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Autobiographical Corner and Random

Well, my vermicomposting isn't going well. I've now killed three batches of worms. The first batch of worms was pretty sickly, so I don't really fault myself for that one, but the next two batches that came from the nationally-acclaimed Worm Woman were fine . . . until I got my mitts on 'em. I (think) I killed one batch with too much moisture, and the next batch died of starvation. The Worm Woman spent twenty minutes with me on the phone. I'm optimistic that I have the Worm Factory system tweaked and ready. My next batch will arrive Wednesday. * * * * * * * Funny story about the Worm Woman: After my batch of sickly worm arrived from NY, I went online to find a better source. A discussion board based in Seattle said, "Get your worms local, but if you can't, order from the Worm Woman in Portage, Michigan." Portage is about 45 minutes from my house, so I went from New York to Seattle to home to find what I needed. Maybe things are like that more often than I think. * * * * * * * One of the better passages from weekend cyber reading: "Even as evidence piles up that the economy has changed in fundamental ways such that even advanced degrees no longer inoculate the owner against financial insecurity, millions of young people feel they have no choice but to indebt themselves and spend scarce family resources on a questionable-value education." Link. * * * * * * * I don't tend to be an environmental alarmist, but the continuing "fall out" from Japan's 2011 Fukushima meltdown is troubling. Scientific American has a series of articles on it. * * * * * * * Reassuring: The USDA has produced a flier, telling illegal foreigners how to get free food from us. * * * * * * * And that government boondoggle, Department of Homeland Security, has a website that arguably encourages foreigners to come to the United States to take advantage of our government generosity. * * * * * * * America has a death wish. I don't know why, but it's unmistakably there.

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