Transporting Cellos and Australian Monster Spiders...

1. Note to self -- the way to lose weight is not by having chocolate drizzled popcorn after dinner. It is by having nothing after dinner.

(Kettle Corn has a chocolate drizzle popcorn that I'm addicted to.)

2. Well, I now know how my brother manages to take his cello from his loft and down his spiral staircase and back up again for lessons two-three times a week. My mother actually asked how he did it. It's not pulleys as we originally thought. No, he straps the case to his back and climbs down the ladder and the stairs with it. Keep in mind that I found the ladder too difficult to climb with nothing on my back. And that his daughter and wife have fallen down the spiral staircase with nothing on theirs.

I think my brother knows magic and hasn't told us.

3. While on the train ride up to Hudson, I sat next to a college student who informed me that he was staying away from Australia due to the monster spiders.

I was like, what spiders? I've been to Australia and do not remember any spiders.Anyone else who has been to or lives in Australia -- seen any monster spiders??
( so, I asked my brother...well, after I found out about the spiders )

Note, there are no pictures in this post for two reasons - 1) it would require looking at photos of spiders, in particular monster spiders, and as a general rule - I don't do that. I do not need those images in my head thank you very much. 2)I can't figure out how to post images to DW in an effective manner.

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1. Carrie Fisher's Last Moments on Earth -- Excerpt from the Carrie Fisher Biography by Sheila Warner

I dare you to read all of that (not just the excerpt post below) and not cry ugly tears, like I just did. Of course, she was among my favs. And responsible to how my views regarding science fiction completely changed at the ripe old age of 12.

( Excerpt )

2.Sort of already knew this, but interesting regardless... Industry Insiders like Jobs, junk food executives, etc don't let their families try or use their products

3. My Psychic Told Me to Date a Psychopath?

My take-away?

We spent an awkward hour going over what I already knew. He was a liar, he was sick, he was dangerous. She told me I needed to move and in the meantime I needed to be careful. That will be $120. Good luck, kid.

She hugged me at the door, but I realized then that I didn’t know her. I looked up to this woman. For years she gave me strength when I had none and guidance when I was lost. I sent her cards and gifts in celebrations of wellness and in times of grief. I let her predict my future. I was angry with her. I blamed her. I thought that if she had told me the right thing I wouldn’t be here right now. I thought she had lost her gift and her heart, but I knew that this was my mess. I gave the responsibility of making important decisions to someone else so I wouldn’t have to. At the end of the day it wasn’t personal, it was just business. She was doing what I paid her to do.

Don't ever give someone else your power in that way. I doesn't end well.

4.This Should be a Wake Up Call for the Entire World - Inside the Hong Kong Protest Movement

( Excerpt )

5. 10 Most Frightening Stories You Will Ever Hear per Jezebel