Denise Verona

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.

If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

#sciencematters

Really tired of having elections with such dire consequences

can we have fun elections where we're choosing the greater of two goods instead

Yes! Increased my monthly contribution last month.

Happy National Dog Day to my girl, Minnie. 🩷

Congratulations! Wilma is surely looking down as pleased as can be. Very happy for you.

Reading Scenario Experiments. This series of prompts is designed to get you thinking about how the setting for reading affects concentration, comprehension, and even the existential experience of reading. Every week, one of the following prompts will appear on the syllabus. I encourage you to try all of them that you are able. How does a different reading setting affect your mood? Your receptiveness to the prose? Your pleasure or difficulty reading? What are the particular impacts of changing your lighting or surroundings? What do you notice about yourself and about the work you are reading during this experiment? 1. read by candlelight (use a small lamp in dorms where no candles are allowed!) 2. read for one hour without checking any devices, answering texts, etc. 3. walk out into nature (climb a tree, sit on a rock, grab a spot in a hammock) and read 4. host a reading night with friends & food (sit in companionable silence, reading without chatting) 5. read aloud a chapter to someone else 6. climb into bed at night and read by flashlight under the covers for at least 30 minutes, as if you’ve already been told “lights out” as a kid 7. reread a chapter and see what new things you notice the second time through 8. change your ambient-noise level: add music if you normally read in the quiet; or read without music if you are normally a music-listener 9. read with a sketchpad at hand and sketch scenes, characters, or other elements from the story 10. practice focused listening: have someone read to you 11. make yourself a special, fancy snack on a real plate to nibble while eating: pay attention to the cooking or arranging or choosing of ingredients to make it especially appetizing first 12. make tea (even if you’re not usually a tea drinker), and read and sip 13. invent a new reading scenario for yourself, or repeat the one you liked the best from this term [writing assignment using these prompts follows; text character limit prevents inclusion of it in full]

Here you go! I'll write some new ones for this semester too. They loved them. The "read without your phone or screens in the room" was a revelation, and many of them decided to keep doing it. They had NO IDEA (& were horrified) how often they interrupt themselves to look at a phone for no reason.

Happy Birthday, Wilma! You have the same birthdate as my husband and he thinks you are a fun friend to share a birthday with! You are 7-7, I am 9-9, and my dog Minnie is 3-3!

81st anniversary of D-Day

Running on Empty--Jackson Browne

First: Waylon Jennings 1979. Last: Billy Joel & Sting 2025.

Store-brand, non-fancy eggs in Indianapolis at Meijer have been $6.49 for the past two weeks. No other eggs to choose from on Saturday and they had about 50 dozen in the cooler.

Billy Joel and Sting Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis!

The click of eight-track tapes switching to the next track in the middle of a song!

A 500-mile race that takes place in late May!

Unnecessary noise, others wasting my time, people-pleasing.

Salem's Lot

Hi Scott. I've been a follower of yours on FB for 5+ years and look forward to your immigration content on this platform.