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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • When I lived in Phoenix, dehydration really was an hour by hour issue. Aside from people spending long periods of time in extreme conditions, you are correct though. If you spend your days in an air conditioned home or office, 8 glasses a day is probably excessive. If you are going to drink that much, make sure you are replenishing your electrolytes too. A typical highly processed American diet is probably sufficient though.







  • Mostly, the “laudable goals” language is to shut down the think of the children argument because everyone knows this isn’t really about that.

    If they started off denigrating the bill without acknowledging the stated intent, you end up with the nonsense of my favorite radio commercial of the moment. I don’t even remember what it’s for but the following exchange cracks me up.

    A: Think of the children.

    B: The children aren’t what’s important right now.

    A: Fine. Forget the children.

    B: No. That’s worse.

    ….