Old Crank
Old Crank's JournalScarry climate chart
From Bluesky. A great graphic.
From Andrew Watkins. Copernicus.
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
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Collection of Trump gift memes.
You've seen some of these I'm sure. Hope the link works.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1AAQa8Fsa8/
Bought a griddle for my induction stovetop.
Most Sundays I cook pancakes for breakfast. The frying pans available have steeper sides here is Germany than in the US.
And I can only do 4 at a time. So I have been on the lookout for a griddle.
Found one that is smooth on the use side and a bit lighter than cast iron and more durable than the thin aluminum models.
My induction cooktop has 4 square burners and a big center one. The griddle can be used on either side and the burners sense pot size.
This one is cast aluminum and is not magnetic. At least not to my test magnets. Has 4 little silicon feet that keep it just of the glass. It worked like a charm this morning. I have no idea how they got cast aluminum to work with induction.
I guess that having to comply
with the law doesn't extend to Bondi and the Epstein files.
This is disgusting.
Laws need to change.
Speeding, texting, suspended license, killing. Probation. No jail time.
https://thebedfordcitizen.org/2026/01/billerica-man-receives-suspended-sentence-for-2024-bicyclist-death/
If I don't wear blinkers when I go to the grocery stores
near me.
The gravitational pull is some times too great.
Top is apricot streusel cake, right, Strawberry, left, Mandarin orange cheesecake w=on poppyseed layer.
New dinner this evening
Chicken with Shallots, lemon and garlic.
Read this a couple of days ago in the NYT.
4 chicken legs, or 8 thighs or drum sticks, I used legs and cut them into thighs and drumsticks
8 or ten shallots, I cut the tips, halved them and peeled the brown layer off leaving the root end.
8 garlic cloves, peeled, whole
1 lemon, quartered, I cut it into 8 pieces.
Preheat oven to 390F
Put the veggies into a sheet pan with some olive oil to coat them, and salt and pepper.
Season the chicken pieces and distribute in the pan. Use a generous amount of Herbs du Provence on the chicken.
Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup vermouth to the pan.
Into the oven until chicken is cooked.
I served with rice and made a small pan sauce with the drippings .
The Skoda Roomster is back.
Popular but discontinued in 2015 because it didn't fit brand image. New metal and looks.
Now we have another funny named car. Dacia is now producing the:
BIGSTER
All the good names are gone.
BLueberry prices
I'm in Munich and I hit my closest grocery store for a few things. Was not going to buy blueberries today but I will need them for Sunday's pancakes. 2.99 euro for 500 grams. That is right about $2.75 per pound.
From Peru. Peru. How do they do that?
That is a lot of work from field to transfer station to reefer ship, to Holland, and trucked to my store 300 meters down the road.
Unreal.
Any news on Vance saying that the Good killer
has absolute immunity?
Just saw a screenshot of a TV news feed.
No other information.
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