The Dallas Morning News 3 hours ago – Google+ Tuesday’s forecast: There’s a strong chance that your beautiful day, sunny with a high of 72, will be blasted with coverage of the massive snow storm in Northeast. If the relentless on-the-scene updates from battered TV reporters is too much for you, we recommend you shelter in place, … More historic or hysteric
I had set out to write about curiosity, that being the name of the newest book that I’ve succumbed to just bought. It’s actually called Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It by Ian Leslie. I had read a review on Scientific American here. It pulled me right in, too, thus the quick purchase, … More is that an elephant in the room or are we not in the same room?
This article about siblings has been going around lately on Facebook, for whatever reason, even though it’s a few months old, which is ancient these days. The benefits [of siblings] can carry into old age. The literature on sibling relationships shows that during middle age and old age, indicators of well-being — mood, health, morale, stress, … More according to this, i’m really in trouble
Yup–that’s what I googled. Don’t worry–it auto-corrected. I tried to get many of the acknowledgment notes written today, and it’s just hard to concentrate for too long. Of course, I could easily write the same note to everyone, and for some, I did just that (except neighbors–they might compare. Paranoia is always based on something). … More how to sighn a thank-you note after a funeral
For a while now, I’ve been particularly conscious of coupon expiration dates, with the dark sense of foreboding that they unconsciously bring; so much so that I have not even been using them. [This is not completely accurate–the fact is that I have been running so quickly to the store because time has been so precious, that … More distinctions, loss of, accents, and expiry dates
I’ve been working on an idea for a while about the nature of death, but I can’t seem to find a valuable conclusion, so for now, I’ll go to the bright side, or at least the silver. Maybe as my hair gets more silver, I can more easily find the silver linings in our recent … More does this kaddish make me look fat?
Learning from the Learned 