Daily Entries for the week of
Sunday, March 28, 2021
through
Saturday, April 3, 2021
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It’s Saturday, April 3, 2021
Welcome to the 1065th consecutive post to the blog,
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Bardo
A Tibetan illustration of the Peaceful & Wrathful Deities of the post-mortem intermediate state (bardo). Some Tibetan Buddhists hold that when a being goes through the intermediate state, they will have visions of various deities.
Nyingma Lineage - http://www.himalayanart.org/image.cfm/505.htm
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities.
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2.0 Commentary
What is this world coming to?
I mean, literally.
As if the covid wasn’t transformative,
as if the vaccine wasn’t transformative,
as if the 1.9 trillion wasn’t transformative,
now we’re looking at a second transformative piece of legislation,
several trillion dollars to buttress our infrastructure.
What is this world coming to?
I mean, what will life be like in five years?
What role will zoom play?
Are massive traffic jams a thing of the past?
Will masks stay with us? To some degree? Hand-sanitizing?
What is this world coming to?
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
We had an excellent meeting today with the Community Church about combining our efforts to effect the installation of a memorial.
This union has promise.
3.2 Conflicted
I stayed on target today: four pages done, I more than master plan of three per day.
3.3 Storyworth
I finished this week’s question on Thursday.
I’ll publish it in the next couple of days.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
On Sunday, I got an early start and was mostly done before I went off to the café.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
No work on this today.
3.8 Trip to San Jose
Am spending bits of time on this.
Am meeting my cousin Alex and Aunt Patti on Friday and
will learn more about their ideas.
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing,
even to a jellyfish.
~Charlie Chaplin
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Last night I ate alone.
I finished up a leftover turkey.
Little work involved.
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In some schools of Buddhism, bardo (Classical Tibetan: བར་དོ་ Wylie: bar do) or antarābhava (Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese: 中有, romanized in Chinese as zhōng yǒu and in Japanese as chūu)[1] is an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth. The concept arose soon after Gautama Buddha's death, with a number of earlier Buddhist groups accepting the existence of such an intermediate state, while other schools rejected it. The concept of antarābhava, an intervening state between death and rebirth, was brought into Buddhism from the Vedic-Upanishadic (later Hindu) philosophical tradition.[2][3] Later Buddhism expanded the bardo concept to six or more states of consciousness covering every stage of life and death.[4] In Tibetan Buddhism, bardo is the central theme of the Bardo Thodol (literally Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State), the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text intended to both guide the recently deceased person through the death bardo to gain a better rebirth and also to help their loved ones with the grieving process.[5]
Used without qualification, "bardo" is the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth. According to Tibetan tradition, after death and before one's next birth, when one's consciousness is not connected with a physical body, one experiences a variety of phenomena. These usually follow a particular sequence of degeneration from, just after death, the clearest experiences of reality of which one is spiritually capable, and then proceeding to terrifying hallucinations that arise from the impulses of one's previous unskillful actions. For the prepared and appropriately trained individuals, the bardo offers a state of great opportunity for liberation, since transcendental insight may arise with the direct experience of reality; for others, it can become a place of danger as the karmically created hallucinations can impel one into a less than desirable rebirth.[citation needed]
Metaphorically, bardo can describe times when our usual way of life becomes suspended, as, for example, during a period of illness or during a meditation retreat. Such times can prove fruitful for spiritual progress because external constraints diminish. However, they can also present challenges because our less skillful impulses may come to the foreground, just as in the sidpa bardo.[citation needed]
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It’s Friday, April 2, 2021
Welcome to the 1064th consecutive post to the blog,
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The Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia
Flickr user "The Dilly Lama" - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylwalters/509076089/
CC BY 2.0
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Created: 22 May 2007
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2.0 Commentary
Is it true?
Have the free monies sapped our interest on working?
Some local anecdotal evidence exists that it has.
Local restaurants, nail salons, and hairstylists are seeing an uptick in business.
Trying to staff these positions, given the high unemployment rate, seems to be more difficult than it ought to be.
All the more important is the President’s sweeping, two-part infrastructure plan.
Creating jobs and ending free money.
Hundreds of thousands of miles of highway, thousands of miles of railway, thousands of bridges, will be worked on.
Worked on.
Not given away.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
We are preparing to meet a group that can be of significant help to our efforts.
The meeting is Thursday morning.
We’ll see.
3.2 Conflicted
I added four pages to my rewrite.
One more than my goal.
Thursday morning I zoom meet with my editor.
Hoping she likes my rewrites of her edits.
3.3 Storyworth
I did good work on this on Wednesday.
Hoping to finish it on Thursday.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
It’s part of my granddaughter’s website.
I’ve enrolled in the class on Modernism and Existentialism.
I must shine.
Today I finished the first of three chapters I must get done by next Wednesday/
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
Nothing is more important than the moving image;
except for my cup of coffee in the morning.
~Charlie Chaplin
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5.0 Mail and other Conversation
We love getting mail, email, or texts.
Send comments to domcapossela@hotmail.com
or text to 617.852.7192
I got a call from my dear friend, Richard Engleson.
Richard is a wonderful and religious person.
He congratulated the blog on the recent publishing of a photo and 11.0 Thumbnail of Passover.
Blog meister responds: Your comments, for me, Richard, is my ultimate test score.
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Last night cousin Lauren and I shared a rack of lamb.
So easy.
So delicious.
Check recipe blog for cooking roasts.
Then we took a three-mile walk through Boston.
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Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 410 ft curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia, completed in 2005. The bridge deck is 2,170 ft above sea level at the peak of Gunung Mat Cincang on Pulau Langkawi, the main island of the Langkawi archipelago in Kedah.
The Langkawi Sky Bridge can be reached by first taking the Langkawi Cable Car to the top station, where an inclined lift called SkyGlide takes visitors from the top station to the bridge.
The bridge was closed in July 2012 for maintenance and upgrading. The reopening was put off several times, but it partially reopened in February 2015.
The bridge is now fully accessible.
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It’s Thursday, April 1, 2021
Welcome to the 1063rd consecutive post to the blog,
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A cocktail glass of ice cream, with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and a wafer
Nicolas Ettlin - Own work
CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Ice cream with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and a wafer (cropped).jpg
Created: 22 April 2019
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2.0 Commentary
I feel constrained to join the chorus: do not abandon the basic safety rules of he pandemic.
We should be winning more decisively but the virus is winning too many battles.
Causing too many deaths and illnesses.
Wear your masks! Sanitize your hands. Avoid super-spreader events! ETC ETC
Daughter Kat has returned to school in Pennsylvania.
Her days here were lovely.
Friday she had her wisdom teeth extracted.
From the MGH, at Kat’s request, we walked home, about 30 minutes.
She was medicated so we waked slowly.
Our conversation was unique and lovely, recounting the highlights of our lives together.
Sweet and sincere.
Oh! What a lucky guy I am.
As soon as we got home we prepared and applied anice pack to her face.
She maintained that pack religiously and experienced little swelling.
She took only two pain killers over the course of the several days recovery.
The pills made her nauseous and headachy so she stopped.
She left on Tuesday almost fully recovered.
I’ll see her in six weeks at Swarthmore to celebrate her graduation.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
In developing the agenda for Friday’s Board of Directors meeting we are synthesizing our mission statement.
It’s been exciting.
3.2 Conflicted
I’ve started a rhythm that if I stay on it will complete my manuscript in 100 days.
Wish me well.
The rhythm requires that I produce 3 pages a day.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
On Sunday, I got an early start and was mostly done before I went off to the café.
3.8 San Jose
My cousin found inexpensive tickets to San Jose.
I bought a round-trip for $221.00, leaving May 5 and returning May 11.
Now to plan it.
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that
must be explained to be understood.
~Charlie Chaplin
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Monday night Kat felt well enough to go out for dinner.
At Alden and Harlow in Harvard Square.
The food was again terrific,
Really terrific.
This blurb is accurate:
Located at 40 Brattle Street, Alden & Harlow serves thoughtfully sourced, honest American food in a subterranean, modern and comfortable space. Inspired by the gathering of family and friends at his home kitchen table, Chef Michael Scelfo prepares bold and flavor-forward food that honors tradition of place in its quality. It is how he connects with anyone who joins him at his table—and we hope it is why you will join us at ours!
Unfortunately, our visit was marred by very poor service, like waiting 25 minutes for a glass of wine,
We will return but I will refuse to be served by that wait person.
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Ice cream (derived from earlier iced cream or cream ice) is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert.
It may be made from dairy milk or cream and is flavored with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and any spice, such as cocoa or vanilla. It can also be made by whisking a flavored cream base and liquid nitrogen together. Colorings are usually added, in addition to stabilizers. The mixture is stirred to incorporate air spaces and cooled below the freezing point of water to prevent detectable ice crystals from forming. The result is a smooth, semi-solid foam that is solid at very low temperatures (below 2 °C or 35 °F). It becomes more malleable as its temperature increases.
The meaning of the name "ice cream" varies from one country to another. Terms such as "frozen custard", "frozen yogurt", "sorbet", "gelato", and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles. In some countries, such as the United States, "ice cream" applies only to a specific variety, and most governments regulate the commercial use of the various terms according to the relative quantities of the main ingredients, notably the amount of cream. Products that do not meet the criteria to be called ice cream are sometimes labelled "frozen dairy dessert" instead. In other countries, such as Italy and Argentina, one word is used for all variants. Analogues made from dairy alternatives, such as goat's or sheep's milk, or milk substitutes (e.g., soy, cashew, coconut, almond milk or tofu), are available for those who are lactose intolerant, allergic to dairy protein, or vegan.
Ice cream may be served in dishes, for eating with a spoon, or licked from edible cones. Ice cream may be served with other desserts, such as apple pie, or as an ingredient in ice cream floats, sundaes, milkshakes, ice cream cakes and even baked items, such as Baked Alaska.
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It’s Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Welcome to the 1062nd consecutive post to the blog,
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L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges
Bocuse's main restaurant in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or,
the place of both his birth and death
Gordito1869 - Own work
Restaurant Paul Bocuse in Collonges au Mont d`Or
Datum: 04/2001
Urheber: Michael Pfeiffer Quelle: privates Fotoalbum des Urhebers
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2.0 Commentary
I’ve had some good nights sleeping but also several erratic nights of sleep.
Wondering if the post-vaccination syndromes linger and continue to affect us.
These days so typical of New England early spring.
So much promise, but along the coast, temperature is cool and when the wind blows,
woe betide any who have ventured forth with a light sweater.
After the excitement of the passage of the Covid Relief Bill, the news is now filled with several unhappy stories.
The ships and cargoes (including live animals) stuck at Suez, the Ever Green choking the way.
North Korea firing missiles.
The persistence of the pandemic, fueled by careless ‘opening up’.
The Derek Chauvin murder trial.
The limitation of Voting Opportunities.
Looking forward to the transformation of America by way of President Biden’s two-part Infrastructure Rebuilding bills.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
The debate is winding down. We are now working on a revamped Mission Statement that will likely include a remembrance of the two men who died during the robbery.
3.2 Conflicted
I’m making steady progress on redoing the first thirty pages of the manuscript, working closely with an editor to create a template for the remaining 270 pages.
3.3 Storyworth
I have had to ignore this.
Running behind on my work.
Kat returns to school on Tuesday and I’ll more time for projects.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
On Sunday, I got an early start and was mostly done before I went off to the café.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
I’ve caught up with my reading for Wednesday’s class.
We are currently reading Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man.
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white.
We all want to help one another.
Human beings are like that.
We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.
We don’t want to hate and despise one another.
In this world there is room for everyone, and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.
The way of life can be free and beautiful.
~Charlie Chaplin
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5.0 Mail and other Conversation
We love getting mail, email, or texts.
Send comments to domcapossela@hotmail.com
or text to 617.852.7192
This from Colleen G:
Happy Monday Dom!
Glad to hear that in twenty years a patient is no longer required to construct their own tube-sock-ice-soother for their wisdom teeth. At least we've made some advances--haha:)
Also, not sure if you get/read the Sunday Boston Globe, but there was a mention of Sacco and V. I had never heard of them before your efforts and don't know if it's a topic much discussed that I just never noticed. Kind of like never noticing someone's bathroom tile job until you've tiled your own bathroom and now notice those things.
I'll scan and attach if you're interested.
Enjoy the week! Hang onto your hat!!!:)
Cheers,
Colleen:)
Blog meister responds: So love the natural wit you bring to your writings.
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Last night Kat and I had a small plate of linguini and clam sauce and also
a small plate of linguini and lobster sauce.
They were both delicious.
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Paul Bocuse (11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018) was a French chef based in Lyon who was known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine.
A student of Eugénie Brazier, he was one of the most prominent chefs associated with the nouvelle cuisine, which is less opulent and calorific than the traditional cuisine classique, and stresses the importance of fresh ingredients of the highest quality.
Paul Bocuse claimed that Henri Gault first used the term, nouvelle cuisine, to describe food prepared by Bocuse and other top chefs for the maiden flight of the Concorde airliner in 1969.
Bocuse made many contributions to French gastronomy both directly and indirectly, because he had numerous students, many of whom have become notable chefs themselves.
One of his students was Austrian Eckart Witzigmann, one of four Chefs of the Century and chef at the first German restaurant to receive three Michelin stars.
Since 1987, the Bocuse d'Or has been regarded as the most prestigious award for chefs in the world (at least when French food is considered), and is sometimes seen as the unofficial world championship for chefs. Bocuse received numerous awards throughout his career, including the medal of Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur.
The Culinary Institute of America honored Bocuse in their Leadership Awards Gala on 30 March 2011. He received the "Chef of the Century" award. In July 2012 the Culinary Institute of America announced in The New York Times that they would change the name of their Escoffier Restaurant to the Bocuse Restaurant, after a year-long renovation.
In 1975, he created soupe aux truffes (truffle soup) for a presidential dinner at the Élysée Palace. Since then, the soup has been served in Bocuse's restaurant near Lyon as Soupe V.G.E., VGE being the initials of former president of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
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It’s Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Welcome to the 1061st consecutive post to the blog,
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Invisible Man
First-edition dust jacket cover of Invisible Man (1952) by the American author Ralph Ellison.
Dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. Published by Random House. - Scan via Heritage Auctions. Cropped from the original image.
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2.0 Commentary
I admire this comment on Ralph Ellison’s definition of racism:
Racist attitudes cause others to view him in terms of racial stereotypes—as a mugger, bumpkin, or savage. But Ellison desires recognition of his individuality rather than recognition based on these stereotypes. The “blindness” of others stems from an inability to see the narrator without imposing these alien identities on him.
So I’ve struggled with my weight during the pandemic.
But I had an idiom of daily meals that worked well when I stuck with it.
But the pandemic made it that much more difficult.
Eating is great when you’re bored, like when you can’t go out.
There were times when I wanted to bail: to indulge my myself during meals and accept that I was no longer going to be happy with the way I looked.
I came close but. Despite the creeping upwards trend, I didn’t give up.
Lately, I’ve retaken the high road, following my idiom to a T and the direction of my weight is responding.
Wish me well.
Eternal forbearance is the price of a healthy diet.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
I have a bunch of emails I must respond to.
ASAP.
3.2 Conflicted
I found time on Sunday to do some work on the manuscript.
Am on p.11 of what I expect to be 300 hundred pages.
Hoping to produce 3 pages a day.
Done in three months.
3.3 Storyworth
Haven’t written on this in a week.
I might have to skip this week.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
On Saturday, I tended to Kat and lost the ‘step ahead’ I usually am.
Today, Sunday, am trying to catch up to that flex entry.
I think I will.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
I’m behind on my reading but made a good start on Sunday.
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
In the light of our egos,
we are all dethroned monarchs.
~Charlie Chaplin
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5.0 Mail and other Conversation
We love getting mail, email, or texts.
The bulk of the mail today went to a family dinner party we’re planning.
In the past, most of the work fell on me.
But I’m getting older and the responsibilities are heavy.
Meanwhile, my cousins are getting more adept at cooking and preparation and
the Easter meal this year is falling almost exclusively on them.
I have full confidence in their work.
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Saturday night I had a leftover hamburger from yesterday’s Ma Maison’s lunch.
I pepped it up with a large smudge of a mousse pate and a ciabatta roll from Iggy’s.
Delicious.
I bought a tray of sushi for Kat since her recovering jaw and gums and cheeks must be dealt with tenderly.
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Invisible Man is a novel by Ralph Ellison, published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by the African Americans in the early twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.
Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man 19th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century," rather than a "race novel, or even a bildungsroman." Malcolm Bradbury and Richard Ruland recognize an existential vision with a "Kafka-like absurdity." According to The New York Times, Barack Obama modeled his 1995 memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.
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It’s Monday, March 29, 2021
Welcome to the 1060th consecutive post to the blog,
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Illustration of The Exodus from Egypt, 1907
the Providence Lithograph Company - http://thebiblerevival.com/clipart/1907/ex14.jpg
Israel's Escape from Egypt, illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company
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2.0 Commentary
We’ve seen a lot of Italian-surnamed newsmakers this past year,
but none so illustrious as Dr. Anthony Fauci.
God bless the man.
I expect an increase of sniping against him.
Love his poise under pressure.
My daughter took a single oxy to combat her pain.
Took no other and only a single prescribed Ibuprofen.
So far recovery proceeding smoothly.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
Heated debate continues over the structure of the installation.
Since we feel voting is warfare, we’ll debate until we have unanimity.
It’s worked so far.
3.2 Conflicted
I got the first seven pages sent off to Tory, my editor.
Waiting to see how well they’ve addressed her concerns.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
On Sunday, I got an early start and was mostly done before I went off to the café.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
My friend Howard pointed out to me that I was reading the wrong book.
I’ve ordered the correct one and will receive it on Saturday night,
leaving me only half the week to complete the assignment.
Bring it on, baby!
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4.0 Chuckles and Thoughts
Let us fight for a new world,
a decent world that will give
men a chance to work, that will give
youth a future and
old age a security.
~Charlie Chaplin
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Dropped Kat off at MGH for her wisdom teeth extraction.
Must return in ninety minutes.
Ma Maison, a favorite of mine, directly across the street, open for lunch.
A glass of champagne and a burger with foie gras topping.
Dinner and service were up to par.
But the time constraint (90 minutes less walking less a quick trip to buy Kat some yogurt)
took away a lot of the pleasure.
I won’t do that again.
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Passover, also called Pesach or Pesakh (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪ-/;[2] Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ) is a ritual meal, the Pesach seder, that occurs the night of the paschal full moon after the 14th of Nisan, eve of the 15th, telling the story of the exodus, and remembering how the angel of death "passed over" the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague on Egypt. It begins Feast of Unleavened Bread that continues through the 22nd of Nisan, and is one of three pilgrimage festivals in which all Jewish males living in the land of Israel are obliged. On the 16th of Nisan, Jews begin the counting of the omer, the memorial offering of the firstfruits of the barley harvest. The counting continues for seven weeks until the Feast of Shavuot, also known as Pentecost.
When the Temple in Jerusalem stood, the paschal lamb was offered and eaten on Passover eve, while the wave offering of barley was offered on the second day of the festival. Nowadays, in addition to the biblical prohibition of owning leavened foods for the duration of the holiday, the Passover seder is one of the most widely observed rituals in Judaism. In the Diaspora the unleavened bread is celebrated for 8 days, based on the concept of yom tov sheni shel galuyot.
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It’s Sunday, March 28, 2021
Welcome to the 1059th consecutive post to the blog,
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Farmer at the dentist
Johann Liss, c. 1616–17.
Johann Liss - Antall, József (1981) Bilder aus der Geschichte der europäischen Heilkunde und Pharmazie, Budapest: Corvina Kiadó ISBN: 963 13 1084 1. p33
Medieval dentist removing tooth
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2.0 Commentary
I played my parenting card today:
taking care of daughter Kat through the
extraction of her wisdom teeth.
That included feeding her the last food she could eat before the surgery,
eight hours prior.
Hanging out with her until getting her to the MGH and checking her in.
Waiting for the procedure and then walking home with her.
I brought in some soft foods she could eat while her mouth is recovering.
We’re working now on pain control and on managing the swelling of her face.
A friend had sent in an excellent idea for the swelling.
Turns out, the hospital had already instituted her remedy and we didn’t have to construct our own.
Their solution: a long sock into which you shove two freezer packs specially designed for the sock.
Then you tie the sock around your face.
Something people have done for centuries.
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3.0 Reading and Writing Events
3.1 Sacco and Vanzetti
We are exchanging idea.
Still in flux.
3.2 Conflicted
I sent my editor the redone pages/.
Hope I pass.
3.4 Blog
No wriggle room here.
Every day requires its own effort.
3.5 Modernism and Existentialism
Read three chapters of the wrong book.
The correct book will be here tomorrow.
4.0 Chuckles/Thoughts
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
~Charlie Chaplin
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5.0 Mail
We love getting mail.
Send comments to domcapossela@hotmail.com
This from Colleen G:
Hey Dom,
Some wisdom from someone who has gotten her wisdom teeth out and suffered minimally afterward because I was the recipient of someone else's wise advice beforehand: get two knee/tube socks and tie them at the toe tightly insert ziploc bags of ice cubes in each one, tie tie the untied ends above the head so that the other knot is under the chin and the ice is on either side of her jaw. She'll look like jacob marley from scrooge, but it is the swelling that causes the major pain that some experience--so if you can keep the swelling from happening in the first place, you'll save her loads of suffering.
Hope that helps and offers up a few hilarious photos:)
Cheers,
Colleen
Blog Meister responds: My daughter jumped at the idea. Will let you know how it works for us. Thanks, my dear.
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6.0 Dinner/Food/Recipes
Last night I made a turkey club sandwich.
I’m usually very good at constructing these.
Not last night.
Very poor.
I added a little gravy to the turkey: made the bread too soggy.
How could I have done that?
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Impacted wisdom teeth is a disorder where the third molars (wisdom teeth) are prevented from erupting into the mouth.
This can be caused by a physical barrier, such as other teeth, or when the tooth is angled away from a vertical position.
Completely unerupted wisdom teeth usually result in no symptoms, although they can sometimes develop cysts or neoplasms. Partially erupted wisdom teeth can develop cavities or pericoronitis. Removal of impacted wisdom teeth is advised in the case of certain pathologies, such as nonrestorable caries or cysts.
Wisdom teeth likely become impacted because of a mismatch between the size of the teeth and the size of the jaw. Impacted wisdom teeth are classified by their direction of impaction, their depth compared to the biting surface of adjacent teeth and the amount of the tooth's crown that extends through gum tissue or bone. Impacted wisdom teeth can also be classified by the presence or absence of symptoms and disease. Screening for the presence of wisdom teeth often begins in late adolescence when a partially developed tooth may become impacted. Screening commonly includes clinical examination as well as x-rays such as panoramic radiographs.
Infection resulting from impacted wisdom teeth can be initially treated with antibiotics, local debridement or surgical removal of the gum overlying the tooth. Over time, most of these treatments tend to fail and patients develop recurrent symptoms. The most common treatment to recurrent pericoronitis is wisdom tooth removal. The risks of wisdom tooth removal are roughly proportional to the difficulty of the extraction. Sometimes, when there is a high risk to the inferior alveolar nerve, only the crown of the tooth will be removed (intentionally leaving the roots) in a procedure called a coronectomy. The long-term risk of coronectomy is that chronic infection can persist from the tooth remnants. The prognosis for the second molar is good following the wisdom teeth removal with the likelihood of bone loss after surgery increased when the extractions are completed in people who are 25 years of age or older. A treatment controversy exists about the need for and timing of the removal of disease-free impacted wisdom teeth. Supporters of early removal cite the increasing risks for extraction over time and the costs of monitoring the wisdom teeth. Supporters for retaining wisdom teeth cite the risk and cost of unnecessary surgery.
The condition affects up to 72% of the Swedish population.[4] Wisdom teeth have been described in the ancient texts of Plato and Hippocrates, the works of Darwin and in the earliest manuals of operative dentistry. It was the meeting of sterile technique, radiology and anaesthesia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that allowed the more routine management of impacted wisdom teeth.
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