I have a new grammar, spell check, and punctuation addon for Firefox. It proofs as I write, giving me all sorts of suggestions and corrections. So far I’m liking it! Hoping it will help improve my posts.
Huh. It appears I’ve got several “Advanced Issues” that don’t get corrected unless I upgrade. Honestly, with school fast approaching it wouldn’t hurt to have an advanced proof writing app.
Based on the current forecasts, Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine is a storm without a good historical comparison. Originally Hermine was once a tropical cyclone that made landfall in Florida, but that seems like ages ago. It has now transitioned to its post-tropical stage after moving northeast across land, off the coast of North Carolina, where it’s…
via We Haven’t Seen Many Storms Like Hermine — Features – FiveThirtyEight
But before we get to how weird and rare of a storm Hermine is, let’s highlight its forecast. Hermine won’t be as big or as powerful as 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, but its impact might be worse for some communities for a simple reason: It’s supposed to spend most of a week in roughly the same spot, just off the Mid-Atlantic coast.
It sounds like a rough holiday weekend for the East Coast.
It was Hillary they always were afraid of. So much so they threw millions of dollars into countless investigations and false stories about her, going all the way back to her days on a Watergate Committee. Yet, in the end, not one iota of proof existed to charge her.
And she’s currently sleeping soundly on the couch.
So here it is 5 hours after my run and my heart rate is still hovering around 100. I think I’m going to need to do a bit of Mindful Meditation. Could you all just keep the noise down to a dull roar while I’m practicing being mindful.
Tell you what, watch the Taco Truck invasion. It’ll help you to calm down.
Except you, there in the back. Yeah, you. No, don’t act all naive. It just doesn’t play on your face.
Wrong question. Wrong questions get wrong answers. — Master Gregory, Seventh Son (2014) As veteran, what do you think of the Collin Kaepernick controversy? That was the question As a veteran, what do you think … Readers often ask me about current events. Why? Why me? Well, because that’s what I do nowadays. That’s…
via Respect: Colin Kaepernick – The Extended Cut — Stonekettle Station
There is sooooo much more that you have to read. You really should read it.
In case you doubt me, here’s an important part:
We swear our oath, our lives, to the Constitution.
Not the flag.
Not the anthem.
Not to the president.
Not to congress.
Not to the citizens.
Not to a political party or ideology.
Not to a race.
Not to a religion.
We swear our oath to the Constitution.
But what does that mean? That we swear to give our lives for some raggedy old piece of paper? Is it the sacred paper itself that commands our allegiance? Some old piece of parchment, yellowed, handwritten in an archaic language, falling apart, stored away in a nitrogen-filled box somewhere in the National Archives. Is that it?
No?
What then?
Ah, I see. It’s not the paper — whether it be that hoary old original document or one of those mass produced little booklets supposed patriots and politicians like to toss around. The paper doesn’t matter, it’s the ideas written on it.
We swear our oath to an idea.
This idea: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
We swear we will bear true faith and allegiance, and give our lives if necessary, for that idea.
That idea was the foundation of the United States of America.
Alright! Got an email from my online instructor for my one and only class. It’s PSY 1001 Section 27 (online only), Fall 2016! I am super excited!
Oh, and a bit scared. This will be different. I have to motivate myself, at home, with all the damn distractions that come with it.
Yup, hit the trail. Pushed myself despite the cold. And I managed a minute faster average mile than on Wednesday. But, I took a Musinex to deal with the dry cough this run produced. Oh, I also ran an extra 15 minutes compared to Wednesday. I’m happy to be getting back into the swing of things. I missed running.
Brown. And getting browner by month.