Dr Wingnut

Category: General

  • Viva Las Vegas!

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    What was I doing 32 years ago today, 1984-12-16?  I was sitting in a seat at the newly completed Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas watching Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Diana Ross at the grand opening ceremony.  I think I remarked at the time, 4 days from graduation, that…

  • Talk Like a Pirate Day

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in ,

    Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!  Today is also my four year anniversary of being stationed at the DNR with MN.IT supporting the Enforcement (Guns) & Forestry (Trees) divisions.  Swab those decks now mateys, arrrrggg!

  • Can The Best Financial Tips Fit On An Index Card?

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    Max your 401(k) or equivalent employee contribution. Buy inexpensive well-diversified mutual funds such as Vanguard Target 20XX funds. Never buy or sell an individual security.  The person on the other side of the table knows more than you do about this stuff. Save 20% of your money. Pay your credit card balance in full every…

  • Milestone

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    Today is my 10,000th day of marriage to Jill.  In calendar terms that represents: 27 years, 4 months, and 17 days since 06-Aug-1988.

  • Star Wars

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    Dwayne: You standing in line, already?Me: No. 😅 waiting for the line to die back to a reasonable length.  It would be great if this was like it was in 1977 when the lines wrapped around the ciné-Capri twice in Phoenix!Dwayne: Yeah.  It was quite the phenomenon!

  • Earworm

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    The creepiest thing I ever heard on public radio was a piece of filler where someone had mashed up the dance of the sugar plum fairies with the theme from Jaws.  It was probably between 1980 and 1983 when I was in college at the University of Nevada Las Vegas on Morning Edition or All…

  • Is sugar bad for you or just an addictive drug?

    —

    by

    Dr Wingnut
    in

    “Every aspect of their metabolic health got better, with no change in calories,” said study author Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco.  “This study definitively shows that sugar is metabolically harmful not because of its calories or its effects on weight.  Rather, sugar is metabolically harmful because…