The level of U.S. math & statistical literacy means an article today in The New York Times includes the explanation, “about 10 percent (10 of every 100 individuals).”
Read a WP article today about a lady who lost her savings to scammers posing as FBI agents. The article explained how con artists convince people: “Scammers create the illusion that they alone are advocating for them or are the only ones who can be trusted.”
Sound familiar?
Any friends who enjoy a long-form essay and would like to read about my trip to Yosemite National Park can find a writeup on my website. It includes a few pictures, and hopefully some tips that could be helpful for first-time visitors. https://t.co/uCnNT1oXGU
Know what feels good? Vacating storage after a decade of elder care, a move, kids to college, kids graduating, divorce, & downsizing . Dozens—hundreds—of decisions: keep, donate, discard. Mentally draining, emotionally heavy. I feel great relief. Getting rid of rent: nice bonus.
Without thinking too much about it, I made a batch of bread dough tonight. In the morning it will have risen. Can’t decide if that’s funny, ironic, or sacrilegious.
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Cat Bohannon’s well-delivered narration makes the audio version of this brilliant book a pleasure to listen to, and a rich source of ideas to think about long afterward. I highly recommend “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.”
#eve#catbohannon
Tonight I attended a wonderful lecture on Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. An expert elaborated on its origins & echoes. A live quartet illustrated his points. Truly a well-spent hour. Yet almost on cue, in the quietest part of the presentation, someone slowly unwrapped a peppermint.
If you can watch the final episode of “Masters of the Air”—including the bios at the end—and keep a dry eye, you’re just not human.
That was fantastic. All the more so because it was true.