Syllabus #87

Boy, talk about a slow news week.  Like watching paint dry up in here.  If by watching paint dry I actually mean the last week has at times felt like watching paint dry on one wall while the rest of the building is on fire, and snakes are raining down from the sky, and you ate a bad oyster so you've been projectile vomiting on the painted wall and why won't it hurry up and dry?

Call someone who cares

This woman whose life is bookended by the Holocaust and Covid is the same age as my grandmother.  Losing a year of your life after all you've been through in 87 years is no small thing.  This whole mess didn't have to be so prolonged.  Lack of government leadership and support coupled with countless individual selfish actions have dragged this out way longer than necessary.

There are three light switches in my house that aren't a double or triple, but gosh darnit one of them is about to be replaced by this guy.  Now that I'm thinking about those double and triple switches I feel like that's an opportunity to design a human centipede inspired switch plate cover.

Aw shit I gotta fuckin' watch this.  You're damn right we did watch some of it, bitch.  It's funny, of course, but I feel like I learned a couple interesting things, too.

I'm not about going on a crash diet or setting deprivation-related food goals or anything that isn't sustainable for the long term, but it can't hurt to be aware of all the sources of added sugar  that are sneaking into your daily food intake.  Making a few small changes like switching to seltzer from full-calorie soda will MELT 85 POUNDS IN 48 HOURS AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK.  Wait, that's not it.  It will uh, maybe reduce your risk of diabetes, help you feel more satisfied by cutting out empty calories, maybe help your skin look clearer?

"This is America. This has always been America. If this were not America, this would not have happened. It’s time we face this ugly truth, let it sink into the marrow of our bones, let it move us to action."  Can Democrats pull off real and lasting change?

So we're not supposed to punch Nazis, but rather, punch down at Nazis by mocking them relentlessly?  I have a pretty weak right hook so I'm on board.  

10 Day Duolingo streak?  Try 664.  Who's the n00b now?

Analog Reading:

I finished all of these books over the last week, and then my reading momentum slowed.  They were all good!  Coincidentally, Fleishman is in Trouble (from the prior week) and Kim Ji-Young both centered on the ways societal pressures on women across cultures and generations can drive you literally insane.

Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-ju

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Rich and Pretty:  A Novel by Rumaan Alam

Now I've just started Cleanness by Garth Greenwell and The Best of Me by David Sedaris.