Sometimes those people at Duolingo are just criminals. Having me spell an 18 letter word, record grade school kid and a spelling bee. Or sometimes they’ll say a whole paragraph, and expect me to write the whole thing, like I’m trying to be somebody’s secretary, taking notation.

Well, it’s Thursday. I’ve said it before and I say it again, we ought to just skip Thursday and just move right on to Friday. Thursdays are nothing but a nuisance. Like Duolingo sometimes.

Have a great day

I’m reading the book pictured above, The Lonely City.. it’s about 75% boring, autobiographies of famous artists who are depressed I guess, but not lonely. Popular and surrounded by people, going to orgies but lonely, the aids epidemic started, now they can’t go to their public orgy place anymore. They’re lonely. None of the people so far in the book who are, as the cover states, having “adventures in the art of being alone” seem to be alone at all. In fact, quite the opposite.

So far, I don’t think the author or anybody written about in this book, knows the meaning of the word loneliness.

That being said, it does contain some good information pertaining to studies done in the past.

Above are some screenshots from my Kindle. The second paragraph of the last picture, describes me quite well.

I find the idea of loneliness as a disease, like co-dependence or addiction, quite intriguing..

It’s Wednesday! The week is flying by! Have a great day!

Something happened at American Express. They no longer accept payment from overseas banks I can’t set up payments using their app because Amex uses routing numbers and my bank uses swift codes

So that’s it, I suspended my card, I paid 35 dollars to wire transfer what apparently was my final.payment.

I never thought it would end like this. I worried that when I die, how would they get the final payment.

Adios. Toodle-ooo.

I’m getting some new sunglasses. I should have them in two and a half weeks.

Can’t wait!

It was a good weekend . Fireworks on new sunglasses, I did a lot of reading, I did some yard work (raking gravel) and I went to the beach and went swimming.

Now it’s back to work.

Have a great week!

(I don’t think)

Yesterday, I stopped by the grocery store. On impulse I bought a large bag of cherries. A huge bag.

When I got home I started eating them. I ate more than half, it was $13 worth of cherries.

I didn’t stop because I wanted to, I stopped because I thought I should.

Can someone overdose on cherries?.

I think not, because if they coulda, I woulda!

Have a great weekend!

Theres an interstellar “comet” from outside our solar system passing through right now. It would be cool if humans could divert an existing spacecraft and swing on by.

Read the article HERE.

This reminds me of a book I read “Rendezvous with Rama“.not too long ago.

I hope we hear more about this in the news.

Have a great day !

Below is the letter (email) I received last evening, along with my 200 hour yoga teacher certificate!

Hi Mark,

Thank you for sending in your assignments and congratulations on passing your final exam! You did a great job. Here is feedback for you on the scripts you sent in:

Intro/Themes

Good job on opening up your classes. You sound confident and grab the students’ attention.
Your classes reflect your themes well.

Warm Up/Surya Namaskar
Good job utilizing the Warm Up. The poses you used feel pertinent in prepping the body for bigger poses and actions.

Body/Sequencing
You have a good idea of stringing poses together and understand how to sequence a balanced class.

The use of transitions makes your classes flow seamlessly.

Cueing
You do a nice job providing instructions so that students know how to get into and out of poses safely.

Cool Down/Savasana/Closing
Great job closing your class strong! Offer a few minutes of your time to connect with students for feedback and questions.

Overall great job on your assignments, can you please confirm the full spelling of your legal name to go on your certificate?

Its Official! I’m a yoga teacher! Not bad for a decrepid 65-year-old

have a great day!

The paragraph below is from the Grok AI app, but I already knew, as did most Redskins fans, that the American Indians did not find the Washington Redskins logo offensive.

The Washington Redskins logo, used from 1972 to 2020, was designed by Walter “Blackie” Wetzel, a Blackfeet tribal leader and former president of the National Congress of American Indians. The logo was a composite image of Native American photographs, primarily inspired by Blackfeet Chief Two Guns White Calf.

That’s why the picture above is so funny. Quite hilarious because it’s so true. People saying in effect “Here, let me do what’s good for you even though you don’t want it, I don’t know what I’m talking about, and it makes no difference, just seems like a cute idea. If you weren’t offended, you should have been, but I fixed it for you anyway. I created the problem where there was no problem, I gave it to you, even though you had no problem, and I fixed it for you even though there was no problem in the first place.”

#HTTR!

Have a great Tuesday!

This morning I was awakened at 3:00 a.m. precisely buy a lightning and thunderstorm to the east. It continued until dawn passing over the house and ending up over the gorizon in the West.

I’m very tired this morning.

Have a great week!

The brighter one is Venus, the other is Jupiter. I can see them getting closer and closer together everyday.

I’m glad it’s Friday, it’s been a rough week..

1,450 days on duolingo today.

have a great weekend!