O rly? Lockdowns are scientifically ineffective. And have disastrous economic ramifications. There are all sorts of things to care about right now. One that feels “smaller” in significance compared to, well, anything else in our dumpster fire country is Austin’s banned camping ban (double negative: homeless or really any people can currently camp wherever they…
Tuesday! | Feel Good Friday 010821
Tuesday was a great day. Last weekend was great. Moving the trip I had planned for this week to next week was great plan. This week was great. MY week was great. Lots of things happened in the world to make me frustrated with our government, country, and society (as defined by social mores). I…
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It seems weird to publish this scheduled post now, as we watch an unprecedented event take place at the Capitol. But perhaps there isn’t a more poignant time to suggest that you read this awesome analysis of why “Being Woke” is as divisive as racism itself. “We live different lives, we have different views. It’s…
Current Fave Sunscreen: Supergoop!
Just letting y’all know that I’ve switched my face sunscreen to a tinted one because I literally cannot remember the last time I put makeup on my face but I do like a little smoothing of the skin tone. <<Supergoop! enters the chat>> Supergoop! has long been my favorite spray body sunscreen, with its very…
2021 is the Year of Grace
The day after I published last year’s word, my world was turned upside down. Confidence? A painfully ironic word. But like all things do, this DID turn into a year of confidence, where I was tested well beyond my perceived limits and emerged stronger, happier, and more at peace with myself. Confidence indeed. As I…
Mixed Up | Feel Good Thursday 123120
It was either two posts tomorrow or a FGT, so why not mix it up in a mixed up year?! These Feel Good Friday gratitude lists are intended to cover the previous week only, but on this last day of 2020 it’s hard not to use it as a reflection point for an entire year.…
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The last list of 2020. Abbott vs Adler. Rain vs hot pool. Mask-erade vs masquerade. It’s new year’s eve eve; there’s almost just one last night of 2020… Entertainment Sacks and the City podcast episode 18 is our longest at 54 minutes, but it’s really like eavesdropping (with permission) on a long conversation between friends.…
Feel Good Christmas Friday! 122520
Can you imagine that it’ll be 2021 for the next Feel Good Friday gratitude list?! So the last list of 2020 is a special hand-drawn graphic edition. Because why not mix it up at the very end of the year?! But also because Christmas 2020’s sunset was truly spectacular… Grateful for my family.
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Hard to believe Christmas is two days away … it should be a pretty low-key, relaxing holiday for me this year; I’m looking forward to it. Entertainment This twitter thread on a Muslim’s first Christmas has gone viral for good reason: hilarious and so true. WHY ARE ORNAMENTS SO EXPENSIVE?! Sacks and the City podcast…
5 Things on a Late Christmas List
It’s sunny and 65 here, so it hardly feels like Christmas. But I’m pretty sure my parents called every member of my family from Costco or some other shopping destination today, asking us questions about what the others wanted. Don’t worry, mom and dad, no one has bought anyone anything yet—and what I have bought,…