Being Antiphilosophic?

Happy Saturday Morning – our one day ‘cold’ snap did just that, lasted a single day and then back into the seventies. My watch gave me a good sleep rating; it too knows what I will accept and what I won’t. Too much negativity from that timepiece and it’ll realize that my messy-stuff drawer is just a step or two away. Comprende?

I’ve finished my early coffee. Now, ready to pour another one I’ll get Marcia’s ready since I hear stirrings.

Last week I mentioned that mid week I had plans to attend a performance by StringSource (a four-person string quartet) playing at the Norman chapel at Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. Immediately after posting I went to order a ticket and discovered it had Sold Out. That’s the bad news.

Now the good news. They are also playing in Washington Park (across from Music Hall in Over the Rhine) at the end of the month. No fixed numbers of seats in the park, and if the weather is decent enough Marcia thinks she could make it too (especially since I’ll bring a pair of bag chairs).

Fingers crossed.

Edmund Burke – Edmund Burke (1729–1797) in his 1790 book titled “Reflections on the Revolution in France” has a line I quoted below. He was objectively regarded as the philosophical father of modern conservatism, he championed traditional institutions, constitutional liberty, and gradual political reform. A standout thinker during his time; “an antiphilosophic philosopher and an influential statesman skeptical of what states can do.” (Hertog Foundation)

“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors”

Keep that line from Burke in mind as we view the current riots in Europe as their youth in partnership with those of their massive influx of recent immigrants, all rampantly are ruining anything of value – historically or financially.

We too are on the cusp considering the mid-term elections here as our youth’s negative look at things such as Ai; all especially if we turn the spotlight on today’s educational lack of direction in subjects such as history, civics, economics, and such.

Black Monday – this past week, way back in 1987 the stock market’s bottom dropped out when the Stock Market’s Dow fell 22.6% in that one single day. For those of you not in ‘tune’, no, it absolutely was NOT an orchestrated event to occur exactly on a special day previously called Black Monday!

Best Monday – What a great start to the week! Marcia had a final visit with her soon-retiring endocrinologist. He said that all her blood work numbers were exactly where they should be. He was delighted! We, likewise, were just as excited.

From there it was off to our nearby county Board of Elections where we voted early. The process couldn’t have gone smoother, even when it took both of us to get our address verification question right (smiley face).

Then, off to the Quatman Café for dinner; burgers as good as they come. Celebrating her great medical news, Marcia had her first draught in 10-months – a Yuengling Lager. Me? I had my first (a favorite) bowl of Mock Turtle Soup also a first in 10-months – this soup was served at President Lincoln’s first inauguration dinner.

Cheffery – As some of you know, these days I am spending more time in the kitchen. While I do think I have some semblance of a ‘feel’ for mixing and blending spices and herbs, for most of the other stuff when preparing a meal, I am a hack.

Having said that, I am not averse to learning something new now and then.

Earlier this week it was a soup and sandwich combo. The sandwich I had selected required fried bacon, and here is where I tried a truly unusual way I had read about a while back. Totally a novel method. And it worked!

According to the instructions I took my half pack of bacon slices and kept them in their folded store sleeve – then rinsed the whole thing under hot water.

Then I took about five sheets of kitchen toweling, scrunched these up under that same hot water. Carefully straightened out the sopping wet toweling, laid the bacon package at one end and rolled it all into a neatly wrapped package. Placed it on the edge of the turning plate inside a microwave and turned it on.

I set the microwave for 4 minutes. When I unwrapped the steaming pack it was a ‘voila’ perfectly fried, straight, bacon strip moment; and NO grease splattering all over the place.

Give it a try unless you dislike bacon, then try it with something like, oh say, Kale.

Me? I think 100% of my three readers will be trying this bacon frying method.

This week’s Interlude – A quick re-read and I discovered that there are a few ‘dark’ spots on this week’s Ramblings. Hence, here are two lines from this week’s Interlude piece’s lyrics:

I’d like to keep my issues drawn
It’s always darkest before the dawn

Good luck, I know you’ll get it right! The answer is below, and remember, no cheating on the answer.

Enjoy!

Life is AMAZING!

Dirk
BONUS POINTS:

Personally I do not know of one acquaintance who does not like Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of Sherlock Holmes. Throughout the stories there is quite a list of characters, many of whom show up in multiple stories.
Sir Doyle did not operate in a vacuum. In fact, he invented Sherlock after a real person. From the following list of characters, one is not a ‘cast’ member but is the real person who was his Sherlock character’s model and this is one of the names below.

Next week I’ll divulge who that individual was – see if you can deduce the correct answer – Sherlock style.

1. Dr. John H. Watson
2. Joseph Bell
3. Mary Morstan
4. Mycroft Holmes
5. Inspector G. Lestrade
6. Irene Adler
7. Professor James Moriarty
8. Mrs. Hudson
9. Sherlock Holmes
10. Colonel Sebastian Moran
11. Tobias Gregson & Stanley Hopkins

Last week’s Bonus Points answer – #6
Answer, this week’s Interlude: Florence and the Machine “Shake it Out”