Picks of the Week — 3/9/17
Dusty Canyon
Rigors of the road can be disorienting for Lakers players
You think you have a hard schedule? Do you forget what day it is? Well guess again, because you probably have it pretty easy.
All athletes face a certain rigor in traveling. But NBA players in particular have several games in a weekly and no consistency in the schedule. The LA Times takes a dive into the world of professional athletes.
Favorite quote:
“Friday?” Young said, guessing what day it was as he looked toward World Peace.
“Wednesday?” World Peace countered, looking just as perplexed.
It was Thursday.
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Morgan Silver
National Center for Home Food Preservation
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of pickling, as Americans we take our independence seriously. You are entitled to public resources to enable you to Can, Freeze, Dry, Smoke, Cure, Ferment, Pickle, Jam, Jelly, and generally Store.
From smoking fish, to pickling eggs, to with or without pectin techniques, several hundred pages of PDFs await you in this densely packed resource cross-referenced with the USDA. Planning your first landing alien landing to the vast and barren reaches of Montana?- no problem, there are extension sites per state so you can find out how to dry vegetables in a geographically local manner and prevent suspicion.
Favorite Quote:
Should giblets of chicken be canned in the same jar with chicken?
No. Their flavor may permeate other pieces of chicken in the jar.
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Kay McKinley
All the President’s Yachts: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of FDR’s Floating White House
The President has a plane, a helicopter, a house, and a car…among other things. But what’s one thing he doesn’t have? A Yacht.
However, that wasn’t always the case. This is the story of the USS Potomac, FDR’s getaway while in office. This Coast Guard Cutter’s interesting history involves presidents, secret elevators, Martinis, Elvis, and actually sinking.
Favorite Quote:
“An elevator was built into what had been the rear smokestack,” Dropkin says. “It’s an electric elevator now, but when the president used it, it was literally just a platform roped to a pulley. He would pull himself up, or let himself down, arm over arm. Roosevelt was very strong, and always wanted to do things for himself.”
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