A Life in Full

About sixteen million of our fellow citizens served in the armed forces during WWII.  To put that number in perspective, in 1940 the population of the United States was slightly over one hundred thirty two million.  My long division is not so hot, but my now antiquated HP12C which never fails me calculates that 12% (give or take) of our total population wore the uniform and served in our defense.  Of those serving 416,000 died during the course of hostilities.  I’m sure that many others died subsequently as a result of injuries suffered during the war, but I don’t have that number.  In any case, millions lived on after the war.  They married or didn’t, had...

The Perfect Man Food

We’re rapidly approaching the time of year when millions of men (and a few women) will be scorching millions of pounds of good beef and pork on any manner of back yard cookers.  They will use gas grills, $10 Walmart portables, hibachis, home made drums, kettle grills of varied design, dry smokers, wet smokers, fancy gas grills, not so fancy gas grills, charcoal braziers, and even open fires.  They will buy brisket flats, whole briskets, pork loin, pork tenderloin, pork shoulder, pork chops, steak of all sorts,  ground beef, weiners, baby back ribs, country ribs, St. Louis ribs, ham,  chicken cut up forty different ways, and even fish and assorted sea foods.  ...