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photo courtesty of Facebook Group Nuclineers What you see are plates that have bacteria growing on them- that's the white, cloudy stuff all over the plate. You put one colony on the plate that has a media on it that allows it to grow. You wait a day, then put the dots on. Those two white dots with writing on them are antibiotic discs. I can't read the writing on it, but they are probably two of your more common antibiotics like cephalexen and ampicillin. See the clear halo around  the two on the left from 2009? That means that the antibiotics in the disc have killed all the bacteria around the disc. The bigger the halo, the more effective that antibiotic is to the bacteria. Now look at the one on the right dated 2019. Same bacteria. Same antibiotics at the same dosage. There is no halo around the left and on the right one, barely a halo. That's called,"Antibiotic Resistance" a once-potent antibiotic is now freaking useless to that bacteria. How doe...

-- BTW: Dave decided we needed to watch Bird Box.  I thought it was stupid and FULL of plot holes.  But on to something more fun: Amazon Giveaways I bet you didn't know they even HAD them, right??? Amazon has giveaways. Sellers on Amazon voluntarily put up a number of their product, select the method of choosing the winner and voila! you can win stuff. Here's how: Go to Amazon.com and in the top field, type in Giveaways like so: Then hit enter.  You must first be signed in to Amazon for this to work the best. I have Amazon Prime and it's always on because we stream stuff from the Prime video. When you hit enter, you will be sent to the first of what usually is 100 pages + of giveaways. It looks like this: So you see the first 4 offers right here: An eye massager, a hand massager, orthotic soles for your shoes and a knife set.  If you could scroll down on that screen, you'd see there is 20 offers per page. Now what I do, is select the o...

So this is not the first time that Netflix has claimed to have zillions of viewers on some movie or television show that they have produced.  It's not surprising but I'll tell you their secret: It's the placement of their movie online that do it. Right there is a screenshot of what comes up when I open Netflix with my computer.  The same comes up when I open the Netflix app on my TV.  We have what is called a TV box, which is a small computer that works like a cell phone; you add apps and open the apps to watch Netflix, Sling, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube, etc.  So there it is, a HUGE ad for the next Taylor Swift thing.  So I'm not into Taylor Swift, and I try to scroll down to see what is available that I DO like. But with just a TV remote, it's not that easy. You hit the arrow down on the remote and it will skip from the top of the screen to the 'Play" part. Hit arrow down again, you'll highlight the "My List" and down and down it goes ...

            I was at a party earlier this week having a discussion with a friend when his spouse spoke up.  She feels that I should let go of the regret and pain caused by a family member and ‘forgive’ him.  I’m sure she meant well, but whether or not I’ve forgiven that man for the pain he’s caused me and my immediate family is none of her business, nor is it any of HIS business as well.  My forgiveness, or lack thereof, is only between God and I. And I think this is where most people – even Christians- get it wrong.   They believe that #1: you should personally tell that person that you forgive them.   No, you don’t.   Forgiveness is between you and God.   And whether or not you forgive someone should not be made public.   Imagine if you did bad all your life but others would constantly say, “I forgive you”   The majority of people would just go on doing the damage they’ve been doing all alon...

 There are days when life is just annoying. When all you want to do is sit in your favorite chair, or snuggle into bed and just chill.  Or when you are putting up with other people's crap too much. There is a need to get away from the seriousness, or just get away from the reality of lives. Memes help. I've been stashing memes for a few years now. And I remember one unfortunate time when I was awaiting my Graduation ceremony from Tech School, staring at a friend request on Facebook from a Professor that I really didn't want. Who wants to be friends with the person that ruined what was supposed to be the best part of your experience in your program? Yeah, I'd rather just drill holes in my forehead.  I sat at the nearest restaurant - Culvers, by the way, a local treasure here in Wisconsin -grabbing a quick bite before graduation, staring at that stupid friend request.  At that moment, it was too much stress for me to deal with. So I flipped to a Facebook grou...

Photographs are also helpful with reviews.   When I started thinking that I wanted to become a top reviewer on Amazon, my ranking was like #95,460 and my goal was to be below 90,000 by the end of the year. That's because I did not know how long it would take, nor what kind of competition there is for such a thing. I write honest reviews, try to give the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of all items, whether they are a cool pair of ear buds or a mundane item like a loofah scrubber. Reviews, and GOOD reviews are helpful to other customers. To write a good review, you have to set aside your personal bias for or against an item. That comes easier with the items I've won, mostly because they are so random. I take a look at the item, at it's advertisement first. Then I look the item over and see if those aspects DO sell the item. If they don't, that is written in the review. If they do, I say how much that aspect helps me in my life. For instance:...