Dolly Parton

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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&regi_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

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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.

News on Lorena Bobbitt.

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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

Friday cocktail – The Star cocktail

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Another drink using Applejack I posted this one last Friday – Friday cocktail – The Jack Rose As you can tell this video was made during Covid – in April, 2020. Below video is the very simple recipe we used. Farandaville recipe 1:1 ratio Applejack and red vermouth. We use the 40% alcohol (80 proof) … Read more