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On my mind: Today I am guest teaching my high school’s Middle East class. When I was in high school Israel-Palestine would have been issues #1, #2 and #3, now it may not crack the top 5.
Events:
- How Jogging in Burundi Became an Act of War (Outside).
- How China Shut Down The Open Internet (China Digital Times).
- Saving your child from peanut allergies could be extraordinarily simple (Quartz).
- The scientific secrets to cooking a perfect American breakfast (Quartz).
Ideas:
- Period. Full Stop. Point. Whatever It’s Called, It’s Going Out of Style (NYT).
- The radical plan to destroy time zones (Washington Post).
- Protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters (NYT).
- The Book That Will Save Banking From Itself (Bloomberg).
Travels:
- Learning Scuba and feeding fish (Frequent Miler).
- A motion sickness cure that actually works (Frequent Miler).
- In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself (NYT).
- The Foolproof Guide to Staying in Shape While Traveling (Nomadic Matt).
Hacks:
- Why Grizzled Hobby Veterans Should Pay Attention to Lesser Credit Card Offers (Miles For Family).
- Complete List of Card-Linked Reward Programs (Doctor Of Credit).
- An easy 1000 IHG Reward Club Points (Live from a Lounge).
- Comenity responds to my CFPB complaint… (Miles per Day).
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@Dave S – great point on the birthday! The time zones that really through me at the 30 minute like India and Newfoundland, and then Nepal at 45 minutes is really mind-bending. In my old job scheduling anything for India took mental exercise for everyone.
I’m sure they have their counter arguments, but getting rid of time zones seems to me solve one problem to create another. Today I know London is six hours ahead of me or Hawaii is four hours behind me (for example). If I’m doing business with those places, I can do the math. If everyone has the same time zone, I then will have to figure out what their business hours are, and they will differ widely, because in general people will always want to do business by day and sleep by night. So I will have to keep track… Read more »
The period story makes me ill. I’ll join with Mr. Mondale in his fight against mining in the BWCA. I’ve been twice, the first being in 1976. My now hubby and I went canoeing, portaging, and camping in the BWCA in 1989 for ten days. By ourselves. Our first night out a bear destroyed our “bear proof pack” which was hung on a very high tree branch, as every camper there is told to do, and ate all of our food. Now what? We are in the middle of nowhere, with a bear in our camp, and no food for… Read more »
can you put the class on YouTube? I would like to be your student for once at least:)