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World Beard Day: Beards -- yay or nay?

Depends? Some people look really good with beards, others really don't. It's kind of similar to shaved heads. And mustachios. Also for that matter short and long hair. It depends.

For example? Ian McKellan looks good with a beard, but Patrick Stewart doesn't. Pierce Bronsan can carry off a beard, but not Harrison Ford.
Mark Hamil can, but not Harrison Ford. So too can Ben Afleck but not Ryan Goslin or Matt Damon.

So see? Depends.


Mouthguard Day: Have you ever had to wear a mouthguard, either because you practised a certain sport, or as protection because you tend to grind your teeth at night, or for some other reason?

Yes, I had one for grinding teeth for a while, but gave up on wearing it - on account of it making me feel like I was chocking. Also I couldn't sleep.
Too much saliva. Also it doesn't really help anyhow.

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Killers of the Flower Moon star criticizes the Yellowstone Depiction of the American West as Delusional

This article is interesting to me for this reason, only:

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So that's actually good news, that they rewrote the script to make it less of a White Savior story. The book isn't that - it comes thisclose, but it really was the Osage who fought for Justice and paid a lot of money to the Feds for it. I do, however think the writer in the book spent far too much time celebrating Tom White, and himself and their investigations, over Molly Burkhart's quest for justice.

I agree with her about Yellowstone. I'm not sure Taylor Sheridan understands the Native American perspective, and he's not very collaborative - that's part of the reason the current cast wants out to pursue other things.

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Met three new people at work. Or three new people joined my department.
It's workable, I think. Managers appear to have learned from their previous mistakes. They actually hired people who want to work in Jamaica and not in Manhattan, and live on Long Island. I kind of checked them out - to get a lay of the land.

It's devilishly hot today - yet overall it's been a relatively mild summer considering. Today, it reach 94 degrees, but considering it was in the 70s on Saturday and most of last week - it's kind of hard to complain too much about it.

I finally arranged a dermatologist appointment via Zoo Doc, but they did require way too much information to be uploaded online. Including insurance card and id, both made me nervous. (although it says it is protected). Got one for a Saturday, believe it or not.

Next up is Dentist and Mammogram.

Also started Kingfisher's "The Hollow Places". Reading her books reminds me of a complain my father made once about most novelists - they tend to write what they know, and they don't know that much. These people always have the same occupations: graphic artist, editor, writer, novelist, journalist, artist, actor, singer...but nothing business related. You don't run into accountant's, consultant's, legal professionals (well sometimes - a lot of lawyers write books), project managers, engineers, etc. My father wrote books about consultants and business men as the protagonists - because he couldn't find them. He wrote like I do - about things I can't find in books.

Kingfisher's characters appear to be in the art or literary world. And always in small rural towns. (Which is a nice change of pace actually.)
She also appears to like to write in first person close. And does a good job of it. I like her writing style - it's quirky and slyly funny, with a kind of dry absurdist wit or snark.

For my own book/novel - I'm wondering if the reader will buy a heroine who starts out as a surgeon, flunks her residency, ends up enlisting as a trauma surgeon, but is really spending all of her time defusing bombs. And is a crack auto mechanic. That's not a Mary Sue, is it? Doesn't feel like one.

"X-men" comics is also delving into horror and speculative science fiction, along with body horror that would give Croenenberg a run for his money.
It's decidedly adult. I wouldn't let a kid read this stuff.

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