Missive #419 Published 3 January 2025

68. Nasruddin and the Thief’s Shoes...

Did you happen to notice that the drone scares that were front page NEWS for about a week suddenly just went away. I don't know if the drones went away but the lame stream media is no longer reporting anything about them. I suspect it was a government operation trying to drum up some support for a war against Iran. When that proved to be a dud they just let it fade away. Now we have 'terrorist' attacks in the United States again. This time by men that were, or are, in the Army; just like the leftists said would happen. We need more laws against anyone that is now in or has been in any branch of the US military — look for it to come.

Missive #415 Published 27 December 2024

67. The Thief and Nasruddin’s Rooster

Nasruddin heard squawking from the henhouse during the night. “It must be a thief,” he thought, and he ran outside, where he found a man creeping away from the henhouse.

By the light of the moon, Nasruddin could clearly see a rooster’s tail-feathers sticking out from under the man’s cloak.

“Give me back my rooster, you thief!” shouted Nasruddin.

The man stood up straight and answered back, “Sir, please believe me! I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.”

“And do you think I’m going to believe you,” Nasruddin replied, “or am I going to believe the rooster’s tail-feathers?”

Missive #411 Published 20 December 2024

66. The Thief with a Wagon…

A friend wrote recently about a decrease in his Heart Rate Variability (HRV) which caused me to do some research. I didn't know much about it except that it was the 'pause' between heart beats. What I found out was that my Polar Pacer watch, through Polar Flow, provides that data for me. From what I have read the best time to measure HRV is when you first get up in the morning. Since I have been wearing my watch at night with the continuous heart rate option turned on I'm capturing that data.