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Oct. 11th, 2019 09:24 pm1. Jane Fonda at the age of 81 got arrested for protesting regarding climate change -- she's moved to DC to help with the protests
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Why they arrested her, I've no clue. The article isn't clear.
2. Why Don't More Men Take Their Wives Last Names
Hmmm. Well I have a rule, if I got married -- I pick my own last name unless I like yours better. That's what my mother did -- for her, it wasn't a contest. My father had a better last name. But then my family is not exactly traditional. My last name actually originated as the maternal last name. We traced it all the way back to 1600 Wales, and the woman had a kid, and for some reason or other chose not to give her son either his father's last name or her husband's last name, he got her last name.
So my last name was passed down from mother to son.
In short, if I married some guy with the last of Laposkey or Debowshitz or Johnson or Jones or Smith or Cruise or Showalter. I'd keep my last name. He's out of luck. Sorry.
My sister-in-law had the same opinion. She kept her's. But she gave her daughter her father's name -- mainly because she was annoyed with her family.
We're stubborn in my family. Convention be dammed. Also we don't give a shit what other people think. What can I say? Not a lemming in the bunch.
3. The Very Modern Life of An Old Timey Baseball Organist
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4. Good News These Exo Planets Probably Have Water Bad News Ahhhh So Much Water?
So, I'm guessing they are covered with nothing but water, which means not exactly inhabitable?
( excerpt )
Yep. Too much water. Oh well. That does not necessarily mean nothing is alive on them though...And what's really interesting? The construction of the planet defies what they know to date about planetary construction or how worlds are formed. It also defies their understanding of the relationship between rock and water and they interact.
If you are a space or science nerd this is worth a read. From Popular Science.
5. I've been here 50 Years -- The EU Citizens Struggling for the Right to Stay in Britain
This is just painful and blood-pressure inducing. So I thought I'd share. Why should I be alone, after all? Also it's painfully reassuring in a way to realize that the UK is just as nasty as the US at the moment. Albeit not surprising if you think about it. Note, I couldn't make it through the article and only reproduced the portion I did make it through.
( excerpt - read at your own risk, don't say you weren't warned )
6. Books are Good for Your Brain, These Techniques Will Help You Read More
Good to know, and somewhat validating since 75% of my time is spent reading and writing. That said, I don't really need any help with this, I read constantly..on the subway, waiting for the subway, on the train, before bed, during lunch...I'm a read-a-holic -- but in case anyone else needs help with it (doubtful most of my flist are read-a-holics too, and some of you read even more books than I do)..
( excerpt )
7. Origins of 25 Monsters, Ghosts, and Other Spooky Things
The most unnerving is the poltergeist, a ghost that haunts a person other than a place. It originates from Scottish folklore.
8. The Witness
This is the story of a woman who witnessed the executions of over 278 death row inmates as part of her job. It was her job to witness them. (And you thought your job was bad...also just in case, you still need help being convinced that the death penalty is a very very bad idea.)
"For more than a decade, it was Michelle Lyons’s job to observe the final moments of death row inmates—but watching 278 executions did not come without a cost.
Texas Monthly |by Pamela Colloff "
( excerpt )
( Read more... )
Why they arrested her, I've no clue. The article isn't clear.
2. Why Don't More Men Take Their Wives Last Names
Hmmm. Well I have a rule, if I got married -- I pick my own last name unless I like yours better. That's what my mother did -- for her, it wasn't a contest. My father had a better last name. But then my family is not exactly traditional. My last name actually originated as the maternal last name. We traced it all the way back to 1600 Wales, and the woman had a kid, and for some reason or other chose not to give her son either his father's last name or her husband's last name, he got her last name.
So my last name was passed down from mother to son.
In short, if I married some guy with the last of Laposkey or Debowshitz or Johnson or Jones or Smith or Cruise or Showalter. I'd keep my last name. He's out of luck. Sorry.
My sister-in-law had the same opinion. She kept her's. But she gave her daughter her father's name -- mainly because she was annoyed with her family.
We're stubborn in my family. Convention be dammed. Also we don't give a shit what other people think. What can I say? Not a lemming in the bunch.
3. The Very Modern Life of An Old Timey Baseball Organist
( excerpt )
4. Good News These Exo Planets Probably Have Water Bad News Ahhhh So Much Water?
So, I'm guessing they are covered with nothing but water, which means not exactly inhabitable?
( excerpt )
Yep. Too much water. Oh well. That does not necessarily mean nothing is alive on them though...And what's really interesting? The construction of the planet defies what they know to date about planetary construction or how worlds are formed. It also defies their understanding of the relationship between rock and water and they interact.
If you are a space or science nerd this is worth a read. From Popular Science.
5. I've been here 50 Years -- The EU Citizens Struggling for the Right to Stay in Britain
This is just painful and blood-pressure inducing. So I thought I'd share. Why should I be alone, after all? Also it's painfully reassuring in a way to realize that the UK is just as nasty as the US at the moment. Albeit not surprising if you think about it. Note, I couldn't make it through the article and only reproduced the portion I did make it through.
( excerpt - read at your own risk, don't say you weren't warned )
6. Books are Good for Your Brain, These Techniques Will Help You Read More
Good to know, and somewhat validating since 75% of my time is spent reading and writing. That said, I don't really need any help with this, I read constantly..on the subway, waiting for the subway, on the train, before bed, during lunch...I'm a read-a-holic -- but in case anyone else needs help with it (doubtful most of my flist are read-a-holics too, and some of you read even more books than I do)..
( excerpt )
7. Origins of 25 Monsters, Ghosts, and Other Spooky Things
The most unnerving is the poltergeist, a ghost that haunts a person other than a place. It originates from Scottish folklore.
8. The Witness
This is the story of a woman who witnessed the executions of over 278 death row inmates as part of her job. It was her job to witness them. (And you thought your job was bad...also just in case, you still need help being convinced that the death penalty is a very very bad idea.)
"For more than a decade, it was Michelle Lyons’s job to observe the final moments of death row inmates—but watching 278 executions did not come without a cost.
Texas Monthly |by Pamela Colloff "
( excerpt )