Choosing the right care option for an aging loved one is one of the most important decisions a family can make. Many families find themselves comparing Live-In Care with assisted living facilities to determine which solution best meets their parent's needs, preferences, and lifestyle.
[A note on survival, kindness, and the nervous system learning new data]
I had a conversation at work that left me genuinely flabbergasted.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino was your average American found herself stuck in Japan following Pearl Harbor. She would become the most famous voice of enemy propaganda and the face of treason in the U.S.
Silver Lining #1: You're delighted to settle for bronze
I have struggled with myself for a very long time. I think it’s because I am a Virgo. We are perfectionists, after all. I have tried very hard to be good enough, pretty enough, thin enough. The nineties get glamourized, but if you think people are skinny now, you’d lose your mind at the bone-thin normalization back then. “Heroin chic,” they called it. Jessica Simpson, a size four, was scrutinized. That’s the kind of pressure we grew up with—simpler in some ways, but with far less accountability,
no one is born without the curiosity to learn, i remember when i was little i used to hate studying, i dreaded study time with my mom but i enjoyed going to school to learn. i loved sitting in class and just listening to the teacher explain about how things work, i was fond of all subjects, particularly science, understanding how the world worked and the way things are made made me feel like i was meant to be. it gave me a sense of meaning, it subconsciously gave me a reason to live,
The year was 1756, and Bengal was the undisputed golden bird of the crumbling Mughal Empire. It was a land woven with fine silk, rich spices, and overflowing coffers. But as an old Indian saying goes, where there is sweet jaggery, the ants will soon gather. The true tragedy of Bengal, however.......
Way back in 2001 Marlon Brando appeared in The Score, his last film before he died. The producer of this film was Bernie Williams, who passed away in December 2014. It just so happened that, at the time of The Score, I was also working with Bernie on a sequel to his 1985 movie, The Bounty, which had starred Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins.
One of the quietest ways writers sabotage themselves is not through lack of skill. It is through comparison at the wrong stage.
They came with fire.
Project "Acoustic Kitty", launched by the CIA in the 1960s, intended to use cats as spies to surveil and eavesdrop on the Soviets.
A little kitten and a place that slowly becomes home.
In today's update: Claude Got Hands: Anthropic’s new capability to control your computer: clicking, typing, and running dev tools via phone or desktop. Pip Install Nightmare: A critical supply chain attack on LiteLLM (versions 1.82.7/8). Malware steals credentials; revert to 1.82.6 immediately.
The hum of the broken air conditioner in the underground Bangkok clinic sounded too much like a failing mechanical ventilator.
Between 1587 and 1590, around 115 people vanished without a trace in modern-day Outer Banks, NC. Over four centuries later, there is still no definitive explanation as to what happened.
An essay on language, bodies, and what we think we’re really talking about
I am standing in an aisle that doesn’t quite know what to do with me.
Most people learn early that being hard gets rewarded faster than being deep. You speak less from the heart, trust the rational mind, and try to fit the room. But some people never fully lose the quiet sense that something more is happening underneath everything.
I wonder what a wild rose feelswhen carefully planted among gardenias.
