Messing about with empathy
This was originally a post about my daylight saving time blues. But this blog has a no negativity rule, so I’m challenging myself to write something positive about daylight saving time (as opposed to the ten rotten things I could list if this wasn’t a no complaining zone.) Here I go. My cats don’t know…
Ever wish you had more hours in the day? Compared to your ancestors, you do. Earth’s rotation is slowing down, so a modern day is about 1.7 milliseconds longer than a day a century ago. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but when dinosaurs lived, a year was about 370 days long. Give it…
I’m going to measure how I spend my time. If I successfully do this, I’ll be impressed. I tend to start projects like this and then stop after the first day. Perhaps if I tell you what I’m doing, you can hold me accountable. I have mentioned the Before Breakfast podcast before. Laura Vanderkam is…
It’s time to talk about leap seconds. (pun alert) Every few years, scientists add a leap second to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) so that it matches the rotation of the Earth, which is slowing down. If we didn’t make adjustments to our clocks, we’d be noticably off in a few thousand years. (Not by a…
Happy 2020!!! One of the things I like about the first day of a new year (and I like a lot of things) is a fresh calendar. I usually have four or five calendars in my house, and they are all different. Right now I only have three, but I’ll be buying a couple more…
Day 17 – Say yes to a crazy request. Does someone want you to have a snowball fight? Say yes. Enjoy doing things you don’t normally do. One of the hallmarks of time management is learning to say no to things that are not priorities in your life. I believe this is a good idea.…
I don’t know why I never wondered about the origin of the word “noon.” We use the word all the time, but I never thought to ask where it came from. Then I was listening to the Court Appointed podcast last Monday (everyone should listen to this funny legal show) and was floored to learn that noon…
I love reading an article and repeating, “I didn’t know that.” That’s what happened when I read a post about the Bering Strait from Alaska Life. I know a little about the Bering Strait. I know it’s narrow and separates Russia from Alaska. I know that when sea level dropped, it became a land bridge,…
I tend to be a skeptic, especially about online items. When I read the heading “Dinosaurs Lived On the Other Side Of the Galaxy,” I assumed it was clickbait nonsense. But then I noticed that it was sent by IFLScience!, so I delved deeper. This heading is both true and misleading, which I suppose is…