Two Birds With One Phone

 

November 16, 2024

 

My sister was reading an article on treating Seasonal Affective Disorder with blue light.

 

She’s also read that blue light from phones can keep people awake at night. 

 

So, she said, maybe if parents took the phones from their teens at night so they’d go to sleep earlier, then waved them at the kids in order to wake them up in the morning, they’d get out of bed on time for school, and stay awake during the day.

 

Sounds like a solid plan to me.

 

 

Define “Last Minute”

 

November 20, 2024

 

 

The paper very helpfully ran an article with recipes that you can make for last-minute emergencies on Thanksgiving.

 

 

I liked the stuffing recipe, but I didn’t think that cooking for 4-8 hours in a slow-cooker really counted as “last minute.”

 

 

Underscoring the Lesson

 

November 16, 2024

Florida schools are going hog wild with book censorship.

One of the books pulled from the shelves was a graphic novel of George Orwell’s 1984—a book about censorship.