The passage of time: fathers and daughters and granddaughters
My great-grandfather holding my grandmother: My great-grandfather holding my mother: He died just a couple of years before I was born.
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Labs are the most popular dogs…
…and that’s been true for 28 years in a row. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love labs. They are generally so friendly and good with kids and just about anyone. But they are not my favorite breed, and I’d … Continue reading →
Has anyone else noticed a strange thing about Google lately?
As you might imagine, I do a lot of searches on Google. Say what you will about Google’s politics, but I’ve long preferred it as a search engine. In the past, if you chose your search terms very carefully—and I … Continue reading →
Better eat your eggs quickly…
…before they decide they’re not good for you again. That article, about the back-and-forth and back-and-forth on eggs and cardiovascular health, illustrates what’s wrong with most nutritional research in humans. Way too many uncontrolled variables. A reliance on self-reports. No … Continue reading →
Sorry, but I don’t think I say “sorry” too much
What’s more, I don’t think I’ve ever personally known anyone who does. Unlike this professor, who seems to think too many people (that is, too many women in particular) say “sorry” far too often. And she’s definitely not talking about … Continue reading →
Songs about soulmates
In this recent thread, there was an interesting discussion regarding popular music about finding your soulmate (or thinking you’ve found your soulmate). But no one mentioned the song that immediately came to my mind: “I’ll Know” from “Guys and Dolls.” … Continue reading →
Recycling: another idea that isn’t going quite as planned
Recycling depended on China, it turns out, and China has stopped doing its bit. So now a lot of towns are burying their trash again: Should that empty soda bottle go in the recycling bin or the trash can? Increasingly, … Continue reading →
Marrying your soulmate
I’ve already confessed that I watch the TV show “The Bachelor.” Some of you—all of you?—may ridicule me for this, but for me the show has a great combination of factors. It entertainingly takes my mind off heavier things. It’s … Continue reading →
“The latest trend in dieting is not dieting”…
…says the title of this Atlantic article. Aside from its Zen koan-like contradiction, the title is a little bit misleading—if, like me, you’re old enough to remember that “intuitive eating” as a diet strategy has been around for many decades. … Continue reading →
A hand of one’s own
Here’s a story about hand transplants and their variable results, benefits and risks, and the stories of some of the patients who’ve had them. Reading the article, I was struck by a number of things. The first is how far … Continue reading →
More blackface trouble in Virginia
The Democratic AG Mark Herring of Virginia, who is third in line for the governorship (first the embattled governor Northam, then the accused lieutenant governor Fairfax, and next AG Herring), admits he wore blackface at a college party in 1980. … Continue reading →
NY’s Museum of Modern Art is getting a PC makeover
This news may not be of any interest to you, but it’s of interest to me, because of the fondness I bear in my heart for the old MoMA, the one that existed before I was aware it even had … Continue reading →