Message from Dolly Parton’s family
Planned in advance – Touching, even though I was never a particular fan.
Dolly Parton
Gone at 80 years old. From the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260825&instance_id=180914&nl=breaking-news®i_id=87616590&segment_id=225389&user_id=1c634a87d1656cc79c8753416632bbac Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died on Tuesday in Nashville. She was 80. The death was announced in a video posted on social media … Read more
Another major study on walking and health
Video less than 4 minutes long. The channel has 755,000 subscribers. Note that twice the participants are labeled “suboptimal” so clearly the group was not a bunch of fitness freaks. I guess mostly they just walked. No mention of step counts – just a breakdown of how long they walked and their cardiac health.
A Sid Caesar classic
Thanks to RN for sending me this. Of course you have to be of a certain age to remember this guy.
News on Lorena Bobbitt.
Thanks to FG pointing me towards this. If you don’t remember Lorena, go here. Her husband John went on to star in two porn films. After the incident, John unsuccessfully attempted to profit from his renown by forming a band, the Severed Parts, to pay his mounting medical and legal bills.[citation needed] In September 1994, … Read more
Saturday wordle – an Ace!
Streak now at 40, aiming to break old record of 77.
Long weekend camping again in Upstate NY
From Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th, again at the Putnam Pond Campground several miles west of Ticonderoga. The 4th year in a row meeting up with our good buddy Laurie, the third year at Putnam Pond. Lots of really cool hiking opportunities off the campground or a short drive from it. A dozen … Read more