HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.
Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Interesting. But I don’t think it’s a spatial storage sort of thing. A 30 year old who has accumulated extensive knowledge does not have trouble retrieving names. I think it has to do more with aging neurons.
and decayed or dead synaptic connections.
I’m trying to revive some of my synapses with learning a new language.
Always a good thing to continually create new neural pathways. This is a major reason why I keep working.
Buy five more coffee cups so you will always have one readily available.
I have plenty of cups. I just might have to use more than one per morning. But then I might forget where I put several, not just one cup of coffee.
Maybe disposable paper coffee cups?
I would still misplace whatever cup I was using for coffee.
Maybe get one of those necklaces that holds your glasses around your neck and use it on your coffee cup
Great idea but could get real messy.
I know, one of those camelback water carriers
https://www.camelbak.com/recreation/shop/packs/ — Nope. Water only.
Fame and fury: China’s wildly different reactions to US-born Olympians https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/china/eileen-gu-zhu-yi-nathan-chen-comparison-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
I had never even thought about what it must be like for these Olympians of Chinese decent competing in Beijing.
Thanks for sharing. Now I’m convinced I am a traitor and Too White.
(my reply was written in a humorous fashion and I am not offended about being an American)
I found the article very difficult to read. It seems like you can never please anyone. No matter what you do somebody will criticize it. So best to just be true to yourself.
I felt the same way about the article being a tough read. Journalism, writing quality/skills aren’t what they used to be.
Amen!