Eh...lots of interesting stuff or not....

1. Cutting Edge Brain Surgery for Essential Tremor

[I was diagnosed with essential tremor in 2002, and use medication to keep mine in check. It's not severe, and my neurologist prescribes the mediation instead. My mother and brother have versions of it as well. Mine is by far the most noticeable, my brother's isn't that noticeable at all. Stress, anxiety, anger, lack of sleep, low blood sugar (not eating), overexertion - all elevate it. Alcohol and nicotine decrease it. I don't smoke, and drinking isn't the best option. Also CBD decreases it. When I get really upset or really angry -- my right hand shakes so badly that I can't type. But it is nowhere near as bad as the man in this article.]

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2. 20 Slang Terms From World War I - some of which are still in effect

3. Stop Obsessing Over Sleep - Your Brain Will Thank You

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[It's odd, but I have no interest in immortality. Also, I did start sleeping better when I stopped stressing over it and just let it be.]

4. Does Who You Are at 7 Determine Who You are at 63? -- an article describing in detail, Britain's ground-breaking "7 UP Series".

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AND another excerpt..

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5. Interview with Jamie Lee Curtis in New York Magazine -- talks about Knives Out

6. Thanksgiving

Coworker: Did you enjoy the holiday.
Me: Yes.
Coworker: What did you do?
Me: I watched movies, tv, wrote, drank chicken soup, ate apple pie and baked apples, took a couple of short walks, and slept...which I completely enjoyed.
Coworker: Uh...no family? Or thanksgiving feast?
Me: No, family lives too far away, and I can't eat half of it anyhow.
Coworker: Oh that's sad.
Me: Not really. I enjoyed the rest, and I got over a bad chest cold. It was relaxing not to have to go anywhere for a few days, just wander about my own hood, and rest.

I have a people intensive job, with an hour and a half commute each way on subway and train. I love having four days just to myself. No travel. No making conversation. Just being. (Although I did talk to Wales and my mother, also corresponded on FB fanboard, and on DW journal. So not completely people free.)

Weird, I know, but there it is.

7. The Crown

I'm enjoying Season 3 more than expected. The second and third episodes blew me away in their quiet yet detailed portraits of various members of the Royal Family. I cried through a good portion of Aberfan, which reminded me a little of my father's mother -- who much like Queen Elizabeth couldn't cry. I remember being upset with her once as a little girl for not crying when her cat of 20 years had died. My grandmother told me of how she'd watched her mother die at the age of 7 (the age I was at that time) and after that she rarely cried. She'd been taught not to.
And said, just because someone doesn't express emotion through tears or the way you do -- doesn't mean they don't feel anything. They just are private about it.

I never forgot it. My father rarely cries. He does but rarely. Nor does my brother - although I'm admittedly not around him enough now to know. He did cry as a child.
My mother and I, on the other hand, have been known to cry during commercials.

8. The Irishman -- haven't seen it yet. But my parents did, they had mixed feelings. My mother felt it was too long and overrated. Which was Chidi (film buff co-worker who looks like Chidi from The Good Place) reaction as well. He told me that the film feels the need to go into detail about everyone's lives from beginning to end, my mother agreed. On NY1 they said it was the hot ticket this weekend, and historic in that it leap frogged from the movie theaters to Netflix streaming in less than a month. One person saw it, while the other guy watched The Crown. The one who watched and loved the Irishman, couldn't get into the Crown and vice versa.

Everyone agrees that it is too long and needed a good editor.

I suppose I should see it, since people keep asking me if I have yet. I may split it into two parts. Martin Scorsese sort requires me to be in the right mood. And I haven't been lately. His films tend to be very male dominated, he's not really fond of writing female roles for some reason -- although he has done a few films that had strong female roles within them.

I'm actually more curious about "Marriage Story" -- but then I'm more into relationship drama at the moment than historical drama or crime drama.

Chidi and I both want to see "Knives Out" -- I may try to see it next weekend. Not sure yet. (Not with Chidi, I see enough of Chidi at work.)