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<div style="text-align:center; "> <big>'''Good Things  of  2021'''</big></div>
 
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'''1.Break-action Air Rifles.''' My Crossman .22 single-shot kills rabbits,  is legal to use inside city limits,  and isn't as noisy as a "real" rifle.  
 
'''1.Break-action Air Rifles.''' My Crossman .22 single-shot kills rabbits,  is legal to use inside city limits,  and isn't as noisy as a "real" rifle.  
 
    
 
    
'''2. Goofspiel.'''  A simple but profound card game invented by game theorist Merrill Flood at Princeton in the 1950s. You bid for cards simultaneously, one at a time, using one suit as prizes and the others for your currency. https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=The_Goofspiel_Card_Game.
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'''2. Goofspiel'''  and '''Spoons'''.  Goofspiel, invented by game theorist Merrill Flood in the 1950s, is simple but profound. You bid for cards, one at a time, using one suit as prizes and the others for currency. https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=The_Goofspiel_Card_Game. Spoons is a  hilarious pay-attention card-passing game similar to Pit, good for a large group. https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Spoons-(Card-Game)
  
'''3. Spoons.''' A hilarious pay-attention card-passing game good for a large group, similar to Pit. https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Spoons-(Card-Game)
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'''3. Plastic kayaks.'''   Only $150 for a one-person kayak. A minivan can carry two inside. For fishing or fun.  
  
'''4.  ''Death in Paradise'' (2011-present)  and  ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych Psych] (2006-2014),''''' (skipping season 1), comedy detective mystery TV shows. Highly intricate plotting, great characters, great acting, wholesome (though lots of bare flesh in the West Indies).  
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'''4.  ''Death in Paradise'' (2011-present)  and  ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych Psych] (2006-2014),''''' (skipping season 1), comedy detective mystery TV shows. Intricate plotting, great characters, great acting.
 
   
 
   
'''5. The Land of Smiles,''' an operetta by Franz Lehar. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djc7QQeyT9c  Video] from 1961, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ultt6LbI51Q 1930], with the original Fritz Tauber but a bad Mi, and [https://imslp.hk/files/imglnks/euimg/b/b6/IMSLP381718-PMLP364005-Leh%C3%A1r_Das_Land_des_L%C3%A4chelns.pdf The Land of Smiles] score, in German and [https://rasmusen.org/special/Lehar_Land_of_Smiles.pdf lyrics in English] (Jerry H. translation).  
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'''5. The Land of Smiles,''' a 1929 operetta by Franz Lehar. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djc7QQeyT9c  Video] from 1961, and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ultt6LbI51Q 1930], with Fritz Tauber but a bad Mi. Score [https://imslp.hk/files/imglnks/euimg/b/b6/IMSLP381718-PMLP364005-Leh%C3%A1r_Das_Land_des_L%C3%A4chelns.pdf in German score] and [https://rasmusen.org/special/Lehar_Land_of_Smiles.pdf lyrics in English] (by Jerry Hadley).  
  
'''6 .[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Crisis ''The World Crisis'',]'''(1923-1931) Winston Churchill's five-volume history of World War I. Much better than his famous history of World War II. The witticism when it came out: " "Winston has written an enormous book about himself, and called it ''The World Crisis''."  
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'''6 .[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Crisis ''The World Crisis'',]'''(1923-1931)  Churchill's five-volume World War I history. Much better than his more famous World War II history. Wits said, "Winston has written an enormous book about himself, and called it ''The World Crisis''."  
  
'''7. Retirement and Teaching 7th grade math.'''  If you can afford it, you can be just as busy and more productive and happy when retired. Teach 7th grade math is much more satisfying than business students, maybe even better than PhD students. My webpage is at https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Cedars_Math.
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'''7. Retirement, and Teaching 7th grade math.'''  If you can afford it, you can be just as busy and more productive and happy when retired.   7th grade math is much more satisfying than bus econ. See https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Cedars_Math.
  
'''8. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155206.The_Romanovs ''The Romanovs: The Final Chapter'']''' (2012) by Robert Massie. Not about 1905-1918, but 1918-1995--- the bones and the pretenders. Gripping suspense, politics, and science.   
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'''8. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155206.The_Romanovs ''The Romanovs: The Final Chapter'']''' (2012) by Robert Massie. About 1918-1995, not 1905-1918--- the bones and the pretenders. Gripping suspense, politics, and science.   
 
   
 
   
'''9. Krogman's [https://www.madbeveragellc.com/blog/third-wave-bourbon-5dh3w-tws29-zrps3-5krpm-n72gg-ttgkj Persimmon whisky'''] and [https://www.corncrackersbourbon.com/ Corncrackers Bourbon].  
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'''9. Krogman's [https://www.madbeveragellc.com/blog/third-wave-bourbon-5dh3w-tws29-zrps3-5krpm-n72gg-ttgkj Persimmon whisky'''] and [https://www.corncrackersbourbon.com/ Corncrackers Bourbon].  
 
   
 
   
'''10. NatCon II,'''   [https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-2-2021/ The National Conservatism Conference] in Orlando.  Amazing from an intellectual viewpoint, friendly, well-organized,  good food, nice people, easy to meet celebrities, Helen liked it too.   
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'''10. NatCon II,''' [https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-2-2021/ The National Conservatism Conference] in Orlando.  Amazing from an intellectual viewpoint, friendly, well-organized,  good food, nice people, easy to meet celebrities, Helen liked it too.   
  
'''11. Hen of the Woods, Boletes, Honey Mushrooms, and Lion's Mane fungus.'''  All good eating, and the first time for us this Fall with its amazing mushrooming.  What a triumph to find the Lion's Mane, which tastes like scallops!
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'''11. Hen of the Woods, Boletes, Honey Mushrooms, and Lion's Mane fungus.'''  Good eating, and the first time for us this Fall with its amazing proliferation.  What a triumph to find Lion's Mane, which tastes like scallops!
  
'''12.   [http://rasmusen.org/special/christmas/2020-articles.htm  The annual article list]''' to try to  turn the ephemeral into the permanent. A list of a dozen good articles discovered this year, with web links. You need to go to  [http://rasmusen.org/special/christmas/2020-articles.htm http://rasmusen.org/special/christmas/2020-articles.htm].
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'''12. [http://rasmusen.org/special/christmas/2020-articles.htm  The annual article list]''' to turn the ephemeral into the permanent. A dozen good articles, with links. See  [https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Best_Articles_2021  https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Best_Articles_2021].
  
Also-rans: Maraschino liqueur.  [https://www.courtlistener.com/   CourtListener.com],  n archive of court data including   opinions, oral arguments, judges, and federal filings. Internet Archive library for free book borrowing.   Rex Stout, The Rubber Band, detective novel with Nero Wolfe.   Hett, historian of Nazi Germany.  MathPix program to convert pdf to Latex.  
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Also-rans: Maraschino liqueur.  [https://www.courtlistener.com/ CourtListener.com],  an archive of court data including opinions and briefs. ''Internet Archive'' library for free book borrowing. Rex Stout, ''The Rubber Band'', a detective novel with Nero Wolfe. Hett, historian of Nazi Germany.  The ''MathPix'' program to convert pdf to Latex.  
 
   
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 04:37, 6 December 2021

Good Things of 2021
(links and images: https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Best2021)

1.Break-action Air Rifles. My Crossman .22 single-shot kills rabbits, is legal to use inside city limits, and isn't as noisy as a "real" rifle.

2. Goofspiel and Spoons. Goofspiel, invented by game theorist Merrill Flood in the 1950s, is simple but profound. You bid for cards, one at a time, using one suit as prizes and the others for currency. https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=The_Goofspiel_Card_Game. Spoons is a hilarious pay-attention card-passing game similar to Pit, good for a large group. https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Spoons-(Card-Game)

3. Plastic kayaks. Only $150 for a one-person kayak. A minivan can carry two inside. For fishing or fun.

4. Death in Paradise (2011-present) and Psych (2006-2014), (skipping season 1), comedy detective mystery TV shows. Intricate plotting, great characters, great acting.

5. The Land of Smiles, a 1929 operetta by Franz Lehar. Video from 1961, and 1930, with Fritz Tauber but a bad Mi. Score in German score and lyrics in English (by Jerry Hadley).

6 .The World Crisis,(1923-1931) Churchill's five-volume World War I history. Much better than his more famous World War II history. Wits said, "Winston has written an enormous book about himself, and called it The World Crisis."

7. Retirement, and Teaching 7th grade math. If you can afford it, you can be just as busy and more productive and happy when retired. 7th grade math is much more satisfying than bus econ. See https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Cedars_Math.

8. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter (2012) by Robert Massie. About 1918-1995, not 1905-1918--- the bones and the pretenders. Gripping suspense, politics, and science.

9. Krogman's Persimmon whisky and Corncrackers Bourbon.

10. NatCon II, The National Conservatism Conference in Orlando. Amazing from an intellectual viewpoint, friendly, well-organized, good food, nice people, easy to meet celebrities, Helen liked it too.

11. Hen of the Woods, Boletes, Honey Mushrooms, and Lion's Mane fungus. Good eating, and the first time for us this Fall with its amazing proliferation. What a triumph to find Lion's Mane, which tastes like scallops!

12. The annual article list to turn the ephemeral into the permanent. A dozen good articles, with links. See https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Best_Articles_2021.

Also-rans: Maraschino liqueur. CourtListener.com, an archive of court data including opinions and briefs. Internet Archive library for free book borrowing. Rex Stout, The Rubber Band, a detective novel with Nero Wolfe. Hett, historian of Nazi Germany. The MathPix program to convert pdf to Latex.