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Classic movies as if they were vintage books. Pretty neat.
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Ketamine research continues be find interesting possibilities for future use. This goes along with the resurgence of interest, improved understanding, of the potential use of psychedelics and other natural medicines with psychoactive features with exciting potential for treating a range of mental health disorders.
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A few more points for Team Hydration!
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Five questions to answer boldly
1. Are you better at working or relaxing?
2. Are you more sensitive to news or fiction?
3. Given the choice, would you live alone or with others?
4. Which is more important to you when you dance, connecting with others or expressing yourself?
5. Which comes more naturally to you, gratitude or generosity?
Five questions that allow uncertainty
1. Do you often forgo transparency for kindness?
2. What’s the scariest question you could ask your partner or friends?
3. Do you have a secret you will never tell?
4. What do you love most about yourself that’s hard to share with others?
5. What’s the easiest thing that someone could do that would help you the most?
Five questions to go deeper
1. What are you feeling right now?
2. What time of day do you listen best?
3. Whom do you most want answers from?
4. How do you react when you don’t get an answer?
5. Who makes you feel most heard?
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Recipes for Winter Salads
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Is getting serious about making meditation a habit and part of your daily routine? Probably.
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What people most regret on their deathbed.
1. Not being themselves. Live the life you want to live.
2. Work less at “work work” and work more on what matters to you.
3. Don’t bottle up your feelings. Take time to learn how to express what you need to say.
4. Don’t let your friends slip away. Maintain the relationships that matter the most to you.
5. Allow yourself to be happy. What does this really mean? Try to believe you deserve to live the best life you can make for yourself and those you care about.
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What works are entering the Public Domain in 2023??
1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Virginia Woolf – To the Lighthouse
3. Fritz Lang – Metropolis
4. The first Hardy Boys mystery (The Tower Treasure)
5. Hermann Hesse – Steppenwolf
What else? All of these.
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Some ideas for Work Boundaries in the New Year.
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Very cool look into the world of design.
Aside: another area in which we appear to be losing to China.
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The Future as Predicted by Pinterest.
So… what do we think? Are these real? Is this happening?
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Surprise, surprise, educated folks drink more.
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Which cars/suvs/trucks can, on average, drive over 200,000 miles? Also, predictions about the future of EV performance.
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Clearly, this is a bear.
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New rituals. New York becomes 6th state to make eco-friendly composting burial legal.
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A few visuals artists for your consideration.
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The neediest cities. Sadly, does not come as a surprise that Philadelphia currently ranks in the Top 10.
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Hot takes on the art world.
Personally, I think Damien Hirst’s “The Currency” was a truly interesting experiment. It made me think. I followed the process. I don’t see it as a stunt. For me, and I think for the artist himself, the project begged the question of whether or not people would value the physical artwork over an NFT. In at least one interview I read, Hirst noted that he hoped people would want the physical work. Many chose the NFT and, as promised, Hirst burned the physical version leaving only the virtual NFT on the blockchain (or whatever).
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I’ve liked Kaws’ work along the way. Maybe it’s because I got into Juxtapoz in high school. It’s possible.
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This British Tourist reminds me why An Idiot Abroad resonates.
My fears of being seen as the ugly American abroad remain of concern.
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Alleged best art seen round the world.
I follow more interesting artists on Instagram (barring Hopper).
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[from] The New York Times, “Violence in the N.F.L”
“In 15 years of covering the N.F.L., I’ve stood on the sidelines for multiple games. Watching up close, I have never gotten over how hard the hits are. As a simple matter of physics, the combination of the size and speed of professional football players means that the force of their collisions can be akin to that of a world-class sprinter running into a brick wall.”
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We have been told many lies about food. Big surprise. A little myth busting.
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How to tip no matter where you are.
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Quality really is worse these days when it comes to the things we buy. Unfortunately, sounds like what I suspected all along… Should have bought 5 pairs of everything I like 10 years ago. I’ve started buying multiples the last few years but it was a few years too late, sadly.
Fast Fashion is not only eco-unfriendly but also wallet-unfriendly. Oof.
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Leo B’s Best of ZenHabits 2022
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I guess you have to know your lane in order to stay in it?
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Trying cabbage recipes… I dunno, perhaps I’m falling too far down the rabbit hole.
A sign I’m convinced we’re in a recession? Who knows.
Haven’t tried this one yet… being vegetarian I am considering fakie bacon bits or simply no bacon.
I’m also thinking about an alternative to blue cheese. Possibly feta…
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Basic Homemade Chex Mix Recipe
This sounds about right. You can obviously swap ingredients. I tried to make a chex mix recently by shaking up broken up Dot’s pretzels (because they are crazy intense and deadly on their own). It’s still a little too intense imho.
I like the idea of adding bagel chips. Speaking of bagel chips, have you tried making them yourself? Simply slice up older bagels (they keep in the fridge for a while). Dash of pepper blend, sea salt, olive oil, perhaps some classic Mrs. Dash (I suggest salt-free). Short bake time (like 10 minutes at 375).
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Get Lonely (with a nod to The Mountain Goats)
Writers take note. This may be just the info you need to plan your next escape or DIY residency or simply a reason to move where people will leave you alone.
I have dibs on… ok, kidding, this is, in fact, all rather sad.
Turns out, it’s not just The Lonely American man we need to worry about. A lot of people (especially GenXers) have been finding themselves living alone and figuring out how to make the best of it. There more notable data on Gen X living separately (and choosing to date while keeping their own private spaces) but I am unable to find links at present.
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Here’s my question: do you think we should sell items like this on the open market? Or should these items be in a museum? Or is this more on a case by case basis?
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Pick one of these places to retire… the catch? You’re not allowed to pick Italy or France.
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How often do you eat from food trucks? Asking for a friend.
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