OK, I will have lunch at 11:30am -- from leftovers. Then at Noon I will start studying. At some point mid-afternoon I'll go on a walk/run break. I'd like to do all my studying today and then take the exam tomorrow ... we'll see ...

T has retired to bed for a nap. I hope I don't need a nap, I don't have time for a nap LOL.

A professional immunologist I follow on Twitter, who has been continuing to bang the drum about COVID and the continuing dangers of the latest variants (BA.5), who has been pleading with people to get boosters to save lives ( Read more... )

If I were my own political consultant, and I told myself to research the popularity of my Global Green Communist platform as a candidate for office in the US, assuming universal name recognition and unlimited campaign funds, assuming a ranked-choice or proportional-representation voting system, assuming I was charismatic on TV and gave good ( Read more... )

I know I've complained before about the mainstream media treating US Treasury Bonds like they're the safest investment in the history of humankind. But it still annoys me. We're never paying back all that debt, it's the largest pyramid scheme ever ( Read more... )

I dunno, 30 minutes of zazen per day seems sustainable so far?  Feels like a manageable chunk of time.  At least while I'm working from home during Quarantine.  Yeah, let's stick with 30 minutes until After the Vaccine.  Which is enough minutes for me to fall all the way into my zazen trance, if not to fall asleep entirely, regardless of the time ( Read more... )