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Blog entries by Alaska
If you feel moved to help the recent hurricane victims, but do not know where to donate, you might want to consider donating to Lutheran Social Services. They are separate from the Lutheran Church and are very efficient. 100% of your money donated goes to victims. They do not spend any money on...
This link is about how Equifax carelessly exposed millions of people's personal data, and was rewarded for this by being given a government contract that would allow them to do even more damage to more people. Even hardend politicians of both parties were shocked by this.
Senators express shock...
There are only 8 days left in this month to stop our government from drastically cutting medicare. 34 million people will lose medicaid. This is only one of many other consequences of this vote. I wish to concentrate on helping to fight another attack on Medicaid and will be working on that for...
People on this site have more problems than your average NT. I do not think we will be inclined to argue much about this. We do argue about a lot of other things however. I have been in groups of people who are inclined to argument, who joke about that. They say things like if you have three...
https://realfoodrn.com/is-there-lead-in-crock-pots/
Very small amounts of lead can build up in your system over time and do incredible damage inside your body and even your nervous system and brain. It is even worse for children. You do not want lead in your food. The FDA has "acceptable...
Thought people might like an update on Hurricane Irma:
Hurricane Irma: a million homes lose power as storm makes landfall in Florida – live
This guy helped a lot of people. He was very dedicated and went without much sleep for days to help them. I thought people here would be inspired by his heroism also:
Houston weatherman floored when fans give him a vacation | Daily Mail Online
We do not need worries about being able to afford medical care for ourselves and our loved ones hanging over our heads all the time. This is your chance to do something about it. This is not political, it is health care for all of us. It is survival. You can sign this bill to support your...
We need to change how we deal with a lot of problems if we want the human race to survive. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the USA admits that it is not a question of IF we will get a Pandemic, but of WHEN we get a pandemic.
This blog post is not meant to be discouraging. It is to help...
This video shows signs of a heart attack that can happen a month or more ahead:
This applies to both men and women. It is a short video that might help save your life.
Next, things that can prevent a heart attack.
4 Ways to Prevent a Heart Attack - wikiHow
This is a video on youtube about...
Scientists do not agree on how fast Climate Change will affect us, so a range of their estimates is better for the rest of us to get an idea of what they are talking about. Even the most pessimistic estimates of sea level rise, for example, vary a lot on how soon and how much we can expect. Even...
Gatorade is a well-known electrolyte solution that you can buy in many stores all over the place. It is probably so well-known partly because lots of people know that if you exercise and sweat a lot, it is healthy to replace the electrolytes that you lose as you sweat.
Gatorade is easy to find...
I tried posting this before but the site kept eating it.
An Aspie parent of an Autistic child was talking about having trouble with her picky eater not getting adequate nutrition. Veggies were the biggest problem. I rememberred this snack: "Harvest Snaps". The ones I have here are made from...
No-Cook Sandwich Spread
Can of garbanzo beans (15 oz.)
1 t Dill herb
1 T lemon juice
2 T mayonnaise
1/4 t turmeric powder
1/4 onion (purple looks better), chopped
1 stick celery, chopped
Put the garbanzo beans in a bowl with extra room. Use a fork or dough cutter, or food processor to smash up...
This sorbet is really easy and tastes good and has a nice texture.
BANANA SORBET
Ingredients:
Bananas
Instructions:
Chop up peeled bananas into chunks that your blender or food processor will handle. Freeze the banana chunks. Put the frozen banana chunks into your blender or food processor...
Here is the biscuit dough you can make with the biscuit mix recipe:
BISCUITS
3 cups Biscuit Mix
3/4 c milk or water
Preheat oven to 450F (230C). Grease a baking sheet. Combine Biscuit Mix and milk or water in a medium bowl. Stir until just blended. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto prepared...
Biscuit Mix Recipe
8 1/2 c all-purpose flour
4 T baking powder
1 T salt
2 t cream of tartar
1 t baking soda
1 1/2 c instant nonfat dry milk or dry buttermilk powder
2 1/4 c vegetable shortening
In a large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Blend well. With pastry blender or heavy-duty...
These are called cookies, but are closer to candy, in my opinion. They are pretty good and very easy to make. They do not require an oven, so are not so bad to cook when it is hot weather. They have oats in them, but it comes out tasting like it is coconut instead of oats.
No-Bake Chocolate...
I do not want to abandon readers. I feel as if my brains are being baked by the summer heat. I do not feel like doing much thinking because of having baked brains. My way of reconciling these two factoids is to tell you about cookbooks And internet sites that have given me some of my favorite...
I read and reviewed a chapter of fan fiction as requested, this morning. I received an error message when I tried to post it because the original fan fiction had been deleted.
As others on this site have commented, you need to be patient when you post something on this site. A lot of us here...