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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Thursday, November 22, 2018

iPhone 6 screenshot showing maximum memory capacity (128GB) reached, and proportions of memory used by category
Not to worry… my iPhone’s got you beat.
It’s more stuffed than you are.
Or, more stuffed than your Thanksgiving turkey.
Or your turducken.
Seriously.

“Turducken,” is a word-blend of turkey, duck, and chicken, which is a de-boned dish of the three fowl combined, which is then cooked.
And it’s just barely Thanksgiving morning!
But that’s GigaBytes, and you’re human bites – it’s not an “apples-to-apples” comparison.
And, that’s okay, because we often compare disparate items. You know, like oranges to truck stops, or oxygen concentration ratios to seat cushions.
Anyway… the human stomach’s average capacity is about 1.5 – 2 Liters.
Maximum capacity is 3 – 4 Liters.
Put in perspective, the upper end of the maximum capacity of the human stomach is the equivalent volume of TWO 2 Liter soda bottles.
The low end of the average capacity of the human stomach is about 75% of one 2 Liter soda bottle – 1.5 Liters.
In fact, the human stomach – which essentially is a muscle sac, and when empty, is about the size of your fist – can expand to hold up to 4 Liters of food. That’s more than 50 times its empty size.
Of course, some folks’ stomachs are bigger.
Seriously.
Bigger body = bigger stomach.
And you’ve certainly heard the age-old adage “big feet, big… need big shoes.”
But, even though you, and others may be quite hungry – famished, even – this Thanksgiving, you probably won’t quite be eating like wolves… even though you may wolf your food down.
You see, after a successful hunt, a wolf pack Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Thursday, December 14, 2017
Saint John of the Cross (1542–1591), aka ‘San Juan de la Cruz’ in Spanish, was a Spanish mystic most well known for writing the highly-regarded book “The Dark Night of the Soul,” which explores Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
If we sat down this morning and started listing the freedoms we enjoy as Americans, nightfall would find us still at the task. The legacy of the United States is a tremendous blessing to her citizens, and our example Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Sunday, May 14, 2017
Needing some batteries – AAA & 9v – for some handheld electronic gizmos, I stopped in at the nearby Batteries+Plus store.
While checking out, I asked the clerk if sales were strong today, and remarked, “Moms need batteries too!”
With a wink and a nod, he knowingly acknowledged innuendo in my remark with a smile and a laugh.
“You know,” I said, “we never think of our mothers as sexual beings, and yet…” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Sunday, May 14, 2017
“A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who’s done more for you than anyone in the world.”
-Anna Jarvis (1864-1948), credited as Mother’s Day foundress, quoted in her New York Times obituary
A lifelong spinster, by 1943, Anna Jarvis was so disgusted at the crass commercialization of her idea, that she began a petition to repeal the holiday proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in Presidential Proclamation 1268

Presidential Proclamation 1268, May 9, 1914, declaring the second Sunday in May as “Mother’s Day.”
on May 9, 1914 as being the second Sunday in May, declaring the first national Mother’s Day as a day for “government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.” That roughly translates as encouragement for
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Friday, September 12, 2014
Sweet Baby Chicken Bacon Wraps are a tasty combination of sweet and spicy.
With only four ingredients, or more, it’s a quick, easy, simple, affordable and satisfying heavy hors d’oeuvre to make for a crowd. Unless you’re cooking for the Los Angeles Rams.
As we march our way into the holiday season Hades, this is sure to be an outstanding addition to your next party or family get together. Even tailgating!
Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps
Yield: 12-15 wraps
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, December 3, 2012
Today was a good day at work.
I cried.
The last time I recollect crying at work was at least 6 or more years ago when a patient of mine – a young black male, who was his mother’s only son – had been murdered, and as I looked into her bloodshot, tired, hollow, intently peering and watery eyes, volumes were communicated though we neither said a word.
I couldn’t bear her gaze, and after what seemed ages, I averted my eyes, and departed behind a nearby curtain in the Trauma ICU to cry. There, my tears flowed like twin rivers, swollen by a storm, albeit an emotional one, which was joined by the two smaller tributaries of my nostrils. Gazing over the city from atop the 11th story of the teaching hospital through tear-drenched eyes, I wondered… was this what dear Mother Mary felt like when she gazed upon her only son as he hung from that cross?
Today, I wept for Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Once again, it’s Halloween.
And, once again, hospitals across the nation will engage in a costly and highly-misguided effort of X-raying candy under the pretense that by so doing, somehow it increases, or adds a level of safety or security for children.
Frankly, the whole idea is faulty to the core, and is based upon a long-standing urban myth.
Those of a certain age may recall the cry of “razor blade in apples” which was supposed to justify X-raying candy.
Then, there was the fear mongering tactic of “dirty needles in candy” to justify X-raying candy.
Now, who knows what else there will be?
Even the most casual observer could plainly see that a razor blade inserted into an apple leaves a very noticeable mark, or bruise upon the fruit. Even if the apple was candied, the bruise would be noticeable. A covering of caramel, however, might hide such a mark. But then again, how many caramel apples are given out at Halloween by the average household? I’d say the chances of that happening are 1.) Slim, and 2.) None.
Here’s more food for thought (pun intended).
Poisons are not radiopaque.
That is, they do NOT show up on X-ray.
Poisons can be injected into still-wrapped candy, which would go undetected by even the most cautious observer.
And yet, Law Enforcement Officers and hospitals nation-wide will, once again, embark upon a well-intended, but seriously misguided notion to X-ray candy for hundreds of thousands of parents.
Not only is that foolish, it is EXPENSIVE to the hospitals, and a waste of precious resources in these difficult fiscal times.
Interestingly, there are others who have had similar thoughts… even as far back as 1988.
Healthcare professionals, hospital administrators and their staff should embark upon a public/community education effort to teach the public that X-raying candy is useless, and a costly endeavor that cannot protect anyone from those whose intent is upon harming children, or others by poisoning candy.
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Hey!
I know!
Let’s get lobbyists to pay for a trip to Israel where we can eat fancy food, drink Dom Pérignon champagne, and swim nekkid!
You know, it’d be funny if it weren’t first so sad… because it’s all true.
Every Dogdamn bit of it.
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August 21, 2012
Skinny-Dipping in Israel Casts Unwanted Spotlight on Congressional Travel
WASHINGTON — The trip was much like any of the hundreds hosted in recent years by a nonprofit offshoot of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful Washington lobby, and the purpose was much the same: to solidify the support of American lawmakers for Israel at a time of Middle East tumult.
For eight all expense-paid days, House Republicans visited Israel’s holiest sites, talked foreign policy with its highest officials and dined at its most famous restaurants, including Decks, known for its grilled beef, stunning views of the Sea of Galilee, and now, for an impromptu swim party.
With hundreds of Washington lawmakers having gone to Israel courtesy of the program, the trips have a reputation as being the standard-bearer for foreign Congressional travel. “We call it the Jewish Disneyland trip,” said one pro-Israel advocate in Washington.
But for lawmakers, the attention surrounding last summer’s trip — thanks to reports of a skinny-dipping Kansas lawmaker who was part of the delegation — has Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wow!
Can you imagine it!?!
Here we are, on the twelfth day of the New Year!
January is almost half way over!
You know what that means…
Springtime is on its way!
And, as promised, today is the fourth of the weekday installments in our Ten Great Tips for 2011!
Let’s see that #4 is!
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Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Friday, August 6, 2010
The gentleman who owns VocalCoach.com shared with me that photography is “where I get my peace.” His name is Chris, and I met him today while
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