I see someone down voted you for some reason. In case it’s because of the misconception that audiobooks aren’t as good as reading, several years back there was some research which showed that as far as the brain is concerned, there’s essentially no difference.

“Looking at the brain scans and data analysis, the researchers saw that the stories stimulated the same cognitive and emotional areas, regardless of their medium. It’s adding to our understanding of how our brains give semantic meaning to the squiggly letters and bursts of sound that make up our communication.”

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/audiobooks-or-reading-to-our-brains-it-doesnt-matter

I don’t eat them because I always equated them to water bugs.

Rumchata 🤤.

I’m paying $115mo for whatever the cable crossing a nearby interstate can offer my small neighborhood. I’ve been told by a frustrated service worker that until Xfinity is willing to replace the lines our service will continue to fluctuate. Most of the time it’s just ok, but we have spikes of great connection or barely connected. This effects the whole neighborhood, but many are older residents who I might guess rely on the Internet less.

I like how there’s one dude just peeking in from the back row on the right. Either he hasn’t seen the horror yet or he’s just glad to be included in the pic.

I work in hospice and have seen patients (and family members) 90+ who I could have mistaken for late 60s - early 70s. I also recently met a patient’s wife who was 20 years younger than him, but was in worse shape and looked his age (82) if not older. Genetics and life experience are wild.

And please use corn, peas, carrots, and diced bell peppers for decoration!

Wait - aren’t they the ones with Bon Appetit and that whole fiasco a couple years ago?

I’ve made obscene amounts of home make macaroni and cheese over the last 20+ years and haven’t had a problem with it. I know it’s a funny place some people get passionate about, but the “anti-clumping agents” are typically some form of vegetable starch or fiber. If I’m making a cheese sauce I’m already using flour to help thicken and stabilize it anyway, so I don’t think the trace amounts really matter.

Growing up attending various Protestant churches, the basics re the Trinity was that God is the Father/Creator of everything, the Holy Spirit is essentially His spiritual form, and Jesus was His earthly human form. YMMV by denomination.

When I’ve seen this I’ve wondered if the dog got into some wet concrete, tar, or something irreversibly damaging to their coat.

I’d imagine that since our brains have to interpret all information (not just the sensory we are conscious of, but also incoming “status updates” from all of our anatomical systems) that it would be so confused with the lack of information it would be too over/underwhelmed to spare the energy for organized conscious thought.

I work in hospice and see all kinds of family situations. I see elderly parents that have to move in with their children because of medical and end of life care expenses, children who have to make decisions that will impact their current and future financial stability to care for their parents, and parents who’s children either can’t or won’t blow their futures to put the parents in a safe, clean facility.

While I don’t wish any of those circumstances on you, I might imagine that should you find yourself there one day you might appreciate some compassion or empathy that you’re denying others.

Sugar? I thought that was cocaine. 🤔

Studying neurobiology/neuroendocrine systems is a great way to question who really is in charge.

51 here - it’s been forever since I’ve seen them used, but in the 80’s and 90’s I can say they were around.

Not my mom, but I know that for some women her age they would go weekly to get their hair “done.” It was a bit of a social thing, seeing the same people, hair washed and styled to be fresh for the weekend/Sunday. These dryers were more gentle (and probably slower) than a regular hand held blow dryer that we typically use now, so there wouldn’t be the threat of blowing stay hairs around. Damp hair could be rolled or pinned into curls then dried to set them. Heated rollers could be used, then the dryer could help set the curls as it cooled. I’d imagine some coloring/bleaching processes may have used some heat from the dryer to help it work as well.

Thinking about it, I did notice one in one of the nursing homes I visit for work. Probably helpful for familiarity.