Michael Pollan: “(Caffeine is) so pervasive that it’s easy to overlook the fact that to be caffeinated is not baseline consciousness but, in fact, is an altered state.”
February photoblogging challenge, Day 5: HIDE.
The Onion: “DNC Offers Startup $500 Million To Develop Pencil That Can Accurately Record Election Results”
February photoblogging challenge, Day 4: SPOT. (Sorry. Best I could do from my photo stockpile.)
Bonus February photoblogging challenge entry! Day 3: REFLECT.
(I knew I downloaded this from my files for a reason.)
I’ve set up a category on the old blog where the February photoblogging challenge posts can be found. #mbfeb
February photoblogging challenge, Day 3: REFLECT.
We adopted Winter last Super Bowl Sunday. We are celebrating appropriately.
Seeing a stray lightning bolt logo and players I once cheered for (Seau, Winslow) in the 100 Greatest Players tribute brought me to tears. I miss having a team to root for, and I miss the blissful ignorance of the brain injury consequences that may await some of these players.
February photoblogging challenge, Day 2: SIGHT — that is, a sight for sore, winter-weary eyes in the middle of our kitchen clutter.
The first daffodils of the season are early, but couldn’t come soon enough.
I’m a day late in getting my stuff together for #InCoWriMo (or #LetterMo). Let me know if you want a little snail mail this month!
After creating two politics-related posts in the past 24 hours, it’s time for me to cleanse the palate and start over this month. Happy February.
“Getting rid of Trump means taking seriously ‘shit-life syndrome’—and its resulting misery, which includes suicide, drug overdose death, and trauma for surviving communities.” (Huge H/T to @egelwan)
“It is challenging to explain how Trump’s policies are Christian. It is far easier to label his opponents as pagans, and thus align the president with Christianity by default.”
Now I know why InCoWriMo sounded familiar but not quite what I did a couple of years ago. I went the LetterMo route, which is looser than InCoWriMo in that it just encourages mailing something every day: a letter, postcard, clipping, picture, whatever. Regardless, I’m still in.
Giving this February photoblogging challenge a whirl. Happy February!
Day 1: OPEN.
Between the impeachment hearings and coronavirus, I’ve grown weary enough of the world to do a lot of muting of the noise on social media. All that’s left are faith, food, and baseball. And that makes me happy.
Of course I’m posting this on my phone (but I print it out to read, like our ancestors did):
“Screen reading can wreck your attention. Here’s how to save it.” (Washington Post)
Inés Sainz, reporter, Mexico’s TV Azteca Deportes: “This Super Bowl is going to be very Latin. The most Latin yet.”
“… the Christian faith is far too often subordinated to ideology, to tribalism, to dehumanizing those in the other tribe. Faith is an instrumentality, something to be weaponized. That’s bad for politics; it’s worse for the Christian witness.”
One reason I stay on Twitter: Too many people I like remain there. Case in point: Lin Brehmer, my favorite deejay in town, is there. It’s his last day on the AM shift before he moves to middays next week. To be able to connect with him, however slightly, is pretty cool.
I’m pretty sure the writer of this enormous Washington Post thinkpiece on Iowa is trying way too hard on the lede alone.
Been trying not to get panicky about all this coronavirus business, even with a panicky email from my sister in California urging me to wash my hands. Now I hear this happened close to home, so I guess it’s time to wash my hands.
Bliss in a cup
This “turmeric bliss” tea (not to be confused with the Tazo Tea variety of the same name) has been a godsend.
I’ve been turning to regular and herbal teas in recent weeks to (1) replace my coffee habit, (2) help me get through my intermittent fasting mornings, and (3) settle my stomach. So, I have peppermint green tea in the morning, and some sort of herbal tea in the afternoon/evening.
Lately I’ve grown fond of this turmeric blend, which includes apple and mango bits, ginger, and peppercorn. It’s tasty (even when not sweetened — I forego sweetener in all my tea drinking), relaxing, and one side benefit is that I’ve found some pain relief in the process. It’s been a delightful surprise to be able to reduce my ibuprofen intake, and I credit the turmeric.
InCoWriMo! I did this a few years ago, and I’m itching to do it again (except I didn’t know there was a no-typewriting rule then; maybe that’s new). I’m in.