Best household cleaner around (geranium, my favorite cleaner scent)... and it's on sale here
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Interesting article on what happens when you recap your life for your family and friends, and how that idea of staying connected may mean something completely different for younger generations.
It's the best science show I've heard, and they take normal questions, like 'Why do we sleep?' and answers them in very interesting and well-written ways. It's available on iTunes and they even have an archive on this site. Check it out, find a topic that interests you, and tell me what you think.
7. The sun is shining today and the sky looks like a periwinkle crayon.
8. I'm getting together with friends from grade school this saturday for dinner.
9. I have eighty-nine podcasts on my phone waiting for me.
10. I ate breadsticks for breakfast.
11. I found a huge chunk of music I don't know yet, by artists I love.
12. I remembered my gloves today.
This episode is about sleep, and the lack thereof. Act one is about a man whose body's lack of dopamine caused him to sleepwalk, and act out his dreams. Fascinating.
For my mom, who's stuck at the airport/renting a car/not on a beach while she starts her vacation.
Here's hoping that tomorrow brings you the sunrise and a good book.
A happy cry
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Y’all. I’ve been a bit of a wreck lately and part of that is another bout
of pernicious anemia (which absolutely sounds like a Lemony Snicket
disease) and ...
Like a waterfall in slow motion, Part One
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She wants her planet back. Woolfy – “Shooting Stars” Funny how his voice in
this song made me think he was singing ratchet instead of rapture. I heard
this...
In Which She Writes Promises Her Blog Can't Cash
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Well! That was a very mean thing I did there, promising everyone all sorts
of updates and mayhem, and then not writing a single blessed thing. That's
some ...
God Land by Lyz Lenz
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My favorite parts of God Land, by Lyz Lenz: “For a young mother church was
more than a religious education -– it was her community. ‘Some weeks, I
only lef...
Halloween 2017: The Ghost of Harry Houdini
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The magician and escape artist Harry Houdini died in Detroit 91 years ago,
on Halloween. Before his death, Houdini had added "spiritual debunker" to
his re...
A Swimmer's Beauty Regimen
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If you're anything like me, every trip to the pool is an assault on your
skin and hair. Here are a few tips and tricks I use to keep my pool
workouts fro...
Join me to ban "lean"
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After several minutes of careful introspection, I think we need to ban the
word "lean." Lean has so many pejorative connotations, such as how harsh
economi...
PostScript
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My wife has stopped calling me a good dad. That was the deal we made. She
agreed to it back in 2009. "Quit your blog," she said over the sound of the
laund...
Moving On, Moving Over
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Dear readers of The Written Nerd, if there are any of you still out there,
As you may have noticed, I haven't posted anything here in almost six
months. Th...
iPhone App: Everyday
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This evening I splurged on a few Mega Million lotto tickets; the jackpot is
$244m. I came home, changed into comfy clothes, and washed my pants. Oh
yes, w...
Movin' On Up
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Oh, hey, you hear that? That is THE SOUND OF SILENCE.
It's pretty quiet around here, and might be for another day or so. Because?
I am - wait for it - movi...