I know how to solve the problem of reclining seats in airplanes. Give the passengers enough space to recline without bothering the ones behind! What a concept! Delta CEO says it's 'proper' to ask first before reclining your seat (source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/delta-ceo-says-its-proper-to-ask-first-before-reclining-your-seat.html)
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What My Kids Are Watching These Days
Emma's guitar teacher gave her "Happy Together" to practice, which she remembered from Freaky Friday. So, of course, we had to put in the DVD, and now that's all they're watching. We all love this song--"Take Me Away"--which was interrupted quite a bit in the movie. I don't know where the YouTube poster got the… Continue reading What My Kids Are Watching These Days
Back from Washington
We just got back from Washington State on Wednesday, where I struggled taking pictures with inadequate batteries! Here's an interesting one I took facing into a bright sunset. No reds or oranges here!
MIT Admissions Letter
Too funny. Posted on Scribd: MIT certainly has a reputation to be proud of, but its admissions department went a little over-board, I think. The first letter is an honest-to-goodness mailing from MIT, the second is one prospective student's reply: Recruitment letter: Mr. John T. Mongan 123 Main Street Smalltown, California 94123-4567 Dear John: You've… Continue reading MIT Admissions Letter
My dogs, cuddling for the first time in ten years
I guess the cold made them do it! Brrrr!
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
Pretty neat. The Internet in 5 minutes.
Funny
Via Language Log: Jennifer Gilmore's report on her family's Christmas celebration, in the New York Times Magazine "Lives" column of 12/24/06, "Jewish Family Christmas": My father, who is 100 percent Jewish, has always been obsessed with Christmas. He grew up in Minneapolis, in an unobservant household, and he considers it part of his childhood. ''I… Continue reading Funny
Drink More Coffee
Latte Art Wow: Coffee and Health: Health Benefits of Coffee Coffee has been a medical whipping boy for so long that it may come as a surprise that recent research suggests that drinking moderate amounts of coffee (two to four cups per day) provides a wide range of health benefits. Most of these benefits have… Continue reading Drink More Coffee
Lost in Thought 