War! What is it Good For?
Ask Edwin Star
The Benefits of Being Centered?
So yesterday someone accused me of being a peace extremist...okay do you think someone who titles a blog and podcast seeking peace and joy is going to get riled up about being handed that label? Well actually I did get a little upset and instead of screaming out I have decided to use today’s blog to counter the extreme by talking about the center. Oh not the political center. Oh not the economic center. Oh not the religious center. We’re not even going with Bell Russell, Wilt Chamerlain, or Shaquille
No we’re going for a smile instead of hate and going right for the ore. What then is the thing that creates a smile at the center? Well of course...
It’s the chocolate at the center of the tootsie pop (you know the 1930 modification to the roll——the tootsie roll.
This week marks the birth of the tootsie roll and since 1896 (although some places say it was 1899) it’s inventor Leo Hirschfield started rocking the world for Stirns and Saalberg.
Over time the tootsie roll has found itself. In some crazy places. Oh sure this 2 inch treat made it’s way. Into candy stores and general store displays, yet that’s just a start. It, along with m&Ms has gone to war. The TR has found its way into engineering labs at major universities where budding young academics have constructed elaborate licking machines specially designed to address the critical question of. “How many licks does it take to get. To the center of a tootsie pop (with or without. The Indian shooting an arrow near.a star). The two major universities that built the most sophisticated and best functioning licking machines were at Purdue University and the University of Michigan. According to the Boilermaker brains it takes 364 licks and according to the Michigan mouth machine makers it takes about 413. My own research indicates it takes only about 213 to 227 depending upon mouth moisture levels. And speaking of numbers...Data indicate that the standard tootsie is a bit over 2.2 inches long. Now there are smaller “fun sized”. And jumbo versions. Manufacturing sources estimate that each day sees the birth of 64,000 thousand delightful treats and placed end to end that’s just a hair over two and a quarter miles every day
Now here’s some other wisdom to be found in tootsie...
they didn’t avoid changing and trying to honor diverse tastes. The newest is mango, however, there are raspberry blueberry, root beer, and watermellon flavors just to name a few. My personal favorite tootsie pop/roll combo is likely grape with chocolate, however I’m not turning down red or orange—let’s face it I’m not turning down any.
So what’s this have to do with seeking peace and joy?
You can be at the center just like the tootsie roll and still be loved by them masses and fulfill your purpose. You can change with the times and try new flavors for a while. Other people can have other preferences and it doesn’t.need to upset you because there is plenty in our culture to go around. In short you can love the center and explore many different ways to do that.
Finally.... does anyone wonder how much taxpayer money went into building. These. Lickers and where they are nw? To quote the wise owl.... “three.” Or as the voice over guy offers, “the world may never know.”
War! What is it Good For?
Ask Edwin Star
The Benefits of Being Centered?
So yesterday someone accused me of being a peace extremist...okay do you think someone who titles a blog and podcast seeking peace and joy is going to get riled up about being handed that label? Well actually I did get a little upset and instead of screaming out I have decided to use today’s blog to counter the extreme by talking about the center. Oh not the political center. Oh not the economic center. Oh not the religious center. We’re not even going with Bell Russell, Wilt Chamerlain, or Shaquille
No we’re going for a smile instead of hate and going right for the ore. What then is the thing that creates a smile at the center? Well of course...
It’s the chocolate at the center of the tootsie pop—the tootsie roll.
This week marks the birth of the tootsie roll and since 1896 (although some places say it was 1899) it’s inventor Leo Hirschfield started rocking the world for Stirns and Saalberg.
Over time the tootsie roll has found itself. In some crazy places. Oh sure this 2 inch treat made it’s way. Into candy stores and general store displays, yet that’s just a start. It, along with m&Ms has gone to war. The TR has found its way into engineering labs at major universities where budding young academics have constructed elaborate licking machines specially designed to address the critical question of. “How many licks does it take to get. To the center of a tootsie pop (with or without. The Indian shooting an arrow near.a star). The two major universities that built the most sophisticated and best functioning licking machines were at Purdue University and the University of Michigan. According to the Boilermaker brains it takes 364 licks and according to the Michigan mouth machine makers it takes about 413. My own research indicates it takes only about 213 to 227 depending upon mouth moisture levels. And speaking of numbers...Data indicate that the standard tootsie is a bit over 2.2 inches long. Now there are smaller “fun sized”. And jumbo versions. Manufacturing sources estimate that each day sees the birth of 64,000 thousand delightful treats and placed end to end that’s just a hair over two and a quarter miles every day
Now here’s some other wisdom to be found in tootsie...
they didn’t avoid changing and trying to honor diverse tastes. The newest is mango, however, there are raspberry blueberry, root beer, and watermellon flavors just to name a few. My personal favorite tootsie pop/roll combo is likely grape with chocolate, however I’m not turning down red or orange—let’s face it I’m not turning down any.
So what’s this have to do with seeking peace and joy?
You can be at the center just like the tootsie roll and still be loved by them masses and fulfill your purpose. You can change with the times and try new flavors for a while. Other people can have other preferences and it doesn’t.need to upset you because there is plenty in our culture to go around. In short you can love the center and explore many different ways to do that.
Finally.... does anyone wonder how much taxpayer money went into building. These. Lickers and where they are nw? To quote the wise owl.... “three.” Or as the voice over guy offers, “the world may never know.”
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