Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LVII

Posted By on February 12, 2023

Super Bowl LVII between AFC Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles came down to the final minutes of the 4th quarter.  The Eagles flew to a first half lead sending NFL’s 2023 MVP Patrick Mahomes into the locker room limping (again).  After a long 30 minute halftime, Mahomes and his team was able to return for the second half with renewed vigor, Coach Andy Reed’s game plan clicked. The Chiefs offensively came out scoring over and over to take the lead as they dominated the Eagles on both sides of the ball for most of the second half … until Philadelphia scored in the 4th quarter to tie up the game.

As with too many close games, Super Bowl 57 came down to a questionable first down call with seconds to go … and a field goal giving the Chiefs the go ahead lead … and more importantly, less than ten seconds on the clock.

Congratulations to the Chiefs and their fans.

Reading list and current Max Hastings Vietnam history book

Posted By on February 11, 2023

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The WSJ reading list caught my eye this week … most likely due to "The Ship Beneath The Ice" book talking more about Vietnam_AnEpicTragedy1945-1975the story of EnduranceUnderIcePhotoErnest Shackleton’s 1914 expedition to the Antarctic. I’ll be watching for it as a library ebook, but probably after I finished my current history read, "Vietnam:  An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975" by Max Hastings.

Archiving a few WWII B-26 Marauder videos

Posted By on February 9, 2023

Here are a couple of B-26 Martin Marauder YouTube videos to archive (saved to personal cloud too) due to my interest in aviation and military history … but also because my late father-in-law serving as navigator on “this beautiful ship” in World War II (I can still hear him saying that). 


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A young chef fixes his own lunch #video

Posted By on February 8, 2023

From experience, I do know that younggist children in the U.S. (often farm kids — or commercial fisherman kids) were responsible for home chores, pitched in with caring for their siblings … and over a century ago (thankfully) would be sent to work outside the home. But in many parts of the world, children learn a bit younger how to take care of themselves and their families. Here is one destined to work in a kitchen, or at least as a street vendor.

A bird feeder idea for those with access to curved glass

Posted By on February 7, 2023

For those with with a love for feeding birds and access to a curved piece of glass (or perhaps the ability to heat and curve plexiglass?) … here’s an interesting project idea.

Click on image for a short .mp4 video

Although having this bird feeder in your window might get old after a while, it would be a great idea for those shut-in or able to convince an assisted living facility to be able to put this in a window. 

Music Monday: Kenny Chesney singing “We Do” live

Posted By on February 6, 2023

Since “No Shoes” was mentioned in last week’s Music Monday post, I’ll stick with the theme and include a Kenny Chesney and a No Shoes Nation video of his 2020 song We Do this week (included KC a few times here before).

It is always great to see happy crowds enjoying some great entertainment and music.

Replaced the 5-6 year old battery in the 2010 Acura RDX

Posted By on February 4, 2023


After 5 or 6 years, a car batteries no matter their indicated warranties, lose some of their cold cranking amps (CCA). If I were a “maintenance-focused only kind of guy,” I’d probably just replace batteries every 5 years rather than waiting forthem to fail. BUT … as usual … I wait until the winter when it is near zero degrees!

Since it is early February, it is of course cold. Brenda’s 2010 Acura RDX has been sitting for a month due to Brenda’s hip replacement (in the garage at least) and it failed to start this past week. After a quick charge and test, it started the car, but would not deliver the promised 490 CCA needed; the testing registered only 230 CCA after an overnight charge.

So … it is time for a new battery … the story of my life.

Tech Friday: A little more tinkering with MarsEdit blogging

Posted By on February 3, 2023

A fix or an update came out for MarEdit this week … and because I am really hoping to get comfortable posting to MyDesultoryBlog using MarsEdit5Icon128this app the Mac rather than PC. There have been a few nagging issues so far in preventing my switching from Open Live Writer (Microsoft Windows world) … besides it is challenging to teach an old dog new tricks.” 😉

  1. Uploading photos and video (which is a problem for OLW too) to an independent from blogging platform image server
  2. Opening links to new tab (target=“_blank”)
  3. Media Manager to list by name/list, not by image
  4. Ability to add CSS code to uploaded image (ie. border-black)
  5. Photos opening full size on click without HTML edit ( a beautiful Polar Bear test image below)

The Remarkable Life of Poon Lim (by Carl Seaver)

Posted By on February 2, 2023

EXCERPT => “On November 23, 1942, the Royal Navy destroyer SS Benlomond was torpedoed by a German submarine. Poon Lim, a Chinese civilian seaman aboard the ship, found himself stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Against all odds, Poon Lim survived 133 days at sea before being rescued by Brazilian fishermen.”

This Carl Seaver blog post takes a closer look at Poon Lim’s remarkable life and story.

Read the full post at this LINK is on HistoryDefined.net.

Really … this Throwback Thursday #TBT “repost” was another MarsEdit test. I’m still trying to decide if I can handle shifting from Open Live Writer on Windows to MarsEdit on the Mac?  Unfortunately, unlike copy/paste to a Markdown editor when using my tiny Raspberry Pi HUGO test server, reposting from another website is not so easy using MarsEdit.

Archive: Saving a couple family update items to the blog

Posted By on February 1, 2023

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