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If you want to get a sense of how kids movies have changed, watch the original Bad News Bears, which was released in 1976. I remember seeing it and loving it when I was a kid. When I showed it my kids, I almost fell out of my chair. I'd love to… [more]
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I've had very good results with using a cheap, generic saline nasal spray. It's not medicated, it's simple, it's not scary the way a neti pot is. But it does a very good job of cleaning things out and moistening them a little. Note that when I use… [more]
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The rain in Jamaica Plain falls almost every day
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I suggest you make a bootable installer on a flash drive, by following these instructions. (I don't know why Apple doesn't provide a download link for MacOS Big Sur. Until recently I had a Big Sur bootable installer, so I know it's possible. If… [more]
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Do you follow other journalists on social media? What do you value about their presence? I followed many journalists on Twitter and now I follow many on Threads. I do not follow them to hear them promote their latest article or say what they had… [more]
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It is important to look at this in the context of the overall care of your sister. Is this the hill you want to die on? Is it worth forcing the staff to change their behavior if they also end up hating your sister? Is it worth having the facility… [more]
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Setting up a 501(c)(3) entails a significant amount of work. Many budding non-profit groups begin by getting Fiscal Sponsorship from a likeminded organization. The fiscal sponsor can receive tax-exempt donations on your behalf, disburse the funds… [more]
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The final scene of The Big Night. There are a few words of Italian spoken, but it is mostly silent. Notice that there are no cuts. It's a single shot. [more]
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Varieties of life, varieties of mind
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It is similar to the third of Schopenhauer's 38 Stratagems (aka 38 ways to win an argument). The big difference is that you never intended to have an argument. [more]
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In the movie The Razor's Edge (and probably in the book --- I haven't read it), a character burns his books to avoid freezing while on retreat in the mountains. The burning ends up having both physical and symbolic value. He lives, and is freed from… [more]
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Someone else could not be using an Amazon account with your gmail address. If they were, you would be getting notifications about everything they bought. They wouldn't have been able to complete the account set up process. Ditto for the other… [more]
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Home cooked meals, delivered in Seattle
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When we first started using a digital assistant I generally included "please" in my request, mostly to set an example for my children. I know longer do that. I don't believe I ever said thank you to them. (Why the distinction? I didn't… [more]
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When I was going through similar things with my sister, both the hospital and the rehab facility had staff whose job it was to help families deal with their insurance companies. I would start there. It might also be helpful to know your mother's… [more]
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I once saw photographs of a "height equalization party" put on by a group of artists in the 1960s. They created a series of strap-on shoe platforms of various heights (sort of like this). Short people were given the tallest platforms for… [more]
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The Four Color Theorem states that no more than four colors are required to color the regions of any map so that no two adjacent regions have the same color. [more]
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The go-to person for rocket launches and space debris re-entry is Jonathan McDowell . He used to be quite active on Twitter. He would know where to get this kind of info if it is publicly available, or how to deduce it when that’s possible. [more]
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Shakes the Clown. The appearance by Florence Henderson in the opening scene lets you know this movie is going to be something special. [more]
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I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I, being born a woman and distressed by Edna St. Vincent Millay comes to mind as a female perspective on that milieu. [more]
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After you write the note on the envelope (not at this address, etc) drop it in a mailbox on the street. Don't leave it in your mailbox. The post office will take of it, but your personal letter carrier won't have to deal with it. [more]
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I'm so sorry this is happening. My child has gone through various speech articulation issues, including a stutter. If this keeps up, I'd suggest you get a consult with a speech language pathologist. It sounds like your daughter is struggling and… [more]
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2FA for the partnered
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It's possible the "maximum cache" setting is prospectively downloading lots of songs and albums to store on your device so it can keep playing tunes when you are offline. If you don't find another cause of the problem, I'd experiment with… [more]
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I agree with the others who have said your partner's behavior is unacceptable, full stop. Regarding your medications: I would encourage you to work with your doctor to look for a treatment regime that has minimal side effects. There are second and… [more]
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I had heard that Jehovah's Witnesses are not allowed to speak to people who have been excommunicated from their church. Several years ago I had the opportunity to try this out. The doorbell rang at a friend's house, and when I answered I saw that… [more]
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The subject of the Canon, what should be included, and whether it should even exist, is subject to ongoing debate. For example, if you look at the Critical Reception section of the Wikipedia entry for Middlemarch, you see that… [more]
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I was recently googling for a coin shop in Boston and came upon a store that does appraisals of coins, precious metals, and related. The base fee for appraisals was $150. I don’t know what your diamonds are worth, but getting an independent… [more]
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Aka Venus Rocks. [more]
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How can we tell that a meteorite came from Mars? [more]
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Where do you live? In the USA, insurance is regulated at the state level. I live in Massachusetts, I buy insurance through an insurance agent, and I’ve never experienced what you’re describing in 30 years of car ownership. [more]
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This is way overkill, but it would be trivial to do this with the algorithmic music composition system Opusmodus. [more]
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Cat tax. [more]
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Dealing with ants when we have a cat
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All transactions have costs. When I worked retail in the 1980s, the closing store manager spent about a half hour every night tallying up checks and filling out a deposit form before proceeding to the bank to make a physical deposit. Venmo and… [more]
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If elite colleges stop favoring legacy admissions, there will be a whole bunch of new people experiencing this storyline. I know that's not itself an example in literature/film, but maybe it still provides a useful perspective on the pattern. [more]
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When I set up my Threads account, I imported my Instagram follows, but that was pretty irrelevant, since I didn't use Instagram much. It meant I was connected to my sister and brother, and my brother's cat, and not much else. My feed was full of… [more]
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Does this rhetorical device have a name?
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Convert GIFs to MP4s on a Mac
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Nonduality does not mean there is nothing other than what you are currently thinking. Quite the opposite: nonduality is the experience that consciousness is the nature of the universe, and that you (your consciousness) is not separate from this… [more]
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You are getting some very flippant answers here, but the question you are asking is very profound, and one that people have pondered for a long time, Jews and non-Jews alike. George Eliot—one of the great writers of the English language and one… [more]
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I have a vague memory of those. They were propeller shaped, like the propellers on a beanie hat. They were not shaped like pinwheels. My memory is that there were two sets of propellers that spun in opposite directions. I did some googling, and… [more]
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I live in a second floor flat that is entered from a first floor front door. The entryway and stairway up to the second floor are unheated. When you walk by the top of the stairs in winter, you can feel the cold draft from the unheated entryway… [more]
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If the appeal to authority isn’t enough, here’s how I think about the ethics. Cats in my country (the US) are an exotic species. They are predators that hunt native species. That creates an ethical concern about letting them outside. In… [more]
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This is a bizarre question, akin to asking Black people why they persist in being Black. And yet there is a history of Black Americans choosing to pass as white. This is a fraught and complex topic, and one which generates a lot of anger… [more]
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Can I sell this book?
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TL;DR but I believe this is covered in Crip Camp. It’s a great movie. Even though I lived through those years, I didn’t know any of the history. Very moving stories as well [more]
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Has the Maharaja in Harvard Square Resumed their Buffet Brunches?
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It won't let me play words longer than 5 letters. Hrumph. [more]
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I’m focusing on whether it’s ethical to keep indoor cats in general, or if a total paradigm shift in cat care is needed. I just checked the ASPCA and Humane Society websites. Neither of them advocates for allowing cats outside. Neither of… [more]
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