Large Format Vehicles, Moving Violations, and How To Survive Them
The Interstate Highways are polka-dotted with large format vehicles like busses, motor homes (RV’s), dump-trucks, semi-trucks, etcetera
Author: Maura Alwyen
HVAC/R Master Craftsman, Chef, Woodworker, Journeyman Metalworker, somewhat of a Blacksmith, & Author I do my own stunts & cinematography.
Typos, poor word choices, wrong but similar sounding word choices are par for the course. All mistakes are artisanally crafted from the finest oopsies.
Otherwise I'm just a regular girl with opinions and a point from which to shout into the void.
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Now some of you will no doubt already snarled your noses because it is mushroom soup. Others will be “why make it I can get it in a can already.” That canned stuff can...
Chicken á la Peasant
Chicken á la Peasant is my variation of Chicken a la king. This is cut down for those of us who actually work and we toss the puff pastry shell because we don’t have time for it.
Diabetic Friendly Pecan or Walnut pie
Late last year that craving got the best of me and I worked out a reasonable copy of pecan or walnut pie with no sugar.
Nightshade Free Chili
Chili closer to the beef and beans you would have found on a cattle drive as it was highly unlikely you’d have had tomatoes in the chuck wagon
Holidays and Cooking
Holidays and Cooking: Here are a few gems that may set you apart from others in your social and familial spheres.
World Password Day 2022
The challenge is making a password that we can remember yet meets all of IT’s requirements, so lets look at a simple method.
If I Gave The State of the Union
I have come here at this solemn moment to share with you the state of our union as I see it.
A Comment on Comments
Do we always agree? No, but that’s the beauty of this. Do we agree on key points? Typically I don’t think we are as far apart as it comes across.
Reading The Transcript To Respond: A State Of The Union Rebuttal
The State Of The Union Rebuttal of a regular facilities manager/HVAC technician and not a political scientist, lawyer, or a politician
Voting Via USPS
Standing in line for voting, to put ink on a piece of paper, to feed it to a vote tabulator, just doesn’t make sense anymore
To Break Our Addiction To Oil
Why don’t move off oil? Partly regulations. Partly lack of incentives to go forward, and partly career politicians listening to lobbyists.
Local Gets Things Done!
Lobbying the Federal government for anything is pointless unless you have a very large purse. Now, local is a much more doable route
It Gets Under Your Skin: RFID Chip And Biometric Data
I’ve dumped a whole bunch of what ifs on you, but remember it is only conspiracy theory until it is proven.
Deadnames and Santa’s Naughty List
Some people think knowing a person’s deadname gives them some sort of power over the person who changed their name, and in some cases it does.
Executive Dictatorship: A Look At Some Of The Most Egregious EO’s
So what really are executive orders? Simply a way for a president to use dictatorial style power and usurp Congressional authority
Restating: Rethinking States, Cities, and Redistricting
Redistricting is either an extreme exercise in futility or is necessary to ensure proper representation in our republic. Both are right.
Stop The Shock Therapy: The FDA, The Law, And The Last Institution Using ESDs
The use of ESDs at the will of a third party on individuals with impaired cognitive comes across as barbaric and inhumane
Always Prepared
One would hope we learned that “just in time deliveries” are really misnamed and should be called “almost late.” So prepare.
Mystical, Magical Blue Collar Labor
There is no mystical, magical thing to blue collar labor, just a shortage of people willing or encouraged to do it.
