Three Secrets to Not Being Ruled by Your Emotions

Something I was thinking about today, as I am a living embodiment of a roller coaster when it comes to happiness and sadness, when I found this article. When an unpleasant feeling (such as sadness) rises to your awareness, don’t embody it. Don’t say, “I am sad.” Saying, “I feel sad” is an improvement, but it still involves a degree of embodiment that can be difficult to shake.In order to...

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Le Petit Derriere

Disclosure: This LPD was provided to me by TOM BIHN in exchange for my overview/review. The content was not shared with the company prior to posting it here. INTRO The LPD (Le Petit Derriere) is Tom Bihn's smaller version of their LGD (Le Grand Derriere). The designs are very similar if not identical, except for the scale. Both bags can be worn as a waist pack, a shoulder bag (because the straps...

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The solution to the pandemic no one is listening to

 Huge props to this man, who has been right all along.And there's more to this story that's not being told, that makes me very disappointed in my country and in the university that employs ...

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Mohammed Shawkat Salameh

Column by Gershon Baskin, which I won't post on Facebook, but want to bookmark:There is a moral code in Judaism that states: hakam l’horgkha hashkem l’horgo – roughly translated means “kill or be killed.” If Salameh had been killed immediately by the Border Police by their first shots while fending him off from Elmaliah and protecting themselves and others from being stabbed, we would not have...

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Gilgamesh and the Bible

Sometime during 2020 when I was spending my time holed up at home, avoiding COVID by watching random YouTube videos, I discovered Peter Pringle, a musician who recreates ancient instruments and languages (making best guesses as far as pronunciation, I'm assuming). He did a stunning piece, from the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian. There's something very captivating about this, and the comment are...

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Tom Bihn Organic Cotton Truck Review

Here is a review of the Tom Bihn Truck, made, for the first time, in "domestic organic cotton canvas — grown, woven, and dyed right here in the U.S.A."  I was provided a review copy of this bag for free, in exchange for my feedback.It is currently offered in Natural (undyed), Santa Cruz (electric purple-blue), and Talus (dark grey/pastel black). I requested the "natural", and somehow thought...

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Patterns

Two virus-worthy stories in this week's news:Feeling a sense of deja-vu in the rush to cancel flights. We went through this in early 2020 (by the first flight cancellation, SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading by community transmission throughout the US), again for the delta variant, and now B.1.1.529.* It's hard to see a country-specific flight ban having any effect, but it doesn't seem like a bad idea...

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