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Mar. 1st, 2020 03:43 pm1. This has been an odd winter in NYC. It's either sunny, crisp blue sky, and cold, or overcast, raining and in the fifties. We've had no snow as a result. Okay, not exactly true, we had a dusting, if you want to call it that, way back in November. Hardly worth mentioning. Today it's cold - sunny, pretty outside, the trees seem to be budding (I think they are confused, I know I'm confused), but cold. I know because it's chilly in the apartment. That's due to the wind.
I use this as an excuse to stay in doors and just relax. Away from people for a bit. Away from trains. And to look out a landscape of rooftops, budding trees, and clear blue sky. The rooftops are the triangular ones, of small houses, all set in a row. Deceptively residential in a city-scape, enough to make me forget if for a moment that I live in a city, bustling with noise, culture, and diversity.
2. Prodigal Son - I think, is over for the season. Or had it's season finale.
I watched the final episode "On Demand" because the last twelve minutes appeared to be cut off.
It's not quite as clever as the writers like to think. ( Read more... )
3. Odd Job - What's it Like to be Real Life Disney Princess?
Basically an interview with a former Disney Princess.
( excerpt )
4. Dirty Secret - You Can Only be a Writer if You can Afford it
[I'm guessing it's how you decide to define "writer"?? Most writers I know and respect aren't novelists. But whatever.]
This is the second article in five regarding the UK Guardian's series on the rapidly disappearing American Middle Class. Tagline: "Two in five Americans would have a hard time coming up with $400 dollars in an emergency. In our new biweekly column, Lynn Steger Strong chronicles the disappearance of America’s middle class".
( excerpt )
5. Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for the Sudden Collaspe of the Mayan Empire
The Empire took thousands of years to build and just 100 years to collapse. Apparently it's harder to build empires than collapse them? There's a lesson in there somewhere...
( excerpt )
And here's the lesson...too many people, too little trees...On the news today they showed that since the Coronavirus began in China, the pollution levels in the Ozone have gone down drastically. There's less pollution in the cities or emanating from them. So...
6. Re-Think the Whole Fish Strategy - basically how to prepare and cook fish.
7. Have we murdered the apostrophe?
"Last year, the Apostrophe Protection Society was disbanded, having supposedly failed in its mission."
8. The Difference Between Worry, Stress and Anxiety
All I know is that I appear to suffer from all three, because it's not like there isn't anything going on in the world at the moment to worry about, is there? (sarcasm). Apparently I'm not alone, there's about 40 million people in the US that feel the same way.
Too worried, stressed or anxious to read the whole article?
Here’s the takeaway: Worry happens in your mind, stress happens in your body, and anxiety happens in your mind and your body. In small doses, worry, stress and anxiety can be positive forces in our lives. But research shows that most of us are too worried, too stressed and too anxious. The good news, according to Dr. Marques, is that there are simple (not easy) first steps to help regulate your symptoms: Get enough sleep; eat regular, nutritious meals; and move your body.
Working on the sleep part. The meal part isn't a problem.
9. Bizarre Rich People Secrets I Learned Undercover at the Canyon Ranch Spa
I can't paste an excerpt - it won't let me. But apparently if you eat too many carrots, your palms will turn orange. (By too many, 4 pounds a day. Although why anyone would want to - is beyond me. I'm currently on a celery kick, which is odd, considering up until this year, I despised celery. Although I'm not eating a pound of it - or anywhere close. Can't afford that. I eat about five or six stalks every few days.)
10. The Best & Worst Ways to Spot a Liar?
I use this as an excuse to stay in doors and just relax. Away from people for a bit. Away from trains. And to look out a landscape of rooftops, budding trees, and clear blue sky. The rooftops are the triangular ones, of small houses, all set in a row. Deceptively residential in a city-scape, enough to make me forget if for a moment that I live in a city, bustling with noise, culture, and diversity.
2. Prodigal Son - I think, is over for the season. Or had it's season finale.
I watched the final episode "On Demand" because the last twelve minutes appeared to be cut off.
It's not quite as clever as the writers like to think. ( Read more... )
3. Odd Job - What's it Like to be Real Life Disney Princess?
Basically an interview with a former Disney Princess.
( excerpt )
4. Dirty Secret - You Can Only be a Writer if You can Afford it
[I'm guessing it's how you decide to define "writer"?? Most writers I know and respect aren't novelists. But whatever.]
This is the second article in five regarding the UK Guardian's series on the rapidly disappearing American Middle Class. Tagline: "Two in five Americans would have a hard time coming up with $400 dollars in an emergency. In our new biweekly column, Lynn Steger Strong chronicles the disappearance of America’s middle class".
( excerpt )
5. Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for the Sudden Collaspe of the Mayan Empire
The Empire took thousands of years to build and just 100 years to collapse. Apparently it's harder to build empires than collapse them? There's a lesson in there somewhere...
( excerpt )
And here's the lesson...too many people, too little trees...On the news today they showed that since the Coronavirus began in China, the pollution levels in the Ozone have gone down drastically. There's less pollution in the cities or emanating from them. So...
6. Re-Think the Whole Fish Strategy - basically how to prepare and cook fish.
7. Have we murdered the apostrophe?
"Last year, the Apostrophe Protection Society was disbanded, having supposedly failed in its mission."
8. The Difference Between Worry, Stress and Anxiety
All I know is that I appear to suffer from all three, because it's not like there isn't anything going on in the world at the moment to worry about, is there? (sarcasm). Apparently I'm not alone, there's about 40 million people in the US that feel the same way.
Too worried, stressed or anxious to read the whole article?
Here’s the takeaway: Worry happens in your mind, stress happens in your body, and anxiety happens in your mind and your body. In small doses, worry, stress and anxiety can be positive forces in our lives. But research shows that most of us are too worried, too stressed and too anxious. The good news, according to Dr. Marques, is that there are simple (not easy) first steps to help regulate your symptoms: Get enough sleep; eat regular, nutritious meals; and move your body.
Working on the sleep part. The meal part isn't a problem.
9. Bizarre Rich People Secrets I Learned Undercover at the Canyon Ranch Spa
I can't paste an excerpt - it won't let me. But apparently if you eat too many carrots, your palms will turn orange. (By too many, 4 pounds a day. Although why anyone would want to - is beyond me. I'm currently on a celery kick, which is odd, considering up until this year, I despised celery. Although I'm not eating a pound of it - or anywhere close. Can't afford that. I eat about five or six stalks every few days.)
10. The Best & Worst Ways to Spot a Liar?