The "WTF" that is 2021 continues. I cannot stop reading about the GameStop Reddit nuttiness. I am officially addicted to Twitter for this story and this story takes only. It is the kind of weird and incredible story that is both absolutely hilarious and absolutely infuriating, for completely different but related reasons. It's exactly what…
Cognitive load and the morning sweat sesh
My first "read" book of 2021 was Dan Ariely's The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty. It's awesome. And terrifying, if you are someone who is earnestly trying to strive for honesty and believes honesty to be a bedrock of the moral life. (I still question just how far to take the goodness of honesty, but I'll…
On salt
Yes, salt. I was thinking about salt today. Last year I watched the short Netflix series Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and was struck by how much dang SALT Samin Nosrat put on her food! Glorious. Salt is the white, pink, black sand of the gods. Yummmmm. I want to lick it. (Photo by monicore from…
What makes something good?
Recently, I read my way very slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully through R. Jay Wallace's (excellent) The View From Here: On Affirmation, Attachment, and the Limits of Regret. I credit my "slowly" in part to my overall commitment to reading for content, not number of books read (though I tend to honor that commitment with varying…
In-between thoughts: recovery and YOUR MASK GOES OVER YOUR @#$%!^$# NOSE
One day last week we made the mistake of going to the gym at the WORST time of all: after 5pm. Never ever EVER go to the gym between 3pm and 7pm. Just don't do it. Especially during COVID. Anyway, besides the stress of trying to maintain social distance and carve a meandering path between…
Final thoughts on philosophical theology
I kind of can't believe I did it. I can't believe I carefully read and blogged my way through the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology. I'm so, so glad I did and am so, so glad it's over! (Side note - I feel like lots of my accomplishments fall into this category - I feel…
2021 Thematic Menu Planning (recipes linked!)
The post the prophecy foretold! Aka, a chance to share pretty much ALL of my favorite recipes. As documented elsewhere, I love love love food -- making it, eating it, finding new recipes. It's all delightful. That being said, I don't always find it delightful. When weeks get nutty and the stress ramps up, planning…
In-between thoughts: wtf
I don't have a lot of coherent, non-ragey, non-heartbroken thoughts right now, especially while grunting and sweating through a progressive overload leg workout, because of THINGS. So here is some ramble. How are we supposed to keep going with normal life? There is a pandemic. Fully one of two of our political parties are fine…
My goal for 2021: Rest
After an incredibly stressful 2020 (for non-COVID reasons, believe it or not!), anticipating an even more stressful semester for Spring 2021, after weeks of poor sleep (I cannot seem to get into Deep Sleep for the life of me), and after the incredibly insane, violent, and horrifying traitorous mob storming the Capitol last week, I…
The real American Experiment
Watching the events of Wednesday, January 6 unfold will forever be one of the defining "shocked" memories of my life as an American citizen. It joins the ranks of 9/11, waking up to the results of the 2016 presidential election, and learning about our country's practice of putting immigrant children in cages and separating them…
