Nose Bleed Solutions

Blog Posted by kitt at 15:29 on 10 July 2016

If you look at the instructions on any Q-Tip box, you will see the various "approved" uses for the cotton-tipped swabs. They include cleaning snot out of a child's nose, polishing the silverware, applying make-up, removing said make-up, applying nail polish, cleaning gunk out between an infant's toes, wiping your keyboard, and building crafty tiny snowmen. You know, everything EXCEPT cleaning out your ears, which is probably the most common use of these things. Oh, sure, you can clean out your dog's ears with them, but not your own.

Cue eye rolling here.

Yeah, well, ears aside, my nose has been bleeding pretty much since I arrived here in the desert. The dry air is doing in my sinuses with a ferocity not seen since my Amazon water snorting days (and that would be the river, not the company).

The Cuckoo's Calling

Book Notes Instead of being asleep at 14:56 on 10 July 2016, kitt created this:

The first of three Cormoran Strike detective mystery books, I have this book on my list because, I know you'll be shocked here, Mom selected it. I know, I know. Shocking.

Suffice it to say, I managed to read about a third of it before I thought, "So many words," and had to look up the details of this Robert Galbraith author dude. Last time I thought "so many words" was from the last four Harry Potter series, so maybe this was a British author kind of thing?

Turns out, yep, not only a British author kind of thing, the same British author kind of thing: Galbraith is a pseudonym / pen name of J.K. Rowling.

So, there you go. Another book that needs an editor's hand. Read it fast enough, and you might mind less. I did. I read it fast, and enjoyed it. I TOTALLY missed the boat on who the bad guy was, which is ALWAYS delightful. Having an author who can lead you down the wrong path and still have the correct path make sense, is just totally delightful.

I went ahead and checked out the next book in the series. The physical description of Cormoran reminds me a lot of Jonathan, which contributed, no doubt, to my enjoyment. I'm curious where the series (of three books so far) goes.

Boom

Daily Photo Posted by kitt at 12:12 on 10 July 2016

I should probably look up this flower's name.

Current Status: chocobite

MicroBlog Instead of being asleep at 14:59 on 9 July 2016, kitt created this:

Self-Regulation Strategies

Blog kitt decided around 12:06 on 9 July 2016 to publish this:

I've been signed up for HighBrow for a bit now, reading a number of short courses. The courses are quick-read, once-daily emails sent in the morning, for a five-minute read during the day. The site was recommended to me by Rob B and Susan R, both acknowledging the courses can be hit or miss.

I've been recently going through the Boost Your Emotional Intelligence, hitting on the Self-Regulation entry today. In particular, it discusses how will-power is muscle-like in that you can wear it out (daily, actually), and using it makes it stronger. There's a section I want to keep, the one on regulating emotions.

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