martha

Uggh. Made me mad. Made me want to delete my account (an idea I toy with every couple of weeks.) But what really got me depressed was the professor at UNC who spoke about all of the problems with data being exploited, etc. all during the …

I do find the research into the microbiome fascinating! I think there is a lot going on there that science is just beginning to understand. My younger daughter is taking microbiology this semester and loves it; apparently her professor is some …

Perfect example, thank you!

> A film that spends most of its time explaining the dangers of free soloing and why someone would do it is stating the obvious for climbers. That could be condensed into a minute. Climbing is what we wanted to see, and we got a little of …

Two interesting articles from the NY Times recently made me think, once again, that trying to figure out what is true with the "science" of nutrition is just about impossible. Lots of reasons: incredible pressure on academics to publish papers; …

I never even knew that it was supposed to help with allergies! I just eat it because I love it. With peanut butter on a sandwich; on a slice of fresh french bread with soft butter; mixed into Greek yogurt with summer fruits.... yum. And I figure …

Looks kinda cute...

My brother had a cat named Daisy who would attack any human but my brother. She absolutely loved him, a one-man cat. Anyone else -if you got anwhere near her she'd swipe at you and draw as much blood as she could. Vicious beast, that one.

I love all of your suggestions. But GIFs. Ewww. Not a fan. People do love them, though, I will give you that!

I love the conversation asking people to post photos of people's dogs - I posted my two canine cuties there. But I have owned both dogs and cats, and loved them equally. So I'd love to see your cute kitties! Here's one of our beloved Fred, a ginger …

This dog is not mine. We met him Friday at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. It's his 8th year at the festival; he comes down from Arcata with his Mom every year. His name is Hey Dude. Five whole pounds of cuteness.

Funny you mention the sad eyes. I have a crazy little mutt that is possibly part Border Collie - she has the white-tipped tail, speckley toes, and she absolutely behaves like a herder. We always comment on how she has a "sad face" even when she's …

Reading this thread made me so nostalgic for reading to my girls! Black Beauty; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Indian in the Cupboard stand out in my mind. I remember reading Harry Potter to my younger one before she could read them …

I agree that area codes can no longer tell you where the person is located. But you probably need all of those digits just to make the pool of unique numbers large enough? Not a numbers person, to say the least, so just guessing here. Maybe they …

I mostly text or use Messenger to talk to family and friends also, but sometimes you do need to converse. And it is just so exhausting. I have to concentrate to hard to fill in the missing syllables.

Eeeh, yeah. Would't like that.

I am old enough to remember when a long-distance phone call (from my grandparents' house in Boston, where I would stay for a week every summer, to my home about 30 miles away) sounded like you were talking through a tunnel; and a thunderstorm would …

When your bones get as old as mine, you might feel differently about crawling into a little tent and sleeping on the ground. I still do it occasionally, but it loses its appeal with each passing year. ;-) Don't want a giant Winnebago-type of …

So one potential downside I see to this type of restriction. If cities say people can only rent their primary residence as a vacation rental, someone with a vacation condo that happens to be in one of these jurisdictions will no longer be able to …

I think gray water systems require quite a lot of work and/or investment, unless you are doing a teardown and rebuild. You have to plumb the different fixtures differently (bathroom sink/shower/washing machine good; toilet bad), and there is a …

Now I'm going to be singing 'Way down, below the ocean...' all day! ;-)

Looks like there are lots of companies out there encouraging people to be Airbnb "investors" and helping them do it.

Geeeez. That is really bad. I remember a few years ago in Los Altos some high school kids rented a home that was being listed on Airbnb for a party. Got out of control, as high school parties, do. Lots of the residents' cars on the street were …

I would love to see this sometime. Hope it does go to streaming!

Seems to me that humans have borrowed from other cultures probably since the Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans and whatever other hominids were around then discovered each other and started sharing living spaces. I understand the part about …