Weather/Smoke ~ Picture of the Day ~ Trash/Garbage History ~ Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks ~ National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day

 

 

Good 53º smokey morning. 

 

 

Yesterday we started less smoky.... here my mountain can be seen.....

And down on the freeway and in Grants Pass..........

 

 

Then by early evening the smoke came back, my mountain was covered 

...and the sun was setting....

We had topped at 104º.

Picture of the Day....New York then and now

 

 

Interesting....

 

Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to a perceived lack of utility. The term generally does not encompass bodily waste products, purely liquid or gaseous wastes, or toxic waste products. Garbage is commonly sorted and classified into kinds of material suitable for specific kinds of disposal.

 

The word garbage originally meant chicken giblets and other entrails, as can be seen in the 15th century Boke of Kokery, which has a recipe for Garbage.

 

What constitutes garbage is highly subjective, with some individuals or societies tending to discard things that others find useful or restorable. The words garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, and waste are generally treated as interchangeable when used to describe "substances or objects which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard". Some of these terms have historic distinctions that are no longer present. In the 1880s, material to be disposed of was divided into four general categories: ashes (derived from the burning of coal or wood), garbage, rubbish, and street-sweepings. This scheme of categorization reduced some of these terms to more specific concepts:

 

Garbage, the technical term for putrescent organic matter such as kitchen or food scraps, was fed to pigs and other livestock or boiled down in a process known as “rendering,” to extract fats, oils, and greases for manufacturing lubricants, or allowed to dry to become commercial fertilizer. Rubbish, a broad category of dry goods including boxes, bottles, tin cans, or virtually anything made from wood, metal, glass, and cloth, could be transformed into new consumer products through a variety of reclamation methods.

The distinction between terms used to describe wet and dry discarded material "was important in the days when cities slopped garbage to pigs, and needed to have the wet material separated from the dry", but has since dissipated.

 

^{In urban areas, garbage of all kinds is collected and treated as municipal solid waste; garbage that is discarded in ways that cause it to end up in the environment, rather than in containers or facilities designed to receive garbage, is considered litter. Litter is a form of garbage that has been improperly disposed of, and which therefore enters the environment. Notably, however, only a small fraction of garbage that is generated becomes litter, with the vast majority being disposed of in ways intended to secure it from entering the environment.}

^{Humans have been creating garbage throughout history, beginning with bone fragments left over from using animal parts and stone fragments discarded from tool making. The degree to which groups of early humans began engaging in agriculture can be estimated by examining the type and quality of animal bones in their garbage. Garbage from prehistoric or pre-civilization humans was often collected into mounds called middens, which might contain things such as "a mix of discarded food, charcoal, shell tools, and broken pottery".}

 

 

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Looking for a pizza-perfect way to enjoy homemade pizza without the hassle? These Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks will do the trick! Flakey dough and melty mozzarella cheese, topped with zesty pepperoni and pizza sauce, make this an anytime snack or dinner that will soon be your favorite pizza recipe!

 

• 1 (8-ounce) can refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 16 slices pepperoni
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup pizza sauce, warmed

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.  
2. Unroll crescent roll dough on a flat surface. Press two triangles together to form a rectangle; repeat with remaining dough. (You will end up with 4 rectangles.)
3. Sprinkle 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese down the center of each rectangle. Sprinkle evenly with Italian seasoning and top each with 4 pepperoni slices. Fold dough on each side of cheese to the middle, slightly overlapping each other, and pinch the seam to secure.  Grab both ends of dough and gently twist it. Place on baking sheet and repeat with remaining dough.  Brush tops of each with butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve with pizza sauce.

 

***Whether you're trying to make dinner simple and cheesy, or preparing an after school snack for the kids, these Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks are a perfect way to get that perfect pizza taste in half the time!

 

 

Historically this date.........

1914 – The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

.... interesting read, click on "passenger pigeon".

1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

 

1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 13,000 miles.

 

And births this date include...

1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)

  

1928 – George Maharis, American actor

 

1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian

1946 – Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)

1950 – Phil McGraw, American talk show host

1961 – Christopher Ferguson, American astronaut

 

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day on September 1st recognizes words which do not rhyme with any other words in the English language.

While September celebrates many random and capricious days, this observance focuses on specific words. Words that don’t rhyme with any other word are called refractory rhymes. Poets reason that avoiding these words helps keep their poetry consistent. However, refractory words only interrupt poems where rhyme and reason matter.

The less fickle poet takes on these challenging words. Toss out the rhymes. Say farewell to meter. Be whimsical and playful. The Jabberwocky never stopped Lewis Carrol. Dilly dally in a world of mishmash and find a verse that fits the spirit of the day. Deliver an envelope full of words directly up the chimney. Tilt the accent one way and lilt it another until the word fits in fluttery ways.

There need be no reason, nor rhyme for that matter. Not all poems do. Then again, you could dive deep like Alexander Atkins did in 2014 and search a little bit harder for the perfect rhyme. Check out his blog that stretches the edges of the language to fill the void left by refractory rhymes.

Some un-rhymable words in the English language include:

• Orange
• Month
• Silver
• Spirit
• Chimney
• Purple
• Woman
• Ninth
• Pint