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Moms in Middle Age: Rarely Alone, Often Online and Increasingly Lonely

January 22 | Posted by mrossol | Lockdowns, Personal Development

WSJ – 1/22/22  by Julie Jargon Middle age is a crowded time. It’s also a lonely one. Work and family demands leave little time for nurturing friendships, particularly for women. Pre-pandemic, conversations about loneliness often centered on men, with talk of a “loneliness epidemic.” But during lockdown, Generation X women, who range in age from 41 to 57 years old, reported the... Read more

The Baloney Detection Kit

August 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Interesting, Personal Development, Science

Brain Pickings, originally published January 5, 2014. Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934–December 20, 1996) was many things — a cosmic sage, voracious reader, hopeless romantic, and brilliant philosopher. But above all, he endures as our era’s greatest patron saint of reason and critical thinking, a master of the vital balance between skepticism and openness. In The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a... Read more

No Excuse

October 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Personal Development

I get Jared’s wire. Some who might read this will know the punch-line. I agree 100% with Jared on this one. mrossol 10/14/2020. Jared Dillian, in The Daily Dirtnap [TDD]

Just a quick story from the old Academy days.  As a fourth class cadet (freshman), you only had three possible responses to a question. 1. “Yes, sir” 2. “No,... Read more

don't start with "at least…"

April 10 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Personal Development

WSJ 4/10/2020By Jessie Stuart

A friend posted on Facebook that her son’s college had closed for the rest of the year: “He and his friends are devastated.” I scrolled down to the comments. “At least he’s not a senior!” someone offered. “My daughter will never get to go back to campus.” Later I read a tweet from a... Read more

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s best advice

September 4 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Personal Development

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/31/billionaire-investor-warren-buffetts-best-advice.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab This one is for my children. This is good, good advice. Berkshire Hathaway CEO and self-made billionaire Warren Buffett turned 89 on Friday, August 30. He’s also celebrating his 13th wedding anniversary with his wife, Astrid. In honor of the Oracle of Omaha’s big day, CNBC Make It rounded up seven of his best pieces of life advice. Marry the right person 1 Buffett... Read more

A Sumptuous Painting Surrounded by Stories – WSJ

March 18 | Posted by mrossol | Art, Interesting, Personal Development

Sounds like what my “Art Salon” is all about! ====

There is plenty of speculation about the unknown sitter’s identity in Titian’s glittering ‘Portrait of a Lady in White,’ a work that flaunts the artist’s technical skills.

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