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1. I need to make breakfast, do laundry and possibly go grocery shopping again. (I slept in until around 8:30.) But am procrastinating. It's over cast today -- okay that's an understatement, it's overcast and threatening to rain. No, not Dorian -- that's still way South of us, somewhere just past the Bahamas, apparently it devastated the Bahamas.

2. English Majors Rejoice Employers Want You More Than Business Majors

I shared this on FB. I have a friends locked FB page and not that many people I've friended -- who are mainly made up of Family members, college friends, Fandom friends, and Church Members. I'm starting to regret friending the family members and church people -- should have just kept it to fandom and college friends. At least most of the former co-workers have disappeared. Still have one remaining.
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2. There's a post on FB that the first person to live to the age of 150 years of age has already been born. (Honestly, who wants to live that long? I'm personally hoping to check out around my 80s. Life is frigging painful.) With the response, please let it be Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Uhm, unlikely. She's fighting pancreatic cancer. That has a very low survival rate.
With our luck it will be Trump or Putin or one of the other nasty leaders out there - who are probably energy vampires and unkillable.


3. The Modern Triumph of the Periodic Table of Elements --

( Periodic Tables Meets Economics )

4. Diet Advice Changes Minute By Minute -- How are we Supposed to figure out to eat .

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5. How to Actually Listen to Music

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1. ( got stuff done this weekend )

It wasn't a lot but it was something. I also watched television, read, and played on the internet.

2. Sorry, Keto Fans, You're Probably Not in Ketosis.

I enjoyed this article in a purely Schenfreudian sort of way...I have an obnoxious co-worker who lives by the keto diet. (No, she doesn't have epilespy.)

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3. The Unions are to Blame -- song about Labor Day
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4. How to Take the Perfect Nap

(Mainly because I sort of would like to take one at the moment, instead of making dinner and lunch.)

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1. Watching S3 The Expanse -- 3.7-3.10. And, it's not as good as S2. (S2 arc is 2.7-3.6. Next arc begins on 3.7 and will end most likely with 4.6, unless they end it with 3.13. Since Syfy cancelled it and Amazon picked it up. New season is either in November or December 2019 (this year).

Warning -- if you didn't like Miller, he pops up again as a ghostly hologram in S3, which I sort of knew about ahead of time, because I was reading the books. And had read the teaser for the book this season is based on. It basically stated that they brought Miller's ghost back to help Holden solve a problem.

I'm almost done, three episodes to go. But I don't like it as much as the prior one, and find the plot and characters slightly aggravating. This season has a lot in common with S1 in that regard.

But there are quite a few bright points. I like all the characters for the most part, Holden is more likable. And the themes are interesting. Also David Straighthorn and Thomas Jane are guest stars. Elizabeth Mitchell is full time. But Christiane is terribly missed. Also, I'm definitely hooked on the series now. I care about all the main characters and the series has a definite Ursula Le Quinn Carry-Bag Story Arc vibe to it. It's hard sci-fi with a lot of character development mixed in, and more ensemble with a collaborative feel to it. Not to mention quite different than most of the science fiction on at the moment.

2. All caught up on S1 of The Good Fight, which I found to be more frustrating than enjoyable. The Bernie Maddox Ponzie Scheme plot line is annoying. Apparently this is gone by season 2, which may mean that Season 2 and 3 are better seasons? The story is interesting, when Maia and the Ponzie scheme aren't front and center. I realize this is the writer's attempt to replace the Alicia cheating scandal in The Good Wife, with another victim to power story thread. But...it's not working for me.

I do however adore Eli Gold's daughter apprenticing to be an investigator. That subplot is quite fun. As is, Lucca's arc for the most part. And Diane's. But Maia is dragging it down.