This paragraph by C.S. Lewis, written in 1948, still hits hard:
“If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”
@simplekevin_ @Barchart Here is the data for the month of Dec 2024:
Call Open 53.50 High 56.19 Low 41.17 Close 41.70
Put Open 59.70 High 69.50 Low 57.38 Close 69.50
I was reading Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground with a group of 9th graders. One student announced, "There is no way someone could actually feel like this on the inside."
A classmate replied: "I feel like this every day." The first student was stunned. His understanding of reality shifted in that moment. Literature had done what it's supposed to do: reveal that other people live entirely within different internal worlds.
Beef is BACK!
Whole milk is BACK!
Butter is BACK!
Bacon is BACK!
Eggs are BACK!
The war on real, nutrient-dense food is over.
Are you ready to enjoy eating again?
MAHA
It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. We send him off the way he sent so many of us on our way: with a farewell that isn’t an ending, but a blessing. A reward for a life worth livin'. https://t.co/2qdBbh80v1
📸 Chloe Weir