WINE

I thought the following excerpt might be helpful for The Sisters to keep in mind, as we look ahead to the Sibling Reunion in Sedona, AZ. The source is Dr. Keith Roach's regular column in the Norfolk Daily News.

"Dear Dr. Roach:  I have read about the benefits of having a glass of wine per day for women, or two gasses for men. Can you please tell me how your health will be affected if you have more? My husband often drinks a bottle of wine a night, & if we go out he will have cocktails as well. Dr. Roach replies:  I wish nobody had ever said that a glass of wine a day is healthy. It my be true, but experts disagree. It is true that people who drink moderately at or below the one or two drinks level you reference, have decreased risk for some conditions compared with nondrinkers. This includes coronary artery disease, the kind of heart disease that leads to heart attacks. But it's not clear that it is the wine that is doing it. It could be that moderate drinkers have other good health behavior responsible for the better outcomes seen. The definitive study, a blinded, randomized, controlled trial, can't be done. Too many people with problem drinking justify their behavior by saying small amounts of alcohol are beneficial."

LLAMAS

"According to a new study, antibodies from llamas may prevent infections from coronavirus. And, of course, now you can't find llamas at Costco." Late Night with Seth Meyers, Entertainment Spotlight, latelaughs, Norfolk Daily News, 9/24

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

Hooray for us! We watched the Star Trek Enterprise series finale last night, beating the deadline by two days. [We were notified that this series would no longer be available on Netflix after 9/30.] We really enjoyed this series. The series finale was even a little bit of a tearjerker, but, sorry, no spoiler alerts today. Now we're resumed watching Deep Space 9.

TRENDING

"DOLLAR TREE to sell more items above $1 as costs rise." Drudge Report

"Americans check their smartphones 96 times a day!" Drudge

"Police warn parents about cannabis candy ahead of Halloween." Drudge

"Wife claims $3.5 trillion spending spree at Target cost $10." Babylon Bee

COVID

"New York Atheists claim religious exemption from vaccine after governor claims that it's from God." Babylon Bee

"Australian hospitals over capacity with people beaten by police for not wearing masks." Ditto

Powerful Verses in the Bible that Support Vaccination  Babylon Bee

"Blessed are the vaccinate, for they shall be on the right side of history."

"Come to me, you who are weary & heavy laden, & I will give you a dose of the Pfizer vaccine."

"Love your neighbor as yourself by getting a vaccine that doesn't protect yourself or others from getting infected."

"Love your enemies . . . unless they are unvaccinated, in which case you must wish for their painful deaths."

Tips for Making Sure Your Kids are Terrified of COVID  Babylon Bee

* Buy a loud alarm & do COVID drills.

* Tell them the COVID monster is hiding in their closet waiting to eat them up if they take off their mask.

"Tell them Elmo died from COVID."

"Tell them they're not going back to school because all their teachers & classmates died from COVID."

"Tell them FL Gov. Ron DeSantis is hiding in their closet."