- which allows me to get my 21" monitor off the desktop, giving me some much needed room. It's a great stand actually...it came assembled in the box, is very sturdy, works exactly as advertised. Highly recommended. You can find it HERE on Amazon.com.
Robin Williams...apparently had Parkinson's disease, one of the symptoms of which is depression. See THIS link. So much for Rush Limbaugh's theory that liberalism killed the late actor/comedian. Now of course "El Rushbo" is claiming that he was misquoted/picked on/etc.(his usual Jr High school girl post-getting caught crying routine), so just find a transcript of Limbaugh's original rant and decide for yourself. As for me, I agree with Jon Stewart -
There are times when I wish I was actually interested in using Twitter.
Great Move...Well maybe not so great once it is done, but I am helping to move my middle daughter to UMass, where she will begin her graduate studies. It's a privileged of dadhood to help your children in major life events, and helping create a future "Dr Albert" is certainly something that is good to be a part of, at least for me. As for driving a 12' cube truck 4 hours? Well ask me after the move.
First Movie of the Pluto/Charon Dance...you can see it HERE. The actual New Horizons flyby is scheduled for July on 2015 and I can hardly wait! It's this kind of thing that I wished society would do more of; this is humanity at just about it's very best.
Cellphone Experiment...I have written before about my poor relationship with sleep (as in I hate sleeping and sleeping hates me), so I am game to try just about anything that might make sleeping easier/more enjoyable/possible. The latest change? I've decided to banish my cellphone from my bedroom at night. It is now relegated to my office for overnights. The underlying idea is that having your cellphone by your bed is bad because it encourages your brain to be "on" all the time...or something like that. Anyway, it's been about two weeks of phone banishment (I did keep it near me while sleeping in Maine thought), and I really can't tell much of a difference in my sleeping pattern. I have noticed this though: it's a nice thought not to reach for a phone when you wake up first thing in the morning. It just feels better, less harried. I am thinking this is a permanent change.
The Good Man Project...is a Facebook feed that I get and truly enjoy. I highly recommend it for male-centric reading. You can find it HERE. I make a genuine effort to only subscribe to pages that I really find useful/entertaining/insightful, and The Good Man Project meets that criteria on many levels.
My Current Read...is Jim Palmer's Notes from Over the Edge...; you can find it HERE at Amazon.com. I am not quite half-way through and it's been somewhat slow going. He seems to repeat the same concepts over and over, at least during the first 110 or so pages. I have high hopes though once I get past the current chapter. After that? I just got Brene Brown's I Thought It Was Just Me.... I own both the paper and audio books for Dr Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection, which I thoroughly enjoy and which I have recommended to others at work. Dr Brown's specialty is the area of shame research, which is fascinating in and of itself.
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