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Lessee… CBS Sunday Morning, a Boomer hangout, has an interview with Tom Hanks, and an interview with Henry Kissinger. I’ll go with Tom Hanks.

There are people with Parkinson’s who move a lot, uncontrollably, and there are those who become rigid, and unable to move. Stiffies and Shakeys.

Either way it’s a terrible disease, and its idiopathic, meaning the cause is unknown. Mike speculates on the possible triggers for his condition.

You may have read there is a “smell test” for Parkinson’s. There is indeed a distinct odor that develops in Parkinson’s patients, as explained by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/ask-md-does-parkinsons-have-signature-scent

I’m surprised that Evanier hasn’t posted this yet, but he will. Oh, he will.

Follow-up: He did.

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Chocolate isn’t at the top of my list of favorite desserts. I prefer other treats over chocolate, including vanilla ice cream, carrot cake, and key lime pie.

My favorite dessert only happens to have chocolate on top, and it’s a pie that’s actually cake. For me, it’s the pudding that makes Boston cream pie the best.

Follow-up: Uh, oh. I shouldn’t have published this post. Look what’s on sale at the grocery store.

Until today I was totally unaware of 4/20 having any social significance. It’s like May the 4th Be With You, except about marijuana. But you probably already knew that, while I did not.

I assume these two are the patron saints of 420 culture.