Retirement Odyssey . . . R+64

E-Mailbag

My LCSBCT * has received a plethora of e-messages ever since I began blogging again, using a shorter format than before. They've shared a representative batch of messages with me, which I shall endeavor to provide cogent yet pedantic answers to. **
* Leckband Cornhusker State Blog Consulting Team
** E-messages have been edited for clarity & length.

• Most Esteemed Blogger, Are you ever going to acknowledge your ignorance about settled science & apologize for your nonsensical views concerning global climate change? NF, St. Petersburg, FL.
• Cornhusker State Blogger: In 1616, the Inquisitorial Commission declared heliocentrism "foolish & absurd." Galileo was forced to recant & spent the rest of his life under house arrest for challenging "settled science." I suppose I'll apologize when & if the NOAA issues a posthumous apology to Galileo. [NOTE:  My source is Wikipedia.]
• To Whom It May Concern, Speaking of apologies, we've read plenty of jabs aimed at Iowanians. Are we ever going to read anything positive about our state? JB & CB, Ventura, IA. P.S. Who uses words like "cogent" & "pedantic?"
• Cornhusker State Blogger: Now that you mention it, this was posted in the Omaha World Herald (11/17/16), "'Suck it up, buttercup' bill planned by Iowan. Law would penalize universities that spend extra resources on post-election counseling." Alas, I do not know if this bill, planned by Republican Bobby Kaufmann, was introduced, nor do I know whether--if introduced--it was adopted.
• O Magnificent Blogger, What words of flattery can you offer the Lone Star State? KH, Wichita Falls, TX.
• Cornhusker State Blogger:  From the Norfolk Daily News (3/7/17), "Beer delivery. A South Texas woman who said she gave up beer for Lent won a case of Budweiser delivered to her home by a team of Clydesdales."
• Dear Sir, To the best of my recollection, you have NEVER posted anything about the District of Columbia, where I happen to be pursuing my higher education. LH, Washington, DC
• Cornhusker State Blogger:  That's fair. Here goes. Also from the NDN (2/13), "Euthanasia drug found in recalled dog food. A pet food company is recalling several lots of dog food because it may be contaminated with a euthanasia drug . . . pentobarbital . . . " To be fair, this was the only article in my voluminous file of clippings that came anywhere close to a link re:  your request. [SEE previous entry re: Iowa.]
• Dear "Uncle," At least I like to think of you as my uncle. Don't you wish you lived in a normal state, like I do? LW, Tallahassee, FL.
• Cornhusker State Blogger:  Here's an interesting retort I clipped from the Lincoln Journal Star (4/18), "Green iguanas a suburban scourge in sunny Florida . . . Perched in trees & scampering down sidewalks, green iguanas have become so common across . . . Florida that many see them not as exotic invaders, but as reptilian squirrel . . . " Did you get that? "Reptilian squirrels." That really cracks me up.
• Most Illustrious Blogger, Some of your readers have such thin skins. Not me! You frequently throw darts at the "Left Coast," & rightfully so, but it's been awhile. What say you? CP, Campbell, CA.
• Cornhusker State Blogger. Also from LJS (4/17), "Neanderthals in California? Maybe so. Study: First-known Americans arrived more than 100,000 years ago . .  " First of all, I don't believe the earth is that old. Secondly, it was at this point that I realized the article was not going to address the likes of Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, and/or Jerry Brown. I immediately lost interest & didn't read the rest of the article.