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I don't listen to the political ads on TV - no matter what party. They are either attacking the other candidate on some trivia that isn't completely true or promising stuff that I know they can't do. What can you really learn about someone in a 15 second sound bite? I get particularly enraged when I get phone calls w/ an automated message (especially when they wake me up from a perfectly good nap and there is no one on the other end of the line to yell at.) I prefer to do research on my own - usually doesn't take much - to find out which candidate will probably (1) be able to do the job and (2) sounds like they have the same priorities I have. Seems to me if everyone shunned the phone calls & media ads, the candidates could save some of the outrageous sums they spend on campaigning, and devote a bit more time to actually doing some work. Of course, in some cases, that would be a bad thing too.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Colorful mushrooms on the forest floor
I don't listen to the political ads on TV - no matter what party. They are either attacking the other candidate on some trivia that isn't completely true or promising stuff that I know they can't do. What can you really learn about someone in a 15 second sound bite? I get particularly enraged when I get phone calls w/ an automated message (especially when they wake me up from a perfectly good nap and there is no one on the other end of the line to yell at.) I prefer to do research on my own - usually doesn't take much - to find out which candidate will probably (1) be able to do the job and (2) sounds like they have the same priorities I have. Seems to me if everyone shunned the phone calls & media ads, the candidates could save some of the outrageous sums they spend on campaigning, and devote a bit more time to actually doing some work. Of course, in some cases, that would be a bad thing too.
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In your research about these mushroons, Do you know which are edible and the ones that aren't?
The nice round white one looks edible. When we lived in Plum City a neighbor gave us a big white round one. I fixed similar to a morrel and it was good. Haven't seen any since. JVM
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