Saturday, January 04, 2025
So... was it targeting?
Friday, January 03, 2025
Haiku Friday: Dancing!
Yes, Thanksgiving at my house featured kitchen dancing again (pictured above), which is one of my favorite parts of the holiday. I do feel like there is not enough of that in our lives, So let's haiku about dancing this week! Here, I will go first, with a college memory:
I knew a dancer
She spelled out her address
With limbs (and some hints).
Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 syllable pattern and have some fun!
Thursday, January 02, 2025
PMT: The Health Effects of Drinking
When I asked AI for some images of drunk people, it gave me a lot like this picture: Attractive white people who seem to be having no issues at all.
Being drunk, from what I have seen, is consistently less attractive.
And now it appears that the supposed health benefits of moderate drinking are probably not true-- especially as people get older.
I suspect that the economic forces behind alcohol consumption-- makers of beer and wine, bars, restaurants, etc.-- will push back or ignore the new scientific conclusions that generally say even moderate drinking is bad for your health. Sadly, it seems that in our country there is often that dynamic: science tells us what is bad, and the companies that make money off that thing challenge the science. Even with smoking, that dynamic persisted for decades.
Capitalism is good for a lot of things, but public health may not be one of them.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Hopes for the new year....
When I asked AI to create a picture of "Donald Trump giving a speech to bears," this is what it gave me. I'm mostly intrigued by the second (and apparently younger) Donald Trump in the audience. I'm not sure what to make of that.
Probably, not too much. And at this point, that is probably a good lesson for prognosticating about the new year. We can be sure it will be full of surprises, at least!
But I hope for peace in this world, and for kindness, and for a sense of hope among those who long for it-- which is pretty much all of us.
