I’m about half-way through the first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. So far, I really like it. The series is based on other books by George R. R. Martin, and is in The Game of Thrones universe, about a century before that series.
Although it takes place in the same world, this series is not as cruel and complex as The Game of Thrones. Some places and family names are shared with GoT, but A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms doesn’t require prior knowledge to enjoy.
This missing person case is being covered like the Lindbergh baby. Nancy Guthrie is the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, but that doesn’t seem like it would be enough for this case to dominate the news.
Maybe it’s just because true crime is a popular genre and this case is mysterious and engaging. It probably won’t have any long-term ramifications, so isn’t interesting to me. It almost seems like a distraction from the Epstein files, or whatever else is going on.
JAMA: Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function
Findings In this prospective cohort study of 131 821 individuals from 2 cohorts with up to 43 years of follow-up, 11 033 dementia cases were documented. Higher caffeinated coffee intake was significantly associated with lower risk of dementia. Decaffeinated coffee intake was not significantly associated with dementia risk.
Drinking 2 or 3 cups of coffee resulted in half as many people getting dementia. You can read the entire study, or stop being a pussy and have a cuppa joe.
YouGov: Words that men or women are more likely to know
YouGov asked a bunch of Americans which words they knew. Some words were recognized much more frequently by men, and some by women.
Here are the words that men knew more:
aileron, azimuth, boson, bushido, checksum, degauss, femtosecond, gauss, howitzer, katana, milliamp, neodymium, parsec, piezoelectricity, servo, strafe, teraflop, thermistor and yakuza
Here are the words that women knew more:
bandeau, boucle, chambray, chenille, chignon, damask, doula, espadrille, freesia, jacquard, kohl, peplum, pessary, ruche, sateen, taffeta, tulle, verbena, voile and whipstich.
YouGov did not ask the surveyed people to define or explain the words.
Turns out Sparky really likes yelling at Rusty. Since Rusty doesn’t pay attention, he will get to yell at him again.
If Budweiser marketing can keep this up, they may be able to get out of the hole that they dug for themselves with Dylan Mulvaney.
Nothing bad. I was surprised by this scene when got out of bed.
Sparky is a good dog with agency.1 He can sleep where ever he wants. Sparky has a crate in my bedroom that he goes to when I go to bed. He is often somewhere else in the morning. Today, he was in his crate next to Rusty.
USAToday Leftist critics hate ‘Melania,’ but the audience loves it
Movie reviewers trade their credibility to be snidely and biased. I understand why Youtube reviewers would do that. Nobody knows who they are, but some reviewers are with established media outlets. If Trump Derangement Syndrome determines the movie review, there’s not point to reading the column.
I’m not going to watch Melania because I’m not interest in first ladies or a look behind-the-scenes. I just got tired of journalists who put partisanship over professionalism.
To foster a nurturing learning environment, we started joint training exercises. Both dogs are given the “sit” command or the “crate” command. If a dog gets it right, he gets a treat.
Sparky could play this all day. I gave the “crate” command while Sparky was already in his crate. He went over to Rusty’s crate to make sure he got a treat.
We’ve practiced this about three dozen times, so Rusty has a good chance, and he can just do what Sparky does. Nope. He did get one treat for sitting down, but that was probably an accident.
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