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Jan. 16th, 2020 09:03 pm1. Oh dear, it's only January, and already the political environment couldn't be more toxic.
Shout out though to my elected reps who are doing a great job - Jerry Nadler (who I keep voting for), Hakeem, and Chuck Schumer. Go team. [Yes, the Impeachment Trial starts next week...this is going to be painful, no matter which side of the divide you are on. But I knew it was going to happen the day after the election. It was just a matter of when and how. I do not know the result.]
The whole thing gives me a headache. So, I try to stay away from it. With mixed success. So say we all, right?
Anyhow, the Washington Post has a quiz to show which of the current candidates agree with you the most.
No surprises for me. It's pretty much as I expected.
Bloomberg, Warren, Steyer, Klobavech agree with me the most. Gabbard and Saunders - the least. Bloomberg is surprisingly close to Warren in his views.
[ETA: It's probably worth noting that I changed my political affiliation back to Democrat so that I could vote AGAINST Bernie Saunders and Biden in the primaries. Was discussing with Tonya at work.
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2. How one librarian tried to squash Goodnight, Moon
3.
( excerpt )
This is true. I've started meditating, not to think about things, but to NOT think about anything. To quiet my brain. I don't need to analyze or ponder my life, I do that too much already. I will never be accused of thinking too little or not enough, if anything I think too much or overthink. I have an over-active brain or busy brain.
Headspace and mindfulness meditation and sometimes yoga are the only ways I've found to quiet it. And as a result of this -- I sleep better. I'm less compulsive. Less prone to angry outbursts. And not bothered by things as much. It's helped quiet the nervous energy -- that had bubbled out of control due to perimenopause -- which is pure hell. I've been suffering from perimenopause since I was 35. I think I've finally managed to figure out how to cope with it. It only took fifteen years. Just in time for menopause -- which will hopefully start this year. Yes, I'm looking forward to menopause. That's how shitty perimenopause truly is.
4. The British Once Built a 1, 100 mile hedge through the middle of India?
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Shout out though to my elected reps who are doing a great job - Jerry Nadler (who I keep voting for), Hakeem, and Chuck Schumer. Go team. [Yes, the Impeachment Trial starts next week...this is going to be painful, no matter which side of the divide you are on. But I knew it was going to happen the day after the election. It was just a matter of when and how. I do not know the result.]
The whole thing gives me a headache. So, I try to stay away from it. With mixed success. So say we all, right?
Anyhow, the Washington Post has a quiz to show which of the current candidates agree with you the most.
No surprises for me. It's pretty much as I expected.
Bloomberg, Warren, Steyer, Klobavech agree with me the most. Gabbard and Saunders - the least. Bloomberg is surprisingly close to Warren in his views.
[ETA: It's probably worth noting that I changed my political affiliation back to Democrat so that I could vote AGAINST Bernie Saunders and Biden in the primaries. Was discussing with Tonya at work.
( Read more... )]
2. How one librarian tried to squash Goodnight, Moon
3.
( excerpt )
This is true. I've started meditating, not to think about things, but to NOT think about anything. To quiet my brain. I don't need to analyze or ponder my life, I do that too much already. I will never be accused of thinking too little or not enough, if anything I think too much or overthink. I have an over-active brain or busy brain.
Headspace and mindfulness meditation and sometimes yoga are the only ways I've found to quiet it. And as a result of this -- I sleep better. I'm less compulsive. Less prone to angry outbursts. And not bothered by things as much. It's helped quiet the nervous energy -- that had bubbled out of control due to perimenopause -- which is pure hell. I've been suffering from perimenopause since I was 35. I think I've finally managed to figure out how to cope with it. It only took fifteen years. Just in time for menopause -- which will hopefully start this year. Yes, I'm looking forward to menopause. That's how shitty perimenopause truly is.
4. The British Once Built a 1, 100 mile hedge through the middle of India?
( Read more... )