasoline, I really hadn’t noticed it all that much. Thursday that all changed!

Marcia and I, every couple of evenings, will enjoy as an evening snack and treat ourselves with a couple of Mini Cream Puffs from Aldi’s. We bought some and I brought all the stuff in and helped Marcia put it away. That’s when I noticed just how much the ‘identically alike’ the ‘new’ container had shrunk. Reading the fine print, the almost similar (same old price) container had dropped from 22oz to 17.64oz. It lends credence to this being another “Thank You Joe” moment.

Whole Milk and real Cheese – hallelujah! Beginning my teen years I’ve been made to feel guilty drinking whole milk (chocolate was even worse) and by avoiding the yellow bricked-shaped stuff melted on burgers and the like by pretending it was ‘cheese’. See all that REAL stuff was wrong since it was loaded with the ‘bad’ fat.

But it’s good to always question and so and set out on my own path. I’ve enjoyed REAL whipped cream. Raved over aged , whole and or raw milk, cheese which has always topped my list of the very best. Later on, I refused the killer mRNA or AstraZeneca Covid jab, and tried to avoid the craziness of walking around with a face diaper breathing my own stuff, and so it goes.

Now finally (according to) an article in the Sept. 6 Barron’s with the headline: Doctors and Health Experts Are Changing Their Minds About Whole Milk and Cheese. And the line that warmed my heart; “Consuming full-fat milk products could help stave off diseases seniors are more prone to, including heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.”

We can’t have disinformation now can we? –

How about if it isn’t disinformation, what if it’s just good old SARCASM? Just don’t tell the California Governor since he’s been busily signing new a law; that’ll put a ‘quick’ halt to that sort of stuff.

Sarcastic Quotation – “I’m not saying I hate you, what I am saying is that you are literally the Monday reader of my Saturday blog.” – Unknown

This morning the front of our condo building will have a more open appearance. Yesterday one of the two large front trees which had died was removed. A Latin work crew, amazingly efficient and superb cleanup. Thanks B&G Tree Service.

Life is AMAZING!

May Peace prevail! Shalom.

Dirk

BONUS POINTS:

Thomas Jefferson was probably one our most learned and ‘bookish’ Presidents. But he valued physical health probably more. What was his favorite physical pastime?

1) “had a pool installed”
2) “played; “bull-in-the-ring””
3) “Boxed”
4) “rode a mechanical horse”
5) “rode horseback”
6) “held a vigorous 2-mile walk every morning at 5am”
7) “popularized golf”