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My boys are arguing about whether my son should stay on campus for his masters.  He can take it online.  My son who goes to NC State said he's an idiot for not doing it online.  Living on campus, it's gonna be 20k a year. 

My son who was admitted was arguing with him telling him, if he does it online, it's gonna say it was online on his degree.  My engineering son said "no it won't ... it's the same degree."  I chimed in and said, we don't live to far from the university ... so it's not like you couldn't go down there sometimes if something is of interest, but I'd probably take it online too. 

I said it would been nice if you just went to vet school after college ... he said alright Mr. 2.75 college GPA (I skipped a lot of classes and I had a hard major ... I didn't take college seriously, at all ... a lot of times I just showed up to class, if I even did that).  I did well on the LSAT.  I went to a law school that was top 10 for IP law.  It was kind of luck, tho.  I had no idea what I wanted to do going into my last year of college.  My roommate, whose dad was a dr, was going to law school and he said, dude, you should go to law school ... he said with your degree you can be a patent attorney and they make the bucks.  So that's what started it.

My son, likewise, didn't know this is what he wanted to do when he was in undergrad.  So, for him this might be good to have a masters in animal science to help for admissions to vet school.  Vet school isn't gonna be cheap, tho.  So, I think he should take his masters online too.

It's family drama time.  He was complaining to his mom and calling my son a Debbie downer.

Dem justices slap Soros-backed Philly DA with power strip in stunning decision: 'Not reliable'

They produce a lot of nuts.  I can only imagine the devastation the loss was on wildlife of 1/4 trees that produced so much food for various animals.

I don't think anyone knows what chestnuts roasting on an open fire means.

Those who control the food, control the world.

When are they gonna stop messin with the food supply ?

From the Farm on up They CREATE the Food Supply!

American Chestnut:

"Dominant species: Before 1900, ~4 billion American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata) grew across the eastern USA, about 1 in 4 hardwood trees.

Accidental introduction: Around 1904, a fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (chestnut blight) arrived with imported Asian chestnuts.

No natural resistance: Asian chestnuts had co-evolved with the fungus and were resistant. American chestnuts had none.

Fast spread: The fungus spread quickly through airborne spores, rain splash, and insects, infecting trees from New York outward.

Tree death mechanism: The blight girdled trunks, cutting off nutrients and killing mature trees above ground (roots sometimes sprouted shoots that also died).

Speed of destruction: Within 40 years (1904–1940s), nearly all American chestnuts were wiped out.

Ecological impact: The loss of a keystone species hurt wildlife, timber, and rural economies.

Restoration efforts: Breeding, genetic engineering, and biocontrol are ongoing to bring chestnuts back.

👉 Nature is fragile. We often don’t realize how our actions deeply harm ecosystems. Plants, animals, and insects are dying—often because of our ignorance."

I have a few old chestnut stumps on my ranch that still continue to sprout every year and grow about 10 0r so feet high before the blight kills the sprouts.

Whoo hoo, internet is back on!   Still no land line though.

Let's hope and pray this works

Israel and Hezbollah agree to renew their ceasefire, officials say
Fighting in southern Lebanon had postponed Iran-U.S. talks in Switzerland, according to officials.
  Saying U.S. and Qatar helped broker the ceasefire
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/19/israel-and-hezbollah-agree-to-renew-their-ceasefire-officials-say-00968751