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Farewell to Blogspot

Well, this is  definitely not what I wanted to do but, I’m saying farewell to blogspot. Google is making choices lately that made it impossible to stay.  As you know, google + if you have it, is ending in April because google didn’t want to maintain it. They don’t care if you like it. And Blogspot,  if you use it,is easiest from their app. It’s easier for me to write on the go, I always do it that way . (It may explain my terrible grammar). But now if you use the app your media won’t load. No photos at all even your own.  I troubleshooted all I could possibly do. Twice. And nothing will load. Google said they are discontinuing the app and not offering anymore updates or fixes for anyone using it. Again, google is sending the message they could care less. And this is to their own bloggers! Now we have to risk our followers while switching to another host. The other option is to just use the Chrome version. It is so small you can’t get anything done. It’s a mess. I c...

A Yeti of Many Names

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As I was rolling through YouTube the other day  I stumbled on a little gem. At first I thought it was the Abominable Snowman starring Peter Cushing. Alas, I wasn’t that lucky. This movie was called The Snow Creature. Staring no one you care about. This movie was about a scientist who was leading an expedition in the Himalayas to find and study the plant life that could be growing in such harsh conditions. Seems like a sound plot so far. Unfortunately that is the last sound thing happening in this movie. After a night or two the Sherpa who are guiding the expedition see Yeti footprints by the tents and get immediately anxious. They want to leave but the scientists decides to follow the tracks and take home an even better discovery than plants. The natives explain to them that the Yeti come down from the mountain and steal their woman. Really? No female Yeti anywhere? And for a movie made in 1954 the implications of that statement are pretty bold for the time.  The Sherpa a...