How did Victorian age women get dressed – & go to the bathroom

An amusing article – Victorian Age as in the 19th century. Turns out it took the properly dressed woman 10 to 20 minutes to get dressed. How they went to the bathroom is at the end of the article. Victorian fashion, like many aspects of British society during Queen Victoria’s reign, was defined by order, … Read more

The Moral – don’t rely on Google Maps while hiking

Lucky there were no serious injuries. There doesn’t seem to be a paywall to see this short article. Excerpt below the link. https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/google-map-rescue-22367661.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us A teen hiking group trusted Google Maps on a B.C. alpine trail. It ended in a helicopter rescue. The Howe Sound Crest Trail is one of British Columbia’s most iconic alpine trails, … Read more

Today – feast day of Saint Kateri Teckawitha

A Faranda favorite – especially considering the miracle that lead to her canonization. The boys name is Jake Finkbonner and when he was three years old he got a small cut on his lip, fell on a basketball court. Horrendous flesh eating bacteria, massive infection – the physicians had decided to ask the family about … Read more

WSJ: The SpaceX IPO

Appearing in yesterday’s Journal. I agree. The IPO (Initial Public Offering) went live a bit before noontime Friday. Everyone is happy – SpaceX got their $75 billion, the consortium of Investment Banks got $1 billion dollars in fees to split amongst themselves, many thousands of the 22,000 SpaceX employees became instant millionaires – a few … Read more