I wrote about being tolerant of and kind toward those who are “fed up” with political discussion for the last several days. I tried to approach the topic from different perspectives in order to illuminate different reasons why this attitude might develop. As I was finishing up the three posts, there were several other topics […]
Day Five of Working On Working Out
It really helps when you know others are going through what you are going through. Ginny teaches Yoga. Marci is dieting. Deb works out in her living room. I'm especially proud of Marci who had the courge to talk about her weight. Let's just say that I would be happy to get down to 170. […]
Food Bloggers Infiltrate Science Writing
I always pride myself on noting when iconic culture change happens, and there was a significant merging of food blogging and science writing this week. A recipe for a pesto-like cilantro-based sauce/paste was published in an article, NATURE | NEWS: Soapy taste of coriander linked to genetic variants on Nature.com. Nature is the online identity […]
9/11 Myths and Misinformation
This morning somehow, I think I was sleeping on the remote and punching buttons while I slept, I awoke to Fox News programming on which a guest, Retired General Michael Hayden, NSA Director leading up to and during 9/11/2001 was spewing vitriol about President Obama (please don’t say just Obama.) The Presidency and the current […]
Back to the Gym: Day 1
This won't be a long post. I'm too tired. My right knee hurts and my left foot hurts. Whine, bitch, moan. I finally made it back to the gym to start using the vast amount of personal training sessions I have accumulated over the last year. Don't get me started on the scam that is […]
A Certain Age of Females on the Interwebs
I have been observing the presence of women of a certain age on the web for quite a while. I started writing about this a couple of years ago. How “certain age” is defined varies by who is asked to define it. As I am beginning to create content and frames for different sections of […]