Random photo: Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA, September 2013.
Random photo: Broadview, IL, June 2016. Had lunch here after church today. Starches and cabbage rule. 📷
I always appreciated Major Healey and Howard Borden.
Bill Daily, Major Healey in ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ dies at 91 (Variety)
Beautiful, gut-wrenching read.
“After Teddy died I heard the phrase: you will learn to feel the love more than the loss. For me, that’s exactly what saying his name aloud enables us to do.”
My baby died. Please ask me his name (BBC News)
Detail that made me laugh out loud: Even Pinterest has banned Alex Jones.
Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich. They May Bring Him Down. (New York Times)
Long weekend ahead (funeral, work projects, proofreading for a friend), but what I look forward to the most: setting up my new personal website/blog.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a personal site, and I don’t know if I’ll blog much beyond microblogging. But this place and the IndieWeb movement have inspired me to go back to my pre-social media roots. Looking forward to it.
Bookmarking this for when I get the dreaded update.
How to Return to Chrome’s Old Look—and Fix the Blurry Text on Windows (Lifehacker)
Random photo: Raleigh, NC, August 2017 📷
Didn’t take long to see my first tweet about Burt Reynolds' passing with a photo of Tom Selleck. I imagine it won’t be the last.
I guess I’m going to have to find other ways to make myself smarter.
(But I love the “Argument Clinic” sketch; does that count?)
Why becoming more argumentative will make you smarter (BBC News)
Random photo: Littleton, NH, July 2017. 📷
Random photo: Shackleford Banks, NC, August 2017. 📷
(Also, posted this with Sunlit; interesting how this posts with the text under the photo. I kind of like this.)
1 in 5 U.S. teachers works a second job to survive.
In related news: Teacher pay drops 5% in last decade – despite better qualified staff (Guardian)
It’s been a day. And the work day is still going.
You know it’s bad when an entire country leaves Twitter. ;)
Muted all political and religious feeds on Twitter. All I have left are baseball, weather, and dogs. Life could be far worse.
Random photos: San Diego, CA, July 2014. 📷
I’m more of a dog person, really. But we have a cat who seems to like me. Still filing this away as we contemplate getting a second cat.
How to get a cat to like you (Lifehacker)
We checked out a working farm operated by the county park district today. It’s preserved much of the original residence and offers tours.
Highlight for me: learning about coffee brewed with egg, which I promptly Googled. Itching to try it! Anybody heard of this?
Best. Idea. Ever. 📷
Labor Day morning.
Me: I forget. We restarting the (intermittent) fasting thing today?
C: Are you nuts? Tomorrow.
Me: Good. (Breaks out Frosted Flakes, almond milk, and Coke Zero)
For my first Micro Monday post, I recommend @eli and @cheri. I’m really enjoying getting to know these two prolific and welcoming members of this community!
The Sunday night of a three-day weekend with a Monday holiday is the best night ever.
Random photo, “Don’t Go Back to …” edition: Rockville, MD, July 2018. 📷
I deleted Apple News from my phone. I’m free! FREE, I tell you!