DocWard

I truly love Gary Larson's work. I have several The Far Side anthologies. But I wonder if something was in the back of his mind when he did the above. Not quite the same, but the first thing I thought of.

I would guess that it has little to do with race and much to do with where they are from as individuals. From an evolutionary perspective, lighter skin pigments likely developed as humans moved into the northern latitudes, and needed to absorb more sunlight for Vitamin D absorption. Generally speaking, the closer to the equator, the darker the skin. This melanin rich skin helped protect against skin cancer caused by sunlight. It tends to get colder at northern latitudes and stay warmer at tropical and equatorial latitudes. I went to law school with a guy from Erie, PA, and another from Thibodaux, LA. Both relatively fair skin and light colored eyes. The guy from Erie would walk around in shorts and a tee when the guy from Thibodaux would be bundled up. Interesting note, after living in Ohio for a number of years, the latter guy moved back south. I called to see how the move went and how things were, he replied "It's damn hot down here!"

You mean like this guy? Sergeant Major Mike Vining, a founding member of Delta Force

It sounds like she suffers from pica (not the font), a mental health disorder in which people eat things not usually considered food. On occasion they will eat hazardous things. As I recall from my days doing child abuse cases, it can be caused by traumatic events, particularly in childhood such as abuse and neglect.

Never heard of it before now, but I’ll keep an eye out for it, thanks.

https://www.iflscience.com/for-possibly-the-first-time-ever-a-meteorite-was-captured-hitting-the-ground-on-video-and-audio-77647?fbclid=IwY2xjawH3wEtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSpSJ19fCzRvH0oW-8w2uS62ZlndVsL5rx-fSvXFEOG1po82rLrZTlKJfA_aem_8-W5v0QajEINzlqDWtJefg How cool is that?

What the heck? Was there any need to go there? Oh, and ever hear of no-kill shelters? They're a thing. Jeez.

The last one for now.

Oh yeah, like you read hieroglyphics. What a wiseacre!

Another favorite

My all time favorite.

Do you want that list, alphabetically, chronologically, or otherwise?

I'm glad you put the word magnet in quotation marks.

AB would just look at me, ask me how stupid I am, and explain that brass is non-ferrous and that I need to get a life. All that if I was lucky and she didn't get angry.

This made me think of the following: The man who wrote perhaps the greatest piece of music humanity has known could only hear it in his head.

Not generally the news one wants to see, ever, but particularly first thing in the morning. I didn't know him personally, but from his posts and our interactions here, he was someone I respected, and I would've enjoyed shooting with. To those who were close to him, my deepest condolences.

Fixed it for ya.

I have no idea, but there is a serious dearth of pictures in your post.

Now Bob, I see a number of nice things in that picture. For some reason though, you chose to put a broken wine glass in the way and focus on it.

Two that always stick in my mind are: Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is no longer our friend. Incoming fire has the right of way.

Chunk Norris was my favorite

And here I thought from the title that this would be a thread about Saloonatics.

On Reagan's humor. If only things could be like this today.