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1. So, apparently the Earth narrowly missed being hit by a giant asteroid, bit enough to take out a city.. which scientists didn't really think too much about or notice, and kind of snuck up on them. The Asteroid That Snuck Up on US and scientists almost didn't detect it in time



Alan Duffy was confused. On Thursday, the astronomer’s phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn’t figure out “why everyone was so alarmed.”

“I thought everyone was getting worried about something we knew was coming,” Duffy, who is lead scientist at the Royal Institution of Australia, told The Washington Post. Forecasts had already predicted that a couple of asteroids would be passing relatively close to Earth this week.

Then, he looked up the details of the hunk of space rock named Asteroid 2019 OK.

“I was stunned,” he said. “This was a true shock.”

This asteroid wasn’t one that scientists had been tracking, and it had seemingly appeared from “out of nowhere,” Michael Brown, a Melbourne-based observational astronomer, told The Washington Post. According to data from NASA, the craggy rock was large, an estimated 57 to 130 meters wide (187 to 427 feet), and moving fast along a path that brought it within about 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles) of Earth. That’s less than one-fifth of the distance to the moon and what Duffy considers “uncomfortably close.”

“It snuck up on us pretty quickly,” said Brown, an associate professor in Australia with Monash University’s School of Physics and Astronomy. He later noted, “People are only sort of realizing what happened pretty much after it’s already flung past us.”

2. Deepak Chopra on the Surprising Benefits of Journaling for 15 minutes a day and 7 Prompts to Get You Started.

I sort of already do this. Prior to the internet I was doing it paper journals. I had over 30 of the things, stored in a box, in my parents closet. I gave them permission three years ago to throw the things out. I had no interest in reading them and didn't want anyone else to.

And I'm certainly doing it with the DW blog. It's replaced the journals, just not as private. (Although I can privatize the posts if I so desire.)

Is it beneficial like he's stating? Eh. I don't know. Maybe. Do you think it's helping you?
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My difficulty with these articles by well-meaning self-help gurus is well...they act like there's a specific way you should be journaling or a right or wrong way. That there are rules and guidelines. And there really aren't any. And whenever I try to do it their way -- it doesn't work for me, and I get annoyed.

That said, I might do the #7 prompt, I liked that one.

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3. Rutger Hauer's Performance in Blade Runner still a haunting achievement decades later

The below does a good job of explaining why I loved Hauer as an actor. And why Blade Runner continues to be among my favorite sci-fi films of all time. And why I had no interest in the sequel. Sorry Ryan Gosling, you are no Rutger Hauer.

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4. Struggling with dietary issues. ( Read more... )

5. Trying to talk myself into going to my church this morning and maybe a movie. But, alas, I'm feeling incredibly lazy with stomach issues, and don't want to go anywhere. Beautiful day -- not a cloud in the sky.

Maybe I'll take a walk around the park or Greenwood Cemetery later.

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1. I got lazy and decided to just stay in, watch tv, and nap. Snoozed in my arm chair for two hours. Very nice snooze. Not been sleeping well, so needed the nap.

Also, I've been involved with lots of people lately, so needed a break. Vacation was a wee bit more people intensive than I'm used to.

2. Started reading Jason Aaron's The Mighty Thor -- which, uhm, the bits about breast cancer are well done. The bits about Thor are cheesy. (I've never been a Thor fan...I think studying mythology may be what put me off of Thor. Don't know.)

Can't seem to find the issue where Jane Foster is diagnosed with breast cancer and takes up the mantle of Thor. Did they write it? Is it hidden in one of the huge volumes?

This is the problem with long-running serials or comics, it is impossible to find story threads that you want to read without having to plow through a bunch of crap you don't.

The book I'm reading now -- I borrowed from comixcology. It's sort of like Kindle Unlimited. OR Audible. In which you can get a lot of free books. Half of Saga - I read for free. And various back issues of the X-men. Also have Nimona for free.

3. Also still watching The Good Fight on CBS. It's good satire, my only problem with it is the satire is a bit too realistic for my taste. Biting political satire works better when we aren't living in bizarro world.

This brings up another point...I was discussing with MD over vacation. She said the problem was that we can't have respectful and intelligent political discussions any longer. (I'm not certain we ever really did. But they were a bit easier prior to 2016.)

I informed her that I've tried to have these discussions but you just can't when the other side's mind is made up. Also I've tried to have enough of them that I actually understand and know why people voted for the Doofus. But the thing of it is? I don't respect them for doing it. I don't respect their reasons for doing it. And I don't respect their political stance or opinion on the matter. And they don't respect mine.

And to have a civil discussion about politics -- you have to respect each other's opinion and point of view. If you don't? You can't have that discussion.

This is true about everything really. If you don't respect or can't visualize where the other person is coming from -- and think they have insane troll logic, this will come out in your discussion regardless of the topic at hand. It can even be about the color of paint...

So, I veer away from them.

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1. Character deaths in soaps and comics..
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2. Ten Things I'd say yes too...

Hmmm, right now I don't feel like saying yes to much of anything. I can however think of several things I'd say no to.

I am admittedly moody. So this attitude is bound to change at some point.

3. Back to work tomorrow. I want another day. I'm barely making headway in finishing my novel. Beginning to think I should stop -- but the characters keep talking to me, so no.

Also want more sleep and more time to be lazy.

Don't we all.

It's at least really quiet at the moment. One of the many things I love about this apartment is how quiet it usually is. I don't hear traffic. Or really much of anything outside of my air purifyers and own appliances. It's quieter than most houses I've been in. I found my friend's house very creaky and noisy.

ETA: Just realized today was the scheduled beach day/party by the woman from my church. Eh, no. I couldn't have done it. I really needed a day to just chill and be away from people. Also it was hot today -- in the upper 80s and low 90s. And humid.
Not much of a beach person to begin with. I love walking them. Hanging out on them - on a towel, in a bathing suit, with lots of people -- not my thing. Sand. I don't like sand. It gets in everything.

4. Finished the first six or so episodes of "The Good Fight" S1, so all caught up now. ( Read more... )

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